Monthly Archives: April 2017

Antimicrobial Tech Prescribed for Prevention of Contagion in the Aircraft Cabin

Image: GermFalcon APEX Insight: Keeping cabins hygienic is not only passenger-friendly; it is essential to ensuring the continuity of air travel services. Innovative technologies, including an antimicrobial surface treatment by Recaro and fabrics with antibacterial properties by Lantal, are helping to reduce the spread … Continue reading

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Foundation receives $400000 donation

An Enid man’s generosity will mean much to the community he loved. Before his April 16 death, Milfred “M.L.” Becker established an unrestricted endowment fund for community needs in Enid through Cherokee Strip Community Foundation. The $400,000 donation will be invested, … Continue reading

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The model building event is a kick off for the Experimental Fly-in that takes place the following Saturday.

Photograph by Linda KC Reynolds Serious business — Brodie Long, an engineer for The Spaceship Company builds model planes with his children Nora and Mike during Mojave’s Indoor RC and Glider Fly-in competition. Growing up in Oklahoma, Long said it … Continue reading

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Red Star Pilot Association holds formation training at city airport

RECORDER PHOTO BY CHIEKO HARA Red Star Pilot Association A pilot prepares to take off Friday at the Porterville Airport. About 40 vintage airplanes flew into the Airport for the All Red Star fly-in and training event this weekend. RECORDER … Continue reading

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Annual remote control flea market sees surge in interest

TURNERS FALLS — As David Korpiewski watched over his table of remote control planes, customers regularly stepped up to peruse his collection, seeming to always address him by name. The sixth annual Giant Western Massachusetts Remote Control Flea Market, held … Continue reading

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Meteorological Mayday! Heaviest Snow Bands Should Stay North/west of MSP Monday

When Slush Falls On Freshly-Mowed Lawns on May 1: Mayday! Don’t look now but Mother Nature is having another nervous breakdown. A loopy jet stream is helping to spawn jaw-dropping extremes: record 80s and 90s out east, while Denver picks … Continue reading

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Strap In Racing by Big Bigelow: Can NASCAR Survive Without an Earnhardt in the Field?

• RESULTS – Oxford Plains Speedway, April 23: 1. Reid Lanpher, 2. Cole Butcher, 3. Glen Luce, 4. Ben Rowe, 5. Nick Sweet, 6. Donny Culprit, 7. Joe Squeglia, 8. Shawn Martin, 9. Cassius Clark, 10. David Farrington, 11. Scott … Continue reading

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