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Model airplane club to present air show

For Hub City Times MARSHFIELD — Mid-State Aeroguidance Club is a group of modelers who build, fly, and maintain all types of remote controlled model airplanes and helicopters. The club hosts its annual air show on Aug. 4, from 9 … Continue reading

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Cars We Remember: 1941 Hudson and 1957 Dodge Sweptline: Were they ‘carlike’ pickup trucks?

My recent article on the Ford Ranchero I christened as the first car-pickup generated numerous reader responses, including emails from Gabor Korthy, Augusta, Maine, and Guy S. (Sam) Colorossi, Orting, Washington, who both centered on the 1941, 1942 and 1946 … Continue reading

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Constable: ‘Caretakers of history’ restore World War II plane in suburbs

By Burt Constable bconstable@dailyherald.com The small plane was flown by the British Royal Air Force during World War II, sold to a Dutch dentist and then sold again to an American pilot in New Hampshire. The four-seat, single-engine Fairchild Argus … Continue reading

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From the sky to your home, airplane parts get a second life | The …

Dave W. Hall got hooked by the allure of flying machines after a family friend took him up in a little Cessna 172 for his first flight when he was about 8. “I had a lot of model toy airplanes,” … Continue reading

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Cars We Remember: 1941 Hudson and 1957 Dodge Sweptline: Were they ‘carlike’ pickup trucks?

My recent article on the Ford Ranchero I christened as the first “car-pickup” generated numerous reader responses, including emails from Gabor Korthy, Augusta, Maine, and Guy S. (Sam) Colorossi, Orting, Washington, who both centered on the 1941, 1942 and 1946 … Continue reading

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Jim Russel Kious, July 13, 1947 — July 20, 2018

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World’s strangest-looking airplane? New Airbus ‘Beluga’ takes flight – Chicago Sun

Airbus completed the maiden flight of its massive new BelugaXL transport aircraft on Thursday, debuting the plane in front of a crowd of more than 10,000 near the company’s headquarters in Toulouse, France. Airbus’ oddly shaped jet – named for … Continue reading

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