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A walk back in time: A look at the first few decades of New Iberia City Park

J.R. ‘Bill’ Bailey drives his cousin Ella’d Harp, and her baby doll, around in a homemade car in City Park sometime in the 1950’s. A shell road went across the park from Parkview Drive, between the old Comunity Center and … Continue reading

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Trump N.J. visit grounds model airplane club at 4-H fair – USA Today

x Embed x Share CLOSE The Broken Props Airplane Club could not fly during the Somerset County 4-H Fair this year because of President Donald Trump’s visit to Bedminster. The club members, however, still parted with valuable life lessons. Nick … Continue reading

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Headaches over flight restrictions for Trump vacation | 6abc.com

Flight restrictions have been put into place around Bedminster, New Jersey, where President Donald Trump is spending his vacation. That area includes a 10 mile circle in which no private planes can fly, and limited operations in a 30 mile … Continue reading

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Socata Airplanes

‘)})(); //– SOCATA AIRPLANES [Docket No. FAA-2017-0417; Directorate Identifier 2017-CE-008-AD; Amendment 39-18975; AD 2017-15-15] The FAA is superseding Airworthiness Directive (AD) 2002-19-01 for Socata Model TBM 700 airplanes. This AD results from mandatory continuing airworthiness information (MCAI) issued by an … Continue reading

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Giant model planes flying this weekend over Santa Maria from Elks Unocal Event Center

Pilot Joe Francis, left, of Salinas, and his spotter, Clark Stiles, watch as Francis’ plane takes off during the Tri-Valley RC Modelers Fly-in at the Elks Unocal Event Center on Friday. Models and flyers from around California are expected to … Continue reading

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Ageless Aviation back in skies over Yakima | Local | yakimaherald.com – Yakima Herald

Pilot Mike Sommars, left, and crew chief Kyja Sanders, right, brief Jerry Gordon, 83, a 1944 Boeing Stearman prior to a flight as part of The Ageless Aviation Dreams Foundation’s event for elderly veterans at the McAllister Museum of Aviation … Continue reading

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How GlobalParts Grew From a Basement to a Company with 105 Employees

July 12–Fourteen years ago, GlobalParts Group started as an aircraft spares and parts distributor at founder Troy Palmer’s home. Today, the company has 105 employees working from its collection of five buildings in Augusta, a facility near Oklahoma City and … Continue reading

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