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C-130s at air station in Vienna will get upgrade

President Obama signed a defense funding authorization into law that contained a provision to prioritize special missions, including the one at the Vienna station, for airplane upgrades. The law requires Defense to report back to Congress by February about its … Continue reading

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Fire a Barrage of Paper Planes With an Origami Machine Gun

Stick 200 sheets of A5 paper into the back of this machine gun and instead of firing bullets when you pull the trigger, it will unleash a barrage of up to 120 paper airplanes every minute. Dieter Michael Krone’s paper … Continue reading

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Area students take flight

December 28, 2016 at 5:00 am | By MARY MALONE Staff writer (Photo by MARY MALONE) Area students have been building a Zenith Zodiac light sport plane over the past year and and a half through the North Idaho High … Continue reading

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SouthWind Global Aviation propelled to succeed

By Patricia MiddletonNewton Kansan@kansanmiddleton Whether it’s an older model that a hobbyist is restoring on the weekends or a fleet of aircraft used by a business in Asia, SouthWind Global Aviation provides services to modify, transport and fly airplanes.   … Continue reading

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Emil Polashek, a Cresco hero

CRESCO – My first memory of my uncle, Emil Jerome Polashek, was when I was about 8 years old (1946). He was in his WWII Army uniform and pictures were being taken of him in the front lawn at his … Continue reading

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Volunteers search Gatlinburg wildfire rubble for homeowners’ treasures

Samaritan’s Purse volunteers use a box screen to sift debris of Gatlinburg homes to help the homeowner find mementos that survived the wildfire.(Photo: contributed photo) GATLINBURG — The ring was not gold or sterling and the pastel gems were not … Continue reading

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The Unlikely Resilience of the AR-7 Survival Rifle

   In the late 1940s, the beginnings of what would become ArmaLite was formed in George Sullivan’s California garage as he and a few employees set about designing lightweight modern firearms that used the latest metal alloys and plastics. In … Continue reading

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