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Article source: http://ccheadliner.com/obituaries/kevin-mitchell-bane/article_2d2ebe48-cb06-11e8-9f3c-7f43e10453ae.html

CAMBRIDGE, N.Y. — Continuing what has become a regional tradition, The Cambridge Valley Flying Club will host its Fall Foliage Fly-in/Aviation Day at Chapin Memorial Field on Saturday, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.

CVFC members will be flying and displaying their aircraft. They will talk with attendees about the experience of flying and explain all about the Cambridge Valley Flying Club, which was incorporated in 1963 and is one of the oldest flying clubs in the Northeast.

“What’s so amazing and wonderful is the increasing attendance of families. It’s probably tripled in the last 5 years,” the club’s president, Andrew Sparta of Bennington, said in a release.

General aviation pilots from all over the East fly in for a day of aviation camaraderie, food and fun. Pilots simply love to show off their prize aircraft and participate in aviation fellowship. There are “flying machines” of all types — modern light sport craft, antique aircraft, home built experimental planes, ultralights, model airplanes and once in a while a helicopter.

According to the club, attendees who want an airplane ride just might be able to talk a CVFC pilot into taking them up.

Among the expected participants is CVFC member Eli Robertson, who attained his private pilot’s license in September. Robertson, who graduated with high honors from Cambridge Central School this year, is pursuing a career in aviation at Vermont Tech, majoring in professional pilot technology.

In addition, motor enthusiasts have been bringing their antique cars and motorcycles to the fly in. This has provided

Article source: https://www.benningtonbanner.com/stories/fall-foliage-fly-in-touches-down-saturday,552595

LANCASTER – Monday was Veterans Day at the Fairfield County Fair, and a local model airplane club honored veterans in a unique way.

The Fairfield Ohio Radio Control Society (FORKS) displayed various radio-controlled model military planes under a tent near where the old grandstand used to be on the fairgrounds.

There were model airplanes from World War I, World War II, Vietnam and more, including an F-14, a plane which starred in the ’80s movie “Top Gun.”

“It’s a great hobby to get into,” FORKS member Jamie Thimmes said. “Some guys have been doing it a lot of years. For my brother and I, it’s been just a few years.”

He said he was anxious to talk to veterans during the day who had flown or worked on the real versions of the models.

Several model airplane fans started the club in 1965.

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The club meets on the second Sunday of the month at the Lancaster Moose Lodge at 1201 Sugar Grove

Article source: https://www.lancastereaglegazette.com/story/news/local/fairfield-county-fair/2018/10/08/model-airplane-club-honors-military-heroes-fairfield-county-fair/1565333002/

model airplanes and a solar system hang from the ceiling. Maps, artwork and lesson plans cover the walls and boards. A bearded dragon basks in a terrarium.

“Our latest addition. Isn’t that great?” Johnson said, looking at the tiny reptile that is the subject of a science project.

Located 12 miles west of Mandan, Sweet Briar School is a modern throwback to the many rural schoolhouses that once dotted North Dakota. And it’s showing no signs of slowing down. Enrollment at the two-room schoolhouse reached a record high this academic year, with 22 students in kindergarten through seventh grade. There are no eighth-graders this year.

Two kindergartners will join next year, further increasing enrollment. Students hail from 12 families, some within the school district, others open-enrolled. After eighth grade, they may attend either Mandan or New Salem schools.

One-on-one

Sweet Briar School Board President Travis Wolf, whose children, father and grandfather attended there as he did, said the one-on-one interactions between teachers and students allow for as good an education as anywhere.

Technology helps, especially with grant money available. The yellow stucco schoolhouse built in 1936 — the school dates to at least 1913 — has a ton of gadgets for its students. IPads. Chromebooks. Green screen. Smartboard projection. Lego robotics. Claymation.

“We’re not at want for any of the techie stuff,” said Johnson, who teaches fourth- through eighth-grade. “You just have to keep up with it, professional development-wise.”

As the school enters a new era of steady growth, Johnson will be stepping away. She’s retiring after

Article source: http://www.thedickinsonpress.com/news/education/4510026-new-era-dawns-rural-north-dakota-school