Model Airplanes

(ST. JOSEPH, Mo.) A local mentoring program is encouraging students to keep their heads in the clouds. The Tuskegee Eagles are a non-profit group that mentors students while teaching them to construct small engine airplanes.

The Tuskegee Eagles were founded in 2012 by former pilot James Smith. Smith said he wanted to use his 50 years of aviation experience to mentor at-risk teens and share his passion for flight.

“We determined that it would be a good idea to share some of this enthusiasm and information of learning with the kids,” Smith said.

The afterschool program teaches students how to build airplanes using what Smith describes as ‘oversized model plane kits’. The group meets twice a week at the hangers of the Rosecrans Memorial Airport to assemble a Zenith aircraft.

Skyler Dodd, a Freshman at North Kansas City High School, said he was instantly interested in joining the Eagles.

“I’ve always had a fascination with planes and when I heard about this opportunity, I wanted to take it right away,” Dodd said.

Each student in the program was recommended by their teachers to participated in the program. A team of six students and three to four adult volunteers meet to piece the plane together and learn the mechanics of aviation.

“They have to be academically pretty sharp, because they are reading blueprints, they have to do fine measurements and not make mistakes,” Smith said.

With the exception of the engine, the

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Expect unfamiliar sounds to drum from the skies high above Gainesville this weekend as the tinny hum of vintage aircraft pierce through the clouds.

The 1920s will be roaring again, in the form of a Ford Tri-Motor airplane and other classic aircraft. Erin Porter, manager of public relations for the Gainesville Regional Airport said they will be taking to the sky to promote appreciation for the armed forces.

When the Ford Tri-Motor Model 5-AT was built more than 90 years ago, streets were filled with Model-T automobiles and Calvin Coolidge served as the 30th president of the United States.

“What a thrill to go up in a 90-year-old airplane that is so historic, so beautiful,” Porter said. “Between the smells and the sights and the sounds of that gorgeous airplane, we had a beautiful ride.”

The Gator Fly-In event is on Saturday from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. and will offer military aircraft displays, food trucks and an opportunity to potentially ride in vintage airplanes and helicopters, Porter said.

After the media were given an opportunity to fly in the aircraft Thursday – a ride that left some ecstatic and others a touch queasy — the opportunity

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Frederic Rubin was inspired to enlist in the military after the Pearl Harbor attack on December 7, 1941. His time as a lead navigator in the Eighth Air Force was an honor for the navigation connoisseur. During a conversation on March 27, at his home in Homosassa, Rubin showed off his model airplane collection.  He picked up the hobby in his retirement, as it keeps him close to what he loves most: aviation. Now 96 years old, Rubin details his service in World War II.

Where were you born?

Kansas City, Missouri.

Did you grow up there?

No. I spent two years of my life there then we moved to Peoria, Illinois. I spent my early years up to my teenage years when I graduated from ninth grade there.  Then, my dad got a job in Pana, Illinois as a creamery manager so we moved there and stayed for two years. Then, we moved to Champaign, Illinois. I went to school there for two years at the University of Illinois, and I graduated from Champaign High School. Then, we moved to Shelbyville, Illinois and that’s where my dad bought a dairy business. We bottled milk, chocolate milk, made cottage cheese, you know those kinds of things.

I got into electronics while I was working for my dad.  It was when FM radio first came out, so I bought one.  It lasted for about

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Funeral services for David W. Yost, age 66 of Ogdensburg will be held on Saturday (April 7, 2018) at 2:00pm at the Fox Murray Funeral Home with Rev. Walter Smith officiating.  Burial will be in the spring at Ogdensburgh Cemetery. 

Calling hours will be held also on Saturday from 12:00pm until the time of the funeral.  Mr. Yost passed away on Saturday (Mar 31st) at the Riverledge Healthcare Facility. 

Surviving are his children Chad, Jamie Angela Yost of Rochester; his sister Lorraine Yost of Ogdensburg; a niece Lisa Chase of Ogdensburg and nephew Stephen Bogart of Ogdensburg; great-nieces Kaitlin, Erica, Trista Graci Chase and Sydney Bogart and great-nephew William Bogart.

David was born on October 14, 1951 in Ogdensburg NY, a son of the late Robert Rita (Barnes) Yost.  He graduated from Ogdensburg Free Academy in 1972 and entered the US Army.  He was medically discharged from the military after an accident. 

David worked as a therapy aide for the State Developmental Center in Newark NY for 20 years prior to becoming disabled in the early 80’s.  He enjoyed camping, hunting, fishing, riding motor cycles, tinkering with electronics and building model airplanes and cars. 

Memorial contributions can be made to St. Lawrence Valley SPCA, 6718 NY-68, Ogdensburg, NY 13669.  Condolences and fond memories can be shared at www.foxandmurrayfuneralhome.com.

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A commercial drone advocacy group called for the repeal of Section 336 of the FAA Modernization and Reform Act (FMRA) of 2012, which exempts most model airplanes used for recreational or academic purposes from drone regulations established by the Federal Aviation Administration.

That prompted pushback from a drone hobbyist lobbying group, admitting that Section 336 needs some “tweaks” to keep up with drone popularity but arguing that “no one group has a greater claim to the nation’s airspace than any other.”

In a statement Wednesday, the Commercial Drone Alliance declared that “legislation is necessary now to allow the FAA to properly regulate hobbyist drone operations under a revised Part 107 of the Federal Aviation Regulations.”

“Since the implementation of the FAA’s Part 107 in 2016, which broadly authorized commercial drone operations in the U.S., drone use has been growing at an exponential rate. Today, drones enhance disaster response, infrastructure inspection, and newsgathering capabilities, among a host of other tasks. Technology lets drones facilitate communications, spray crops, deliver packages and provide security, all within the same airspace and at the same time as helicopters and other manned aircraft, over people and structures, and side by side with hobbyist drones,” the group said.

“Basic ‘rules of the road’ are needed to manage all this new air traffic. That is why the Commercial Drone Alliance is today calling on Congress to repeal Section 336 of the FAA Modernization and Reform Act of 2012, and include new language

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