Model Airplanes

Another day, another Chrissy Teigen tweet for the entire internet to become emotionally invested in. On Saturday, the Cravings cookbook author posed a question that will change the way you view carry-on luggage going forward. Teigen’s tweets about bringing potatoes on an airplane are bound to make your day — especially when you see the final verdict.

To be specific, Teigen wanted to take scalloped potatoes with her on a flight. She asked the Twitterverse,

She then posted a follow-up tweet, tagging American Airlines, presumably the airline she’d be taking. Coining the soon-to-be beloved phrase “emotional support casserole,” she begged American Airlines, “please help me.”

Luckily, social media also appears to be this airline’s forte. They soon replied to Teigen, and after some back-and-forth clarifying that she wanted to bring the taters in a casserole dish, not a bag, she was directed to the official TSA account. TSA shared a reply that resulted in giving Teigen’s followers a collective sigh of relief:

The Sports Illustrated Swimsuit model quickly responded, “Hooray thank you!!!”

This may seem like a

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Mechanicsburg, Pa. – Norval Henry Likes of Mechanicsburg, Pa., passed away on February, 22, 2018. He was born in Emporia, Kansas and traveled the seven seas while serving as a Chief Petty Officer for 20 years in the U.S. Navy. Once retired from the Navy, Hank worked as a civil service contractor. He was the founding president of the Ocean County Modelers Club at Lakehurst, NJ and was the owner of “Likesline” landing gear for model airplanes for 25 years. He was a licensed pilot and owner of a 1946 “Ercoupe” vintage aircraft. He was very active in Boy Scouts and was a Cub Scout Master.
Hank is predeceased by his mother Frances Likes, his father George Likes, sisters Mary Gibbs and Gertrude Read and brothers Chester and Charles Likes. Hank is survived by his loving wife Shirley Likes, his sister Karen Therrien of Derby, Kansas, his son Mark Likes, son Chris Likes and his wife Barbara, daughter Connie Fahim and husband Wagih, daughter Sherrie Shales, and 6 grandchildren including Cheryl, David, Jason, Jared, Ashlee and Bryan.
Hank will be buried at Ft. Indiantown Gap National Cemetery for Veterans with full gun salute and viewing/services will be held on February 27, 2018 at Kreamer Funeral Home 618 E. Main St in Annville, PA where flowers can be sent. At the family’s request, the funeral services will be private.

Great Bend (Kan.) Tribune Feb. 25, 2018

Article source: http://www.gbtribune.com/section/3/article/111846/

There was so much that I wanted to tell him: How steep the cliffs were, how far the cemetery stretched, how the chill of the bunkers offered relief on a warm September afternoon along the coast of France.

My friend Jimmy Poston died before I ever got the chance to share any of this with him.

My visit to Normandy last fall is as much about him as it is about the rite of passage for so many who have figured out how to travel from the Bayuex train station to Colleville-sur-Mer and, finally, those hallowed sands of Omaha Beach.

The bond between Jimmy and I was military history, and because he and my father were longtime friends, that bond spanned decades; that he was 32 years older than I didn’t matter.  When I was just an elementary school student, he’d let me comb over his collection of model airplane kits for one to take home and take a stab at. Years later, the three of us would get together to see the latest World War II Hollywood blockbuster.  As we sat around eating lunch and trying to make sense of the shattered timeline of Dunkirk, I got to talking about my upcoming trip to Europe.

The planned itinerary was this: a glimpse of London, overnight ferry across the English Channel from Portsmouth to Ouistreham, take a train, rent a car, find the beach, drive to Paris, continue on to points in northern Europe, then travel back down to Belgium

Article source: http://www.philly.com/philly/living/travel/personal-journey-seeing-normandy-and-thinking-about-my-friend-dday-omaha-beach-20180223.html

Harry Eugene ‘Gene’ Kehr, 93, of Tulsa passed away peacefully early Thursday morning, February 15, 2018. Services were held Thursday, February 22nd at 2pm, Memorial Park Chapel followed by burial in the family plot at Memorial Park Cemetery in Tulsa.

Gene was born May 31, 1924 in Okmulgee to Harry Hartman Kehr and Edna Isenberg Kehr. Edna’s family had come to Oklahoma from Missouri in 1906 having drawn a quarter section in Devol. Gene and his two brothers, Willard and Joe, loved making model airplanes which led to the founding of the original Glue Dobbers model airplane club. This club later became Tulsa Glue Dobbers which is still an active club today. In his spare time, Gene designed, constructed and flew radio controlled model airplanes. Gene attended Okmulgee schools, then graduated with the 1942 class of Will Rogers High School after the family moved to Tulsa.

Gene enlisted in the US Army Air Force in March 1943 when he was only 19 years old. He trained on P-19s and served his country as a transport pilot for ten years flying C-47s and C-54s. During WWII, he served in Finchhaven, New Guinea, which according to Gene was a long way from his childhood home in Okmulgee. He met Margaret (Peggy) Halcrow in Sacramento, California in 1947 while serving in the Air Force at Fairfield-Suisun Air Force Base (now Travis Air Force Base). They wed in Reno, Nevada on March 26, 1947. The couple moved to Anchorage, Alaska for three years where they enjoyed

Article source: http://www.tulsaworld.com/obituaries/localobituaries/harry-eugene-gene-kehr/article_264b3f48-701f-5f3a-89dd-77ddeaebd7e0.html

A model is a lot of things to a lot of people. To Ed Dunstan they are a work of art and love.

Ed Dustan with his model of the USS Missouri.

Dunstan recently displayed his 1/16 scale model of the U.S. Navy Battleship USS Missouri.

The basic structure of the model was built from a kit, which he said he purchased “at a Bob Fair auction,” in the late 90s.

He began work on the model in the late 90s and, after an estimated 1,000 hours of work, completed it in 2005.

Not only does Dunstan’s modeling work include hot glue, balsa wood, plastic and acrylic paint. He also ladles on a very healthy amount of research.

“In many model-building contests, the models are judged by historic accuracy as much as overall appearance,” he said. “Most modeling kits are approximate, but not always exact. Competitive model-builders want to get as close to the real thing as we can. If you want to build something accurately, you have to do the research.”

His battleship model was scratch-built from the deck up. The hull, he said was approximate but needed a lot of modifications to make it accurate according to ship plans.

That goes for historical data as well. 

When recently displaying his model of the USS Missouri, ensconced in a glass-sided wooden display case, he includes vintage photos of the crew as well as information such as the battleship was the last

Article source: http://www.firesideguard.com/dunstan-models-history/