Model Airplanes

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BEA AHBECK/NEWS-SENTINEL Ken Knowles, of Galt, (left) and Dennis Campbell, of Lodi, (right) help Wally Felahy, of Lodi, ready his model airplane for flight during the West Coast Mini Festival of RC Flight, organized by the Delta Valley Modelers, AMA Club 193, at the Kingdon Airpark outside Lodi Saturday, Sept. 3, 2016.

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Various Telluridians have banded together to help brighten the life of a Gunnison boy who is paralyzed below the knees from the birth defect spina bifida.

Landon Ruggera, 12, will be traveling to Telluride on Friday where he will be provided his own booth at the airport to display his model aircraft in conjunction with this week’s Telluride Festival of Cars Colors. He’s been building models with his father, Lance, since he was 7, and plans to bring about 20 of his best works to show to festival-goers.

But the booth space, provided by airport manager Rich Nuttall, is not the only perk Landon will receive when he’s here. He and his family will get free admission to the festival, courtesy of festival organizer Ray Cody; $100 worth of meals at Brown Dog Pizza, thanks to restaurant owner Jeff Smokevitch; and free lodging in

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Deutsche Lufthansa AG is nearing an agreement to operate airplanes now flying under the Air Berlin Plc banner, according to two people with knowledge of the matter, letting Lufthansa bolster its discount flights as Air Berlin cuts back its routes.

Lufthansa’s supervisory board on Wednesday will review a plan to let its Eurowings low-cost arm use about 40 of Air Berlin’s aircraft and their crews, said the people, who asked not to be identified because the information is private. A deal may pave the way for Air Berlin to cut about 1,000 of its 8,600 staff in coming months, Sueddeutsche Zeitung reported on Sunday. The agreement is set to be unveiled at a press conference hosted by Lufthansa, Eurowings and Air Berlin in Frankfurt later this week, one of the people said.

Representatives at Lufthansa, Germany’s largest carrier, and Air Berlin, the country’s second-biggest, declined to comment.

Using Air Berlin aircraft would help Lufthansa expand its Eurowings unit, which is trying to compete with much larger rivals Ryanair Holdings Plc. and EasyJet Plc, which are growing aggressively in Germany. A deal would also ease pressure on ailing Air Berlin, which racked up 1.17 billion euros ($1.32 billion) in losses over the past three years, prompting several bailouts by dominant shareholder Etihad Airways.

Focusing Air Berlin’s remaining fleet on the Berlin and Dusseldorf hubs would allow Abu Dhabi-based Etihad to keep its access to vital links and continue transporting passengers from Asia and the Middle East to Europe on its own networks. It would

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