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Giant Scale Fly-In set for Saturday

Erin Mathews @ErinMathewsSJ Looking for something fun to do Saturday? Look up. The Smoky Hill Model Flying Club will host its annual Giant Scale Fly-in starting at 9 a.m. and continuing through late afternoon at the club’s flying site, three-fourths of … Continue reading

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How Quirky is Berkeley? Airplanes at Precision Peoples Car Repair

1346 San Pablo Avenue. Photo: John Storey Inside a garage on San Pablo Avenue, cars sit raised on hydraulic lifts and model airplanes with up to ten-foot wingspans are suspended from the ceiling. 1346 San Pablo Avenue. Photo: John Storey … Continue reading

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R/C Warbirds set to take to the air Sept. 16

By Andy Fillmore Correspondent DUNNELLON – Tom Gorth plans to put his scale model radio controlled T-28 Navy airplane through some pretty slick maneuvers at the 17th annual Gen. Chuck Yeager Warbird Fly-In set for Sept. 16. The Tri-County R/C … Continue reading

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Robert L. Schultz

Robert L. “Bob” Schultz, 88, of Newton, died Friday, Sept. 1, 2017, at Skiff Medical Center. A funeral service will be at 11 a.m. Thursday, Sept. 7 at the First Assembly of God Church in Newton. The family will greet … Continue reading

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Flying a plane — without ever leaving the ground

SPEARFISH — A safety check is a must, no matter the size of an airplane, and Friday, Terry Batterman, president, and Tom Sandvick, safety coordinator, of the Northern Hills RC (radio-controlled) Flyers club, highlighted the importance of this mantra at … Continue reading

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Geneseo prepares for Trains, Planes & Automobiles – News …

Geneseo’s 12th annual Trains, Planes  Automobiles festival will be Sept. 7-9 in Geneseo. Claudia Loucks Geneseo’s 12th annual Trains, Planes  Automobiles festival will be Sept. 7-9 in Geneseo. This year’s celebration gets underway Thursday, Sept. 7, when the GenAir pilots … Continue reading

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He killed his parents in Omaha at age 16 and escaped from prison nearly a decade later. Then he simply vanished – Omaha World

Left: The next day’s World-Herald’s coverage. Right: Leslie Arnold, escorted by Detective Thomas Curran, is taken in for questioning on Oct. 11, 1958, after his parents had been missing nearly two weeks. Article source: http://www.omaha.com/news/crime/he-killed-his-parents-in-omaha-at-age-and-escaped/article_cafdb0aa-8cd9-11e7-91e2-83c37e694330.html

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