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Since he was a boy, Mike Makepeace has been around airplanes, both model and full-size aircraft. Watching his father, the late Kenneth Makepeace, build and fly experimental aircraft and other types of home-built planes, as well as construct and operate … Continue reading →

Article Tools     ELLEN F. O’CONNELL/Staff PhotographerA close-up of the model ship HMS Victory Bill Gaddes of Nesquehoning built at his home. ELLEN F. O’CONNELL/Staff PhotographerBill Gaddes works on the Italian model ship Vascello Svedese 1628 he is building … Continue reading →

Larry Butcher/For The Herald-Dispatch Shyann, 10, from left, Lisa and Garett Conley, 11, look at the planes and helicopters on display during the Tri-State Model Flyers Club show Saturday, Feb. 18, 2017, at the Ashland Town Center in Ashland. Article … Continue reading →

By Larry Penkava lpenkava@courier-tribune.com Twitter: @larrypenkavaCT ASHEBORO — Imagine you’re flying in a single-engine turboprop from Charlotte to Tangier Island, Va. You’re sitting in the captain’s seat watching a myriad of dials, buttons and switches while clouds swirl around and … Continue reading →

Workers walk outside the Boeing South Carolina Plant on Wednesday. (Randall Hill/Reuters) NORTH CHARLESTON, S.C. — President Trump visited a Boeing factory Friday to show off the company’s newest model of the 787 Dreamliner, the latest in a series of … Continue reading →

Long before becoming a barrier-breaking astronaut, Guion Bluford was a pretty typical American boy. He had a paper route, loved playing table tennis and was a Boy Scout, eventually earning Scouting’s highest honor: the Eagle Scout award. Few could’ve guessed that some day this Eagle … Continue reading →

If you don’t know Richard (Dick) Henmi by name, and you probably should, you definitely know one of his most iconic contributions to St. Louis’ architectural assembly: the so-called ‘flying saucer’ building in Council Plaza off of Grand Boulevard. Henmi … Continue reading →