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College class recreates WWI history by crafting model planes

On Fridays at noon, students in Craig Livingston’s history class set aside their textbooks and meet their professor in the Lone Star College Montgomery Commons. Instead of presenting a lecture, Livingston leads his students in a whole other type of … Continue reading

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Model aircraft: Toys for all ages

Staff photo by Sam Yu Frederick Model Aircraft Club Three members of the Frederick Model Aircraft Club are shown recently at the field where they fly off Elmer Derr Road, although it was too windy to fly that day. From … Continue reading

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Graham Dwyer’s other passion: flying model aircraft

Graham Dwyer was a keen flyer of model aircraft, his trial heard. He worked on them almost every day, regularly ordered parts for them from specialist websites around the world, and flew them in races almost every weekend. His interest … Continue reading

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Model railroad, airplane clubs to raise money again for cancer research – WBTW

  Article source: http://www.wbtw.com/story/28620521/model-railroad-airplane-clubs-to-raise-money-again-for-cancer-research

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The automated airplane

One of the black boxes from Germanwings flight 4U9525 has been recovered. It’s damaged, but officials say it can still be used to retrieve information. That’s a relief, because so far, no one knows what happens to the plane that … Continue reading

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FORKS show returns Saturday

Dozens turned out for the 2014 FORKS show. The 40th annual FORKS radio control model show and swap show is this Saturday. This year’s event will be from 8:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday in the AAA building at the … Continue reading

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All 150 Aboard Germanwings Flight 9525 Feared Dead

SEYNE, France—An Airbus A320 carrying 150 people from Barcelona to Düsseldorf crashed into an alpine mountainside Tuesday after an unexplained 8-minute descent, leaving no apparent survivors and two countries in mourning. Officials who flew over the crash site in the … Continue reading

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