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Air, car show to feature 100 years of history in St. Charles

Wings and Wheels, Festival of Flight Air and Car Show will be held from 9 a.m. to dusk on Sept. 8 at 3821 Karl Madsen Drive, St Charles. ST. CHARLES – Wings and Wheels, Festival of Flight Air and Car … Continue reading

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Robert James Leslie

Robert James Leslie, 90, of New Ross lost his battle with cancer early Wednesday morning at home while surrounded by his loving family. To many of his friends, he was known as “Smiley.” Robert was born May 6, 1928, at … Continue reading

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Repeal the Repeal 336 Madness!

Quote from AeroVironment Founder Dr Paul MacCready: “Anybody who’s not interested in model airplanes must have a screw loose someplace,” he said in an interview with The San Diego Union-Tribune in 1992. The “336 needs to be repealed for the … Continue reading

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Hometown hero mourned

HANSON — They met flying model airplanes. Army National Guard Pilot Scott Landis, 34, of Hanson who was killed in a plane crash at the Cranland Airport last Friday, got involved in aviation through model aircraft, his lifelong schoolmate and … Continue reading

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Colorado’s Airplane Restaurant

Originally built in 1953, this intact Boeing KC-97 tanker—one of the largest aircrafts ever made—was once used for refueling missions in Europe. In 2002, the airplane found a second life as the premier aviation restaurant in the United States. Top … Continue reading

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Salute To Veterans of WWII

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Fun Fly draws 30 model airplane pilots

About 30 pilots arrived Aug. 25-26 for this year’s event. “We finally got some decent weather,” said Club President Dick Reich. “This is the best weather we’ve had in four or five years. We saw double the number of pilots … Continue reading

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