Monthly Archives: September 2017

Niagara Hobby & Craft Mart has closed – The Buffalo News

After 31 years in business, Niagara Hobby Craft Mart has closed its doors. The store displayed elaborate, working model trainsets and sold slot cars, dollhouses, miniatures, model airplanes and other pastime products. It was known for its restored 1949 train … Continue reading

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Through the Years in the Reveille

September 23, 1905 – 112 years ago Santa Fe Railroad will build to connect Eureka and Willits. No extension north to Portland will result in a savings of $7 million to Santa Fe. At an early hour last Sunday morning … Continue reading

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Small project becomes giant exhibit in air museum – Tillamook Headlight

It started small, one father spending time with a son, both working on a model. It grew. And grew. And grew. Now, it is a world of warfare – armies, navies, planes and tanks – that literally became too big. … Continue reading

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Five portraits of Hurricane Irma’s record-breaking fury

(for more about Power Words, click here) aerodynamic     Having a shape that reduces resistance from air flowing past. air pressure     The force exerted by the weight of air molecules. Atlantic     One of the world’s five oceans, it is second in size only to the … Continue reading

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Boeing to raise 787 jet output, upbeat on 777

(Reuters) – Boeing Co (BA.N) will raise production of 787 Dreamliner jets to 14 a month in 2019, Chief Executive Dennis Muilenberg said on Wednesday, reviving plans previously on hold due to a wobble in demand for wide-body jets. Boeing … Continue reading

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Boeing & Malaysia Airlines Agree on Deal for 16 Airplanes

Aircraft giant, The Boeing Company BA , has recently agreed to sell 16 of its airplanes to Malaysia Airlines. The deal was sealed by signing a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) by both parties. The MOU comprises of two orders for … Continue reading

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US Scale Masters Championships set at airfield

It has been decades since Freeman Municipal Airport has seen the likes of a World War II-era P-51 Mustang land on one of its runways. And it’s highly unlikely a F-14 Tomcat ever flew anywhere near the field over its … Continue reading

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