Monthly Archives: May 2017

Fun in the sky with your feet on the ground

It’s an adrenaline rush from the ground. Every time Foley Soroye takes his model airplanes out to the Nipissing Miniature Aircraft Club (NIPMAC) he feels like a kid again. “It’s like ballet in the air. You perform an air show, … Continue reading

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Rochester Modelers Club Hosts “Learn to Fly” Event for Cub Scout Pack 201

ROCHESTER — On Saturday, April 29, 2017, the Rochester Modelers Club hosted its first “Learn to Fly” radio-controlled model aircraft event for about a dozen members of the Newmarket Cub Scout Pack 201. The event was held to teach the … Continue reading

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Barbie III: A Rare Howitzer Model Appears at Sun ‘n Fun Airshow

Posted By: Svilen Petrov May 21, 2017 At this year’s annual SUN n’ FUN aviation convention in Central Florida, the warbird Barbie III made its first public appearance in many years. Boasting a 75 mm cannon in the nose, the … Continue reading

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Judge dismisses former student’s suit against Timberlane teacher …

Former Timberlane High student sues school for injury BRENTWOOD — A judge has thrown out a former student’s lawsuit against Timberlane Regional High School and one of its teachers that claimed the teenager’s eye was injured by a splinter after … Continue reading

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Greenwich’s Ann’s Hobby Center Going Strong After 30 Years

Longtime Greenwich resident Ann Suger stands in front of her shop, Ann’s Hobby Center. (Michelle Moskowitz photo) By Michelle MoskowitzSentinel Correspondent Henri Matisse said, “Creativity takes courage.” While it may be difficult these days to find an adult or a … Continue reading

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What’s in a Continental Motors Services Overhaul?

After the press event announcing Continental Motors’s investment in its Mobile facilities (see sidebar), I was invited to their nearby Fairhope overhaul facility, located on Sonny Callahan Airport (KCQF), where repairs and overhauls of existing Continental and Lycoming piston aircraft … Continue reading

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Up in the air in the Cirrus Vision, the single-engine "personal jet."

The Vision tagline is “the world’s first single-engine personal jet,” and that single engine explains a lot about what makes this plane so unusual. A one-engine jet, which was a dream of the Wisconsin brothers who founded Cirrus back in … Continue reading

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