Monthly Archives: June 2019

On a Wing and a Prayer, Hoos Flying Club Is Best in the U.S.

The Hoos Flying Club went to Texas and took on the world – and the winds. The University of Virginia team competed in March in the Society of Automotive Engineers Aero Design East International Competition in Fort Worth, going up … Continue reading

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Over 2500 Model Planes Donated to Carthage Air Museum

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Great Barrington Rotary

Calendar Great Barrington Rotary ‘, guid: ‘marker_detail_map_canvas_4593’ }); // Overlay the infowindow (on demand) google.maps.event.addListener(marker, ‘click’, (function(markerArg, index) { return function() { for( var j in infowindows_detail_map_canvas ){ infowindows_detail_map_canvas[j].close(); } var infowindow = new google.maps.InfoWindow(); infowindow.setContent(this.html); infowindow.open(map_detail_map_canvas, this); infowindows_detail_map_canvas.push(infowindow); map_detail_map_canvas.setCenter(this.getPosition()); … Continue reading

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County Airport Puts Historic War-Worn Airplanes On Display | News, Sports, Jobs

SHOW ARTICLE –> The cockpit of the “Memphis Belle” B-17. Photo by Daryl Simons Jr. From the B-17 Flying Fortress “Memphis Belle,” to the Vultee BT-13 Valiant, and a Curtiss P-40 Warhawk, World War II classic war planes were on … Continue reading

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Knoxville pilots encourage children’s aviation interest through Young Eagles program

CLOSE Sam Robinson, 68, has flown more than 100 children through the Experimental Aircraft Association’s Young Eagles program.  Sam and Judy Robinson offer kids a chance to fly in their airplane through the Young Eagles program. (Photo: Submitted by Sam Robinson) Launched in 1992, … Continue reading

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Dale Leonard Geaudreau | Obituaries

Dale Leonard Geaudreau of Lewiston passed away Wednesday, June 19, 2019, at Lewiston Transitional Care of Cascadia. He was 84 and died peacefully in his sleep after a long battle with prostate cancer. Dale was born April 15, 1935, at … Continue reading

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Lebanon man considers the washboards and other trinkets he’s gathered for decades

Robert Newton can’t pinpoint why, exactly, he began collecting antique washboards. He considers the question, furrows his brow. Perhaps it’s nostalgia, perhaps it’s an interest in old-timers, he said. The washboards were unusual, and that piqued his interest. “I grew … Continue reading

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