Monthly Archives: June 2016

Late Resolution re Der Adlers

Posted on June 29, 2016 by Job Conger

If I could “do over” 25 seconds of my life or erase them from my memory, those 25 seconds would vaporize last winter’s discovery of several issues of the German World War II propaganda magazine MISSING from AeroKnow Museum’s Magazine … Continue reading →

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pt 2 -AC-47 “Spooky” Flight to Urbana, OHIO

Posted on June 28, 2016 by Job Conger

I had just finished letting model club members know I would be absent from our meeting that night but the meeting room would be open for them, when Horizon Aviation’s all-around nice fellow and aircraft maintainer whiz kit Rusty, let … Continue reading →

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AC-47 “Spooky” Flight to Urbana, Ohio

Posted on June 16, 2016 by Job Conger

My friend Chuck Midyett shared the news about two weeks ago that he would be flying Spooky Squadron’s  AC-47 (recreation of a C-47 manufactured in 1943) to Urbana, OHIO in the week ahead and it would likely stop in Springfield, … Continue reading →

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Long Lost but FOUND

Posted on June 9, 2016 by Job Conger

This year I’ve spent a lot of time darn-near devastated (but nominally functioning) over two thefts from AeroKnow Museum. The first one involved the loss of several issues of Der Adler German World War II aviation propaganda magazines. Here are … Continue reading →

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