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Archive Home > 2003 > September > 28 > Model plane enthusiasts soar at ‘fun-flies'

Model plane enthusiasts soar at ‘fun-flies'

By Mike Cronin / The Bulletin
September 28, 2003

It took 57 years, but providence finally intervened.

Bend's Jim Ransom, a self-employed physician recruiter, had wanted to build and fly model planes all his life. In April, he got his chance.

Ransom won a $400 gas-powered model airplane and radio controller in a Bend Aero Modelers raffle and,....

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