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Passion for remote-controlled aircrafts sky high among longtime Mohawk Valley hobbyists
06 Jul

Passion for remote-controlled aircrafts sky high among longtime Mohawk Valley hobbyists

Tyler A. McNeil0 CommentsEmail Newsletter, Fulton County, Johnstown, Local News, The Gloversville Leader Heraldaeronautics, aircraft, johnstown, Lazy Eight RC Club, model aircrafts, RC planes
TOWN OF JOHNSTOWN — It was the summer of 1972. There wasn't a cloud in the sky in Virginia Beach. The wind was low and the wings were out. Ronald Chizek of Johnstown was stationed in the U.S. Navy when he first touched a model airplane. At the time, his two children brought him closer to the hobby. And it ultimately sparked a lifelong interest. "You're laying in the bed and you're thinking about, 'Boy, I did this, I did that and this is how I did it,'" Chizek, 84, recalled. "You think about that stuff and it was exciting."…
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