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Radio-Controlled Airplanes, Urbana Farmers' Market, World War II Navigator Iris Lundin
Air date: Thursday, February 07, 2008
Episode number: 701
Episode number: 701
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In the 2008 season premiere, host Alison Davis Wood finds out that many of the world's radio-controlled model aircraft and boats are made in Champaign-Urbana. The program spends a Saturday morning at the Urbana Farmers' Market and features a World War II story about Champaign's Iris Nig Lundin, who left her teaching job to become one of four female navigation instructors.
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I can’t believe how talented some of those RC pilots are. One of the planes was hovering like a helicopter. That looks like a fun event.
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