Spencer Avionics News Today

John Ockenfels, one of two pilots who participated in a round-the-world plane trip in May, will be joined by fellow Rotarian and pilot Peter Teahen at Spencer Rotary at noon Monday in the Clay County Fair and Events Center. The duo will discuss their summer fundraising and awareness mission, The Flight to End Polio. The duo prepped the plane at Spencer Avionics before their departure. Lunch is $25 with proceeds to benefit the Rotary Flight to End Polio. (File photo)

Local technicians at Spencer Avionics spent Tuesday, April 26, readying an aircraft for a worldwide mission. A couple of states away, on May 5, two men plan to take a single aircraft and embark on a rare journey across the globe to help eradicate the last vestiges of polo in our world. Peter Teahen and John Ockenfels will go airborne in their Cessna T210M for a scheduled 80-day trip around the globe. The two Rotarians will take off Friday.