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KLASEY: Kankakee celebrates 'Air Progress'

On Sunday, Sept. 10, 1939, an estimated 500 spectators gathered at Kankakee’s Koerner Airport to watch several dozen young men launch their home-built model airplanes into the air. Some of ....

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