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Glider pilot dies in Craig County

NEW CASTLE – After almost 50 years of relatively smooth sailing the skies over Craig County, a gilder pilot died Sunday afternoon. Federal Aviation Authority officials said Meir Schneller died after the tow rope between the engineless craft and the plane taking it aloft apparently broke and the glider crashed into trees. Schneller, 59,... »

Walter Reed’s ‘Wounded Warriors’ visit gliderport

NEW CASTLE – Veterans from the Wounded Warriors Project at Walter Reed Army Medical Center in Washington, D.C., were the honored guests Friday night at the Blue Ridge Soaring Society’s New Castle International Gliderport. Friday night was not exactly what one would term status quo at the gliderport owned by Lanier and Techla Frantz.... »