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NeighborsBy MIKE JESSE Photos by TOM WILLIAMSThe first thing the passing motorist would probably notice about the Troike farm in northern Townsend Township is the giant American flags painted on two sides of an otherwise white bam.Of course, flags are rather popular these days, even if they aren't generally so large.So the mildly interested motorist drives on past the patriotic bam and immediatly sees two wooden men methodically sawing an imaginary log next to a miniature windmill in the Troike front yard.A closer look at that unusual sight leads the curious intruder close enough to see a five-foot wooden airplane furiously whirling its three propellers into the wind while it is safely held in place, six feet above the ground, by an iron post bolted to its underbelly.Nine old thread spools, painted black, are attachedTinkering comes naturally to Luther Troike, and the yard around his farm shows it.• Please turn to page B-3It's propellers whirling merrily in the wind, the flagship of Troike Airlines draws curious glances from passing motorists.
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Sandusky Sunday Register
Sandusky, Ohio, US
Sun, May 25, 1980
Page 13
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