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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72"><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'>It was probably my mom’s ex-boyfriend Max who had all sorts of pilot stories and lived in Scio. hahahhaha<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'>Kathy Street<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'>541-481-3365<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'> Libs-Or <libs-or-bounces@listsmart.osl.state.or.us> <b>On Behalf Of </b>Dunham, Charles<br><b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, January 15, 2020 11:29 AM<br><b>To:</b> 'libs-or@listsmart.osl.state.or.us' <libs-or@listsmart.osl.state.or.us><br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [Libs-Or] reference question for airplane buffs or 1980's Oregon History experts<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'>Interesting! I was unable to find this in the Corvallis Gazette-Times digital archive. I don’t have time for a deep-dive today, but I’ll do some more looking as time allows.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'>Charles Dunham<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'>Corvallis-Benton County Public Library<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'> Libs-Or <<a href="mailto:libs-or-bounces@listsmart.osl.state.or.us">libs-or-bounces@listsmart.osl.state.or.us</a>> <b>On Behalf Of </b>Bryan Miyagishima<br><b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, January 15, 2020 9:36 AM<br><b>Subject:</b> [Libs-Or] reference question for airplane buffs or 1980's Oregon History experts<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>I could have entered this into Answerland, but I've got a feeling that the question would have ended up here anyway. A patron came in looking for articles referencing the following - apparently, there was an airline pilot who lived in Corvallis who, in the 1980s or early 1990s, stole commercial airplanes and flew them across the border so that the airplanes could be broken down for parts for sale. The patron said that this become a national story with an FBI sting involved.<o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>I've checked the databases available to our Library as well as Oregon Historical Newspapers. As I told the patron, with that large a timeframe, it is a bit of a shot in the dark. <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>If there's anyone who recalls such a story or who can find some articles referencing it, could you get back to me with the pilot's name, time period that this took place, and citations?<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Many thanks,<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Bryan Miyagishima, Linn-Benton Community College Library<o:p></o:p></p></div></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>Disclaimer:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'> This e-mail message is a public record of the City of Corvallis. The contents may be subject to public disclosure under Oregon Public Records Law and subject to the State of Oregon Records Retention Schedules. (OAR:166.200.0200-405)<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div></body></html>