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Rotors Over Mentone Featured Six Helicopters

Written on September 16, 2019 by Staff Reporter

Categories: Archive 2019

One of the helicopters at the Rotors over Mentone festival Saturday, Sept. 14. Photo provided.

MENTONE — Organizers held the tenth annual Rotors Over Mentone Saturday.

The festival included six helicopters and over 200 people showed up for a day of family fun.

Neil Stickney and Tom Wallin, both retired from the 229th Squadron who piloted the Huey 801 during the Vietnam War, shared their stories. Pastor Kent Jones,  Legion Post 49 Color Guard and the Tippecanoe Valley High School Band helped make the program a great success, said Tim Croy, president Bell Museum.

Sponsors included  Diesel Power & Machine, Craig Welding, the Terry & Sandra Tucker Family Foundation,  Chuck & Lisa Surack, Sweetwater,  Midwest Poultry,  Mentone Chamber of Commerce,  Jahn Luke. 

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