FARGO, ND — Anyone can buy a drone. It’s as simple as going on Amazon and having it delivered to your doorstep the next day. While it can be easy to get them in your hands, not everyone knows the rules. It’s posing a threat for some pilots. “There’s a 400–foot rule whether you’re doing it commercially or for your…
BRECKENRIDGE, Minn. — Funeral arrangements have been set for Mark Yaggie. The 41-year-old pilot was killed in a plane crash near the Moorhead airport on Sunday. According to the Joseph Vertin and Sons Funeral Home in Breckenridge, a visitation will be held on Sunday, July 9th from 5-8 p.m. at St. Mary’s Catholic Church in Breckenridge. The funeral is…
MOORHEAD, Minn. — Mark Yaggie, 41-years-old, died in an airplane crash near the Moorhead Airport Sunday night. “You hope that it was somebody other than a friend or a colleague,” said Paul Bernabucci, who is vice chairman of the Fargo Air Museum. According to the FAA, Yaggie, who is from Breckenridge, was trying to land at the Moorhead Airport when…
GWINNER, ND (KFGO) – The pilot of crop sprayer has died in an airplane crash in Sargent County. Sheriff Travis Paeper tells KFGO News that the crash happened around 7:45 am Thursday, about 8 miles west of Gwinner. Paeper says a farmer who lives nearby witnessed the crash from his home, about 500 yards away. He says dense fog in the…
FARGO, ND — A World War II veteran is in town as the featured guest at Fargo Air Museum’s Celebrity Dinner and Auction. James Tyler is an Iowa native and a P–38 fighter pilot with the 15th Air Force. He enlisted in November 1942 and flew in 15 missions to Germany and Austria, first as a bomber escort then in bombing…
FARGO, N.D. — Another exciting ‘first’ kicks off at Sanford’s new hospital. Sanford’s AirMed team began its first test landings and approaches at the new facility’s helipad. Sanford AirMed is an ambulance service that provides medical transport for critically ill or injured patients. They have a 40 year history and have flown more than 70,000 patients. Team members say they’re…
