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B.C earlier ' thinner. \ The fuselage and wings arrived \ last Thursday at Haqqi’s hangar at “xx the Report of Waterloo international "N Airportardhehopestoformanon- 4, ' a proï¬t your) with the goal of inviting the community to help him rebuild it , ' fromthe ground up. ' ‘Basicallywhatwewanttodois , \ reï¬ne the aircraft to flying wndition, andwhllereston'ngityvethemm- munity a chance to come out and see the airplane and talk to us. and we can have them work on the plane,“ ' mum Sameer Haqqi holds a radio controlled version of the 1967 Cesna 3378 Super Skymaaer that he is attempting to rebuild. He is starting a club called He estimates the project could International Heritage Aviation Restoration to help him do it. masmmmro take up to three years to complete andwillcost$l75,0m. facingpropellersâ€"onemmtedon andthhingotherslwwtnbuildand meerAP-AVMpï¬med hmwdtatmoddwasnevet So why spend that much time the from of the plane, and another flythemswel anthem. 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