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All active customers on the Tower Hobbies mailing list received the catalog, as well as a bi-monthly Super Special Sheet spotlighting new and sale-priced items. [ 8 ] By the fall of 1982, Tower Hobbies was the world’s biggest mail-order retailer of radio-controlled airplane and boat models, grossing more than $15 million a year.
In 1971 Tower Hobbies was founded by Bruce Holecek. In 1972 Great Planes Model Distributors was founded by Don Anderson. Hobbico was started in 1985 when Tower Hobbies was combined with Great Planes Model Distributors to form Hobbico, Inc. In November 2005 the company became a 100% employee-owned ESOP (Employee Stock Ownership Plan). [2]
The off-the-beaten-path marina was once a project for Mongelli, who in the 1970s kept his boat there, according to a 2015 story in the Keys Weekly newspaper. “I watched the property deteriorate ...
These same reefs are hazards to navigation. Thousands of ships have wrecked over the centuries in the Keys and elsewhere in the waters of Florida. The most famous Spanish wreck found west of the Florida Keys was the above-mentioned Nuestra Señora de Atocha, found after a sixteen-year search by Mel Fisher in 1985. The value of the ship's ...
A homemade boat used by Cuban migrants to reach the United States sits offshore at Harry Harris Park in Tavernier in the Florida Keys on Jan. 14, 2023.
Sunset Key is a 27-acre (11-hectare) residential neighborhood and resort island in the city of Key West, Florida. It is located about 500 yards (460 m) off the coast of the island of Key West. The island is privately held among its residents. The island is accessible only by a shuttle boat that runs from the Margaritaville Marina out to the island.
A boat lists on its side in shallow water off Sugarloaf Key Thursday, Oct. 27, 2022. The boat is one of more than 100 displaced vessels resulting from Hurricane Ian, which passed by the Florida ...
Thom Walla, Merlin Hayes, and Mary Hayes founded HobbyTown Unlimited, Inc. in 1985 and opened the first franchise store in 1986. As of 2023, HobbyTown USA has 106 franchise stores are located in 35 states in the continental United States.