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A Lake Villa man hopped in his Piper Clipper airplane Saturday, breezed above the congested roads and landed at a golf course across a highway from the tennis club, where skis on the
On Monday, Kadera, an electrical engineer and Navy veteran, disassembled the plane at Ernie's so that he could transport it home.
Kadera's son, Isaac, a sophomore at Carmel High School in Mundelein, was on his way Monday afternoon to try out for the junior-varsity tennis team. He said by phone that on Saturday he was running late for a tennis date with a friend at The Lincolnshire Club, which is across the road from the Marriott resort.
He was scheduled to meet his friend at 2 p.m. and was running late when his dad came up with a suggestion: Rather than taking 45 minutes to drive from their Lake Villa home, the pair could fly in the family's 1949 Clipper and make it in 10 to 15 minutes, Isaac said.
His father, who has about 40 years flying experience, had outfitted the plane with skis. Kadera said he had quick access to the plane because he has parked it this winter on frozen Deep Lake, near their home.
Issac never made it to his match, and without his friend's cell number, was unable to tell him why. At school Monday, friends treated the tale of a plane landing on a golf course and subsequent police action as an outlandish excuse, he said. "I left my friend hanging," Isaac said. "He still doesn't believe me when I told him why."
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On Monday, Kadera, an electrical engineer and Navy veteran, disassembled the plane at Ernie's so that he could transport it home.
Kadera's son, Isaac, a sophomore at Carmel High School in Mundelein, was on his way Monday afternoon to try out for the junior-varsity tennis team. He said by phone that on Saturday he was running late for a tennis date with a friend at The Lincolnshire Club, which is across the road from the Marriott resort.
He was scheduled to meet his friend at 2 p.m. and was running late when his dad came up with a suggestion: Rather than taking 45 minutes to drive from their Lake Villa home, the pair could fly in the family's 1949 Clipper and make it in 10 to 15 minutes, Isaac said.
His father, who has about 40 years flying experience, had outfitted the plane with skis. Kadera said he had quick access to the plane because he has parked it this winter on frozen Deep Lake, near their home.
Issac never made it to his match, and without his friend's cell number, was unable to tell him why. At school Monday, friends treated the tale of a plane landing on a golf course and subsequent police action as an outlandish excuse, he said. "I left my friend hanging," Isaac said. "He still doesn't believe me when I told him why."
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