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Mitch Mazoras, 15, flies a model helicopter at Ridge Park in Chicago's Beverly community November 16, 2012. The Brother Rice High School freshman has been flying models since age 5 and now competes on sponsored teams. | Brett Roseman~Sun-Times Media
Mitch Mazoras, 15, flies a model helicopter at Ridge Park in Chicago's Beverly community November 16, 2012. The Brother Rice High School freshman has been flying models since age 5 and now competes on sponsored teams. | Brett Roseman~Sun-Times Media
Mitch Mazoras, 15, flies a model helicopter at Ridge Park in Chicago's Beverly community November 16, 2012. The Brother Rice High School freshman has been flying models since age 5 and now competes on sponsored teams. | Brett Roseman~Sun-Times Media
Mitch Mazoras, 15, flies a model helicopter at Ridge Park in Chicago's Beverly community November 16, 2012. The Brother Rice High School freshman has been flying models since age 5 and now competes on sponsored teams. | Brett Roseman~Sun-Times Media
Mitch Mazoras, 15, flies a model helicopter at Ridge Park in Chicago's Beverly community November 16, 2012. The Brother Rice High School freshman has been flying models since age 5 and now competes on sponsored teams. | Brett Roseman~Sun-Times Media
The helicopter soared a couple hundred feet above Ridge Park in Chicago’s Beverly community until it was a speck in the sky. Then it plummeted, making dizzy spins and turns all the way until it seemed ready to bury its rotors in the dirt infield …