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SIOUX CITY, Iowa (KTIV) -- Piece by piece, Sioux City's new public museum is coming together. One of the biggest attractions landed Tuesday afternoon.
Crews moved a late-1920s "Kari-Keen" plane out of storage, and into the new museum. Kari-Keen is a former Sioux City-based aircraft manufacturer. The company produced about 70 planes, and only three survive today.
Museum officials say the lightweight, two-seater will turn a lot of heads once they suspend it over the next few days.
"We're very fortunate to have it back in Sioux City and to be able to have it in the museum. It's going to be quite a sight when we get it up there and people see it suspended," says museum director Steve Hanson.
Hanson hopes to wrap up major building work by the end of August. Then, they'll move onto putting exhibits together and hope to be ready to go by December.
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