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Key Takeaways:

  • Two fatal aviation incidents occurred: an Indonesian C-130 crashed in Java, and two Cessna aircraft collided midair off Long Beach, California.
  • A South African pilot broke a 1939 record for a solo round-trip flight between London and Cape Town in a single-engine airplane.
  • Other aviation news included a NATO seabed search off Malta for a downed WWII biplane and an Indiana pilot achieving high fuel efficiency on a long flight.
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An Indonesian C-130 crashed on the island of Java Wednesday morning with 112 people on board, 68 died…

A Cessna 172 and Cessna 310 collided in midair above the ocean off Long Beach, Calif., on Monday, three people were killed…

Chalkie Stobbart, of South Africa, broke a record set in 1939 for a solo round-trip flight between London and Cape Town in a single-engine airplane…

NATO minesweepers have launched a seabed search off Malta for the remains of a Gloster Gladiator biplane that was shot down in July 1940…

Flying low and slow, Indiana pilot Kris Maynard got 25.26 mpg during a 15-hour flight in his Husky.

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