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Piper Super Cub
Pilot ProficiencyOnly Assumptions Can Be Made About What Took Down a Curtiss C-46 in Alaska
Shortly after the airplane named ‘Maid of Money’ took off in December 2000, snow began to fall, and winds picked up to 50 knots.
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