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Flying Broken Airplanes: The Substantial Risks Of Deferring Maintenance Flying broken planes
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Why The Piper M600 SLS Is Remarkable Piper M600 SLS
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Crazy (And Not So Crazy) Automaker Forays Into Aviation Ford Flivver
The history of car makers who dabbled in aviation is super long and more than a little weird. more »

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