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Powered glider falls near Varese: dead the only occupant

Varese, Italy - The airplane took off from the Aero Club of Calcinate del Pesce

A powered glider, apparently of the type SF-25, code I-IMAC taken off in today's late morning from the runway of the Aero Club of Calcinate del Pesce (Varese, Italy), with one person on board, has fallen near Campo dei Fiori, where there is an astronomical observatory at 1,120 m. altitude, near Forte di Orino in the province of Varese. In the first afternoon a firefighter helicopter took off for...

AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency - 1086784
Rome, Italy, 03/07/2008 18:24
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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