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1808:Gliding in the United States
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670:Los Angeles
205: /
193:118°21′49″W
180:Coordinates
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142:Inyo County
1787:Categories
1762:Fourteenth
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966:References
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852:Cessna 402
551:Facilities
190:37°22′23″N
1772:Twentieth
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