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430:"Make / Model Inquiry Results"
230:Specifications (Lightning Bug)
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570:List of aerobatic aircraft
373:List of aerobatic aircraft
305:, 100 hp (75 kW)
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101:Production completed
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1060:Alexandr Panfierov
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641:Barrel roll
435:February 6,
317:Performance
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1135:Gene Soucy
1110:Art Scholl
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980:Nigel Lamb
920:Bob Hoover
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