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385:"ASN Aircraft accident Douglas C-47A-75-DL (DC-3) VP-YRX Salisbury Airport (HRE)"
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312:"Profile for: Rhodesian Air Services"
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200:Rhodesian Air Services fleet
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273:Accidents and incidents
360:"World Airline Survey"
20:Rhodesian Air Services
286:VP-YRX) crashed near
280:Douglas C-47 Skytrain
227:Douglas C-47 Skytrain
163:Buffalo Range Airport
133:and headquartered in
428:Airlines of Rhodesia
364:www.flightglobal.com
121:was an airline from
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103:Headquarters
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422:Categories
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299:References
284:registered
209:In fleet
206:Aircraft
173:Salisbury
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56:Call sign
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