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was purchased. On 5 February, one engine failed near Aruba, and then the other stopped as well. Kappel was forced to make an emergency landing at
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around the mountain, and whether an airstrip could be built there. Kappel was assigned the latter task. On 16 March, Kappel, H. Massink, and 18
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List of personnel of the Polish Air Force in Great
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was named "Ronald Elwin Kappel". On 11 February 2017, a
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964:Het nieuws : algemeen dagblad
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507:of Suriname and Prime Minister
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960:"Vijf Gure dagen op Tafelberg"
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764:"Two Escape as Plane Crashes"
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827:"Kappel nog steeds in Cuba"
744:(in Dutch). 16 January 1951
738:"Eerst Surinaams vliegtuig"
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142:Ronald "Rudi" Elwin Kappel
1228:People from Port of Spain
1105:"Rudi Kappel verongelukt"
966:(in Dutch). 11 April 1958
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505:Severinus Desiré Emanuels
473:on 22 May 1914. He was a
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652:"Suriname en luchtvaart"
254:letter of recommendation
802:Flying on trusted wings
267:On 1 January 1955, the
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1152:"Ronald-Elwin-Kappel"
987:"Operatie sprinkhaan"
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116:Pilot, business owner
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210:In 1952, Kappel and
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158:Zorg en Hoop Airport
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130:Zorg en Hoop Airport
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201:Cessna AT-17 Bobcat
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58:Ronald Elwin Kappel
18:Ronald Elwin Kappel
773:. 16 February 1951
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361:Sipaliwini
258:Paramaribo
160:, and the
146:Surinamese
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409:Coeroenie
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197:the Hague
188:in 1948.
172:Biography
717:"Inhoud"
525:Emanuels
455:interior
444:airstrip
428:Geijskes
377:Paloemeu
345:Oelemari
313:Kabalebo
252:using a
182:Trinidad
166:Paloemeu
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656:De West
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