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1237:Nigel Lamb
1177:Bob Hoover
811:Aerobatics
759:In fiction
415:References
331:two-stroke
299:Wing area:
244:registered
201:4130 steel
190:aerobatics
1247:Jim LeRoy
1167:Ray Hanna
1157:Matt Hall
1117:Glen Dell
958:Tailslide
880:Maneuvers
764:Survivors
293:Wingspan:
267:Data from
78:Designer
963:Scissors
928:Lomcovak
819:Aircraft
769:Variants
720:Replicas
647:Tomahawk
588:Aircraft
522:March 3,
497:March 3,
469:March 3,
403:See also
213:box spar
197:fuselage
174:low wing
948:Split S
577:Curtiss
327:2si 808
287:Length:
217:2si 808
94:Status
1020:Pilots
923:Kulbit
752:Topics
642:Mohawk
582:family
446:
378:Range:
209:spruce
24:P-40F
1481:Other
281:Crew:
221:Rotax
211:wood
139:, of
89:1986
43:Role
943:Spin
938:Slip
625:P-60
620:P-53
615:P-46
610:P-42
605:P-40
600:P-37
595:P-36
524:2014
499:2014
471:2014
444:ISBN
325:1 Ă—
127:The
109:One
283:one
1510::
1488:3D
710:95
705:90
700:88
695:87
690:86
685:81
663:75
479:^
454:^
423:^
337:,
333:,
192:.
180:,
153:.
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796:t
789:v
678:S
673:P
668:I
569:e
562:t
555:v
526:.
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