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£Pilots Survive Mid-Air Crushy. n^i-TwojNavy Skyhawk:singleseal jet fighler planes collided dur-:;dng. routine maneuvers Thursday •-‘night and 'both erasing their /pilots bailing out successfully, Marine Corps officials said.One' craft, piloted by- Lt.•'Cmdr. Stewart Blair, crashed near this Marine Air facility, narrowly missing the.retirement v cnmmunily of Leisure World.The second-plane: crashed on I .the Camp Pehdlelon. MarineBase nearby,/and ils pilot, a Commander King, was unhurt.. Both crafl, Marine* officials said,. were atlached . to the Navy's Attack Squadron. 2H at Lemoore..'Officers said llie planes were making a practice ground control landing at El Toro when King’s craft struck Blair’s in the rear as-they began the* descent for landing.
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Pasadena, California, US
Fri, Feb 25, 1966
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