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Six AF cadets escape crash landing near Akron
An Air Force Academy cadet flying home for the holidays crash landed a rented Piper Cherokee on a frozen pond near Akron Canton Airport. All six cadets survived as the plane slid 183 feet across the ice after the right wing was sheared by a tree. the pilot Steve Gullotta, 18, of New York City, reported engine failure in predawn visibility.
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