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89 year old pilot from Westhampton safely crash lands on beach

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By Michael Wright on Jun 30, 2010
When a small plane’s engine seized off the shoreline of Long Island on Friday afternoon, and the aircraft started diving toward the packed bathing beaches of Jones Beach, there was... more

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