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From: vince@fluke.UUCP
Newsgroups: net.aviation
Subject: Mid-air Collision in San Luis Obispo, Ca.
Message-ID: <1294@vax2.fluke.UUCP>
Date: Thu, 30-Aug-84 11:26:37 EDT
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Posted: Thu Aug 30 11:26:37 1984
Date-Received: Sat, 1-Sep-84 12:27:04 EDT
Organization: John Fluke Mfg. Co., Everett, WA
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Have any of you Californians seen a list of the victims names?  I went to
school in San Luis Obispo and am concerned about who might have died in the
crash.

Also, has anything been reported there which suggests the cause of the crash?
Was the student pilot taking instrument lessons perhaps?  I saw the type of
aircraft Wings West was flying reported, but have forgotten it.  What was
the type of aircraft involved and how is the visibility from these aircraft?

Reports I have read say that the Wings West plane was struck from above and
lost its right rear stabalizer in the collision.  Would anyone care to
speculate whether a more experienced (or lucky) pilot could have brought the
plane down reasonably intact (ie. some survivors)?

Craig V. Johnson
John Fluke Mfg. Co., Inc.
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