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MYSTERY SOLVED:Grounded Plane Was Not From Iraqi Air Force
VENUS — Along an isolated road near the Highlands-Glades county line, a single-engine plane with Iraqi Air Force insignia was grounded Wednesday afternoon. ...more
February 22, 2008
'Nothing Sinister' About Iraq-Bound Training Plane
An airplane labeled Iraqi Air Force made an emergency landing on a rural Central Florida highway - near a town called Venus, no less. ...more
February 22, 2008
MYSTERY SOLVED Grounded Plane Was Not From Iraqi Air Force
VENUS — Along an isolated road near the Highlands-Glades county line, a single-engine plane with Iraqi Air Force insignia was grounded Wednesday afternoon. Doug Oliver, a spokesman for Cessna Aircraft Company in Wichita, Kan., confirmed that the plane, a Cessna 172 Skyhawk, is a basic training aircraft intended for sale to the Iraqi Air Force. There were no injuries or damages reported in the emergency landing. ...more
February 21, 2008
Iraqi Plane In Highlands Is Training Aircraft, Officials Say
VENUS — Highlands County Sheriff's Office deputies are continuing to guard a single-engine airplane with Iraqi air force markings that made an emergency landing here on Wednesday afternoon. ...more
February 21, 2008
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