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Sep 2023
29m 20s

Episode 64: Chris and Michael Easton

AOPA Air Safety Institute
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Father and son duo Chris and Michael Easton experience a bird strike while flying a Cirrus SR22 from Bedford, MA to New Garden Airport in PA. 
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