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Pilotless Plane

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In January 1959, an Aeronca L16 airplane owned by the Rising Sun Civil Air Patrol took off with no pilot after its propeller was cranked, flew more than 100 miles on its own, and crashed near Chillicothe, OH, drawing national media coverage.
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