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389:Iowa Aviation Museum
190:Schweizer, gliders.
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1034:SGU 1-20 Homepage
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1291:TSC-1 Teal
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217:Two-place
166:Background
140:, utility
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331:SGU 1-19A
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532:See also
351:SGU 1-20
339:SGM 1-19
323:SGU 1-19
318:Variants
263:SGU 1-20
234:SGU 2-22
219:SGS 2-18
212:SGS 1-17
205:SGU 1-16
176:SGS 2-12
1343:SA 2-37
982:May 19,
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461:Airfoil
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