Flying Magazine
• Jack Daleo
A small aircraft involved in a Remembrance Day ceremony crashed in a wooded area near Saint-Georges Airport, about 100 kilometers south of Quebec City. Quebec provincial police said the crash occurred around 11 a.m. Wednesday; the pilot, the sole person aboard, was pronounced dead at the scene.
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