Flying Magazine
• Jack Daleo
A small aircraft involved in a Remembrance Day ceremony crashed Wednesday near Saint-Georges Airport in Quebec’s Beauce region, about 100 kilometers south of Quebec City. The sole occupant, the pilot, was declared dead at the scene; provincial police said the crash occurred at about 11 a.m.
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