Before the typical crowd of a couple of hundred thousand people filled Jones Beach for the annual Bethpage Air Show, a fellow Herald editor and I found out what it was like to be high above Long Island in planes rarely entered by civilians.
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By Andrew Hackmack
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5/27/15
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Warren Hoffman always wanted to learn how to fly a plane. In 2005, he decided to make that dream a reality, and contacted a former client who is a licensed pilot. Days later, Hoffman, 53, a lifelong East Meadow resident and an attorney in Mineola, was aloft in his friend’s plane, learning the basics of flying.
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By David Weingrad
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12/19/13
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East Meadow’s own Gerard Barbosa was one of four Pearl Harbor survivors in attendance during a ceremony marking the 69th anniversary on Tuesday at the American …
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by Mike Caputo
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12/8/10
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A plane piloted by North Bellmore resident Gus Halouvas, 55, crashed Sunday around 9 a.m. in East Farmingdale, Suffolk County Police said. The 1969 Marchetti lost power shortly after takeoff from Republic Airport.
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Deirdre Krasula
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10/20/10
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