"tom418" wrote in message
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The last midair over Long Island I remember was near Zahns Airport,
between
two of the school's Cherokees in the early 1970's. The damage couldn't
have
been too severe, as I rented both of those planes years later

I believe there was one in 1994 and it was also between a Cessna and a
Piper. See: http://www.aopa.org/asf/ntsb/searchR...identifier=FRG on
04/09/1994

Their fates were not as positive as the most recent one. Considering the
amount of traffic, the mix between training flights, and the flight path
limitations due to KFRG's proximity to Class B, the small number of this
type of incident is a bit surprising (knock on wood).

Marco