That fact that it is extremely rare probably does not make anyone
involved feel any better about it.

There were four souls lost in the collision between a 152 and a 172. AP
and CNN say one of them was in a car in the ground and the rest on
board the planes. UPI says two of the victims were on the ground. I
suppose it will take some time to straighten out what happened.

Tragic. The longer I am a pilot, the more it seems to grieve me to hear
of things like this.
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Waddling Eagle
World Famous Flight Instructor