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Soaring to adventure

Date7/12/1986

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Hiebert, Carl E., 1947- (subject)

Slaughter, Mike (photographer)

Toronto Star (Firm) (publisher)

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Original Toronto Star caption: Soaring to adventure: Handicapped pilot Carl Hiebert sits at the controls of his ''Gift of Wings'' ultralight, just before landing at Buttonville airport north of Metro yesterday, after an 11-hour flight from Ottawa. The 38-year-old Kitchener man began his coast-to-coast flight on July 1 and hopes to raise $1 million in donations for the Canadian Paraplegic Association.

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