Pilot Badly Burned in Plane Crash at Airport
From Staff and Wire Reports
A Corona del Mar pilot practicing takeoffs and landings was critically burned when his stunt biplane crashed at Long Beach Airport, authorities said Sunday.
The single-engine plane crashed about 10:50 a.m. Saturday, authorities said. James Winegarden, 58, was in critical but stable condition at Torrance Memorial Medical Center.
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