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Test Pilot Dies in Plunge
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LOS ANGELES, Jan. 7 (Reuters)—A pilot testing an experimental aircraft that went out of control tried to parachute to safety yesterday but was hit and killed by his own plane as it plunged toward the sea. Coast Guard officials said that John Cook, 35 years old, president of the Cook Aircraft Corporation, bailed out of his aircraft at 3,000 feet and was struck by the wrng of the spinning craft.
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