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As a former glider pilot I had serious trouble parsing the headline because of the all caps and this: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grob_G102_Astir



Astir (αστήρ) means "star" in greek. I imagine that's where the G102 got its name from!


It's OK I learnt a new word today too.




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