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Man Flying RC Plane Rescued on Side of Cliff in Angeles National Forest


A 79-year-old man required rescue when he climbed over the side of the road in the Angeles National Forest to retrieve an RC plane he was flying.

The man was on Sand Canyon Road. Rescuers found the man more than an hour after he called, 2.5 miles down the hill.

Read the story here.

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