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Plane enthusiast dies in freak accident
By Heather Ratcliffe
ST. LOUIS POST-DISPATCH
10/24/2006

Mark Birke never pursued a pilot's license because his wife worried
about his safety.


Terrible story that basically boils down to the fact that if his wife hadn't
bitched and let him learn to fly he would probably be alive today.