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Picture of the Day: Sand: Worse Than Flying Into the Clouds

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A kit-built MCR 4S aircraft flying over the hazy Sahara Desert during a sandstorm.

Mihai Silvestru submitted this photo and note: “Flying over the Sahara Desert in our kit-built MCR 4S. This is what it looks like when you account for clouds, rain, and wind — but you didn’t account for sand?”

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