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The finite translation planes of ordern not in {34,36,112,192,292,592 that admit a non-solvable doubly transitive line-sized orbit are completely classified.
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Ganley, M.J., Jha, V. & Johnson, N.L. The translation planes admitting a nonsolvable doubly transitive line-sized orbit. J Geom 69, 88–109 (2000). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01237478
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