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Lakeland Room

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     RECORDS OF 

 FLIGHT SAFETY INTERNATIONAL

1988 - 1990

RG2850

SCOPE AND CONTENT NOTE

FlightSafety International's Lakeland Center was founded in 1954-55.  It trains more than 1,600 students each year.  Two famous repeat students were actor Christopher Reeve and race car driver Bill Elliott.  They have international clients from Austria, Canada, Japan, Korea, and Yugoslavia.

The collection contains brochures, pamphlets, and leaflets on training on Piper and Aerostar airplanes, copies of certificates awarded to Mr. Reeve and Mr. Elliott and news articles about the Lakeland center.