Crawley Advertiser newspaper clipping from July 24, 1981 showing flight simulator at American Airlines training center

This press clipping from the Crawley Advertiser dated July 24, 1981, features an article about American Airlines' new £15 million pilot training center in Crawley. The article mentions the facility's opening in the presence of Sir Freddie Laker and Sir Douglas Bader, highlighting the advanced flight simulators used for training pilots on Boeing 747 and DC-10 aircraft during the early 1980s aviation industry expansion.