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Financial Times newspaper clipping from July 22, 1981 about American Airlines £15m pilot training centre at Crawley

Financial Times newspaper clipping from July 22, 1981 about American Airlines £15m pilot training centre at Crawley

A Financial Times article from July 22, 1981, reporting on American Airlines establishing a £15 million pilot training centre at Crawley near Gatwick Airport. The article mentions that Laker Airways was among the airlines initially planned to use the facility for pilot training on Boeing 747 and McDonnell Douglas DC-10 aircraft simulators.

Financial Times newspaper clipping 1981 American Airlines pilot training Crawley Gatwick Airport Laker Airways Boeing 747 McDonnell Douglas DC-10 flight simulators aviation training 1980s

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