Atta and Shehhi attend Florida flight school
TrainingPart of 9-11
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![]() | Primary Organization | Hamburg Cell | |
![]() | Other Organization | 9-11 plotters | |
![]() | Other Organization | Al-Qaeda | |
![]() | Location | Huffman Aviation, 400 East Airport Avenue, Venice, Florida, United States1 | |
![]() | Start Time | Summer 2000 | |
![]() | End Time | Late September 20001 | |
![]() | Participants | Mohamed Atta (Trainee) , Marwan al-Shehhi (Trainee) | |
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![]() | Reliable | Atta enrolled first, then both enrolled in an accelerated course. By late July, both took solo flights. By mid-August, they had passed the private pilot airman test.1 | |
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| 1The 9-11 Commission Final Report, July 22, 2004, Chapter 7.2. | |||
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