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Archive Home > 2001 > September > 21 > FAA eases restrictions on private pilots

FAA eases restrictions on private pilots

Flight schools and instructors still grounded

By Jeff Nielson / The Bulletin
September 21, 2001

As of noon Pacific time on Thursday, the sound of propellers turning on small aircraft was music to pilots throughout America and the businesses that cater to them.

But instructors and schools who teach people to fly still are grounded.

For the first time since the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks on....

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