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Atta and Shehhi attend Florida flight school

Training
Part of 9-11

Event Details
	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)

Narrative and Notes
	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

Sources
¹The 9-11 Commission Final Report, July 22, 2004, Chapter 7.2.

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