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To: Lucretius who wrote (46738)1/6/2000 8:37:00 AM
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State Department grounds foreign student pilots
January 5, 2000 7:02 PM EST

MOJAVE, Calif. (AP) -- The State Department has ordered the world's largest civilian test-pilot school to stop teaching foreigners, fearing the classes may supply hostile nations with information about U.S. weapons systems.

The National Test Pilot School at Mojave Airport said that since 15 of the 17 students in the class that began Monday are not Americans, the order it received that same day effectively closed the school.

Tuition for the yearlong class is $500,000 per student. The school has a staff of 50.

The State Department said it realized that the school lacked a license to teach foreigners after four Pakistani pilots recently applied for U.S. visas to so they could train there in supersonic fighter jets.

The school's owners said they had asked for the license but were told by federal officials that (cont)
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