ABSTRACT

The incident involving the September 11, 2011, hijackers who trained at general aviation ight schools in Florida and use of a Cessna-172 in Tampa, Florida, and its deliberate crash into a building by a student at that general aviation airport ight school raised alarm. The public, the media, and the government began to question the security of general aviation aircraft, airports, and ight schools. It demonstrated the need for ight schools, general aviation airports, and aircraft owners to do all they can to ensure the security of their aircraft.