Albert Lee Ueltschi, the Father of Modern Aviation Training, Dies at 95

Stephen Pope

Friday, October 19, 2012 at 11:51 PM ET

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Albert Lee Ueltschi

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Albert Lee Ueltschi, founder of FlightSafety International and a luminary in the aviation world, passed away at the age of 95.
He is best remembered for pioneering modern business aviation training through FlightSafety International, which he founded in 1951 to provide formal training to business aircraft pilots.
Ueltschi was also a driving force behind Project Orbis, an international nonprofit aircraft-based teaching eye hospital, and received numerous prestigious aviation awards throughout his career.

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The aviation world is mourning the passing of FlightSafety founder and industry luminary Albert Lee Ueltschi, who died yesterday at the age of 95.

For many years the personal pilot of Pan Am founder Juan Trippe, Ueltschi is best remembered as the father of modern business aviation training for his pioneering work creating FlightSafety International at the Marine Air Terminal at LaGuardia Airport in New York.