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Albert Lee "Al" Ueltschi (May 15, 1917 – October 18, 2012) is considered the father of modern aviation training and was the founder of FlightSafety International. Ueltschi was once personal pilot to Juan Trippe and an associate to Charles Lindbergh. On July 21, 2001, he was enshrined at Dayton, Ohio, in the National Aviation Hall of Fame class of 2001,〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.nationalaviation.org/ueltschi-albert/ )〕 along with test pilot Joe Engle, United States Marine Corps ace Marion Carl, and USAF ace Robin Olds. In 2013, ''Flying'' magazine ranked Ueltschi number 13 on its list of the 51 heroes of aviation.〔http://www.flyingmag.com/photo-gallery/photos/51-heroes-aviation?pnid=41842〕 ==Life and career== Al Ueltschi was born and raised in Franklin County, Kentucky. He was the youngest of seven children of Robert and Lena Ueltschi. At age 16, Ueltschi opened a hamburger stand named "Little Hawk" across from a White Castle near his high school in Frankfort, Kentucky to pay for flying lessons. His first airplane, purchased using profits earned from Little Hawk, was a Waco 10. Ueltschi attended the University of Kentucky for a year but dropped out and instead started a barnstorming career, eventually teaching student pilots at the Queen City Flying Service in Cincinnati. On one occasion, he survived falling out of his airplane while on an instruction flight, parachuting into a briar patch while his student landed safely on his own.〔"Unwelcome Silence - A legacy with roots in aviation's golden age," Aviation Week and Space Technology, October 29, 2012, p.20〕 He began his career with Pan Am in 1941 as Juan Trippe's private pilot, retiring in 1968 at the age of 50. While employed with Pan Am, Ueltschi married his wife Eileen in June 1944. He founded FlightSafety International in 1951 after noticing that corporate pilots did not receive the same rigorous training as airline pilots had. His first endorsement came from Juan Trippe, the president of Pan Am. He stepped down as President of FlightSafety in 2003, yet remained Chairman. The motto he started with still remains with FlightSafety today: "The best safety device in any aircraft is a well-trained crew." He spent his winters in Vero Beach, Florida, but worked daily in the warmer months at FlightSafety's headquarters at the Marine Air Terminal at LaGuardia Airport in Flushing, Queens, New York. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Albert Lee Ueltschi」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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