WWII 63rd Flight Training Detachment
About 10,000 young men learned how to fly in the PT-17 Stearman here at this primary flight training facilitiy. The most intact, complete and original school left in the US is here in Douglas. 13 original buildings are still standing, and in order to preserve their story, one of the buildings houses our WWII Flight Training Museum, a fitting memorial to those who prepared to defend freedom.
