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Editor: James T. Crouse
Profession: Aviation Accident Attorney

Amid lots of controversy and accusations, Kemper Aviation has voluntarily surrendered its certificate to teach students. The company has had three fatal crashes in less than six months, the latest one being earlier this month when a plane piloted by the Aviation school's co-owner, stalled and crashed killing all on board including two students and one university researcher. A preliminary report stated the plane was overweight by a considerable amount and was flying too low and too slow.

Florida has 66 flight schools and Kemper has the worst safety record of them all since 2003. This makes one wonder why - if the students checked out Kemper and found this to be true - they would continue to use this flying school and why the owners did nothing to change their standing. Flying a plane (Cessna 172S) which is overloaded by 300 pounds is an accident waiting to happen - and it did - killing four people.