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Friedkin became interested in aviation after he saw an air show in San Diego at age 8. He obtained his pilot license at the age of 17. In 1945, he opened a flight school called the
Plosser-Friedkin School (later named the Friedkin School of Aeronautics). The parent company to the school was Friedkin
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Friedkin was the son of a
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