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Law Enforcement Sensitive the US and used the money to pay for simulator training. G, Flight Training i. ALH: i and Al-Mihd! (LES) Nawaf Al-Hazmi and Khalid Al-Mihdhar attended introductory flight training in April and May of 2000 in California. They both struggled with the English language demands of their flight lessons and stopped training after just a few sessions. Hani Hanjour then appears to substitute as a pilot for the operation, traveling through Karachi, Pakistan, in June of 2000 (possibly on his way out of Afghanistan) and joining up with Al-Hazmi in California by December of 2000. * (LES) On 4/4/00, Al-Hazmi took a one-hour introductory flight lesson at the National Air College, San Diego, CA. On 5/4/00, Al-Mihdhar bought two MG-40 headsets, one Jeppesen Deluxe flight training kit, one Jeppesen log book and a San Diego terminal chart from Marv i Golden Discount. (LES) On 5/5/00, Al-Mihdhar and Al-Hazmi took a flight lesson at Sorbi Flying Club, San Diego, CA. They took their second and last Jesson on 5/10/00. (LES) On 3/19/01, Al-Hazmi made a purchase at Sporty’s Pilot Shop via mail order. He purchased a Boeing 747-200, Boeing 747-400, Boeing 777-200 flight deck videos and a "How an Airline Captain Should Look and Act" video, The purchased items were mailed to Al-Hazmi at Indian Springs Village, 1031 South Stewart Street., S-2144, Mesa, AZ, where he and Hanjour were living. (LES) On 3/23/01, Al-Hazmi purchased four maps, a National Geographic road atlas, a Unique Media map of U.S., a Unique Media map of NYC and a World aeronautical chart covering the northeastern portion of the US from the Wide World of Maps located in Phoenix, AZ. ii. Hanjour (LES) Hanjour obtained a pilot's license long before the Hamburg pilots, having visited the US for three extended stays prior to his entry on 12/8/00. During two of those trips, Hanjour attended flight training. On the third of those trips (approximately November of 1997 through April of 1999), Hanjour earned his pilot's license in Arizona. Hanjour does not appear to have undertaken flight training on those first trips in order to prepare for the 9/11/01 attacks. (LES) On 12/8/00, Hanjour arrived in San Diego, CA, and immediately joined up with 18 Law Enforcement Sensitive MISC. REQ. #44 000003862