Lakeland, Florida

===World War II===
At the beginning of [[World War II]], the Lakeland School of [[Aeronautics]]—headquartered at the recently built [[Lakeland Municipal Airport]]—became part of a nationwide network of civilian [[flight school]]s enjoined for the war effort by the [[United States Army Air Corps]].<ref name="LEDGER" />

Between 1940 and 1945, more than 8,000 Army Air Corps and [[United States Army Air Forces|Army Air Forces]] [[cadet]]s trained on two-seater [[Boeing-Stearman Model 75|Stearman PT-17]] and PT-13 [[biplane]]s at the school (renamed the Lodwick School of Aeronautics in the midst of this period).<ref name="LEDGER">{{Cite news|url=http://www.theledger.com/news/20110206/flight-cadets-attended-lakeland-school-of-aeronautics|title=Flight Cadets Attended Lakeland School of Aeronautics|last=LEDGER|first=GARY WHITE THE|work=The Ledger|access-date=2017-04-01|language=en}}</ref>

From June 1941 until October 1942, 1,327 British [[Royal Air Force]] cadets trained at the Lakeland facility.<ref name="LEDGER"/> The Lodwick School of Aeronautics closed in 1945. The airport ceased flight operations in the 1960; the site has since then housed the [[Detroit Tigers]]' "Tiger Town" baseball complex.<ref name="LEDGER"/>