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- ↑ "Midwest Flight School Spans the World : Illinois: Airgo has trained hundreds of pilots at Centralia Municipal Airport, many of them foreign students. They say they learn quicker here, costs them less, and the freedom to explore the sky under FAA regulations". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2022-07-11.
- ↑ "Flight school lands in Marion". Marion Republican. Retrieved 2022-07-11.
- ↑ "Airgo Inc". BestAviation.net. Retrieved 2022-07-11.
- ↑ "Flight school lands in Marion". DuQuoin Call. Retrieved 2022-07-11.