A lot of the Lakes pilots themselves use this place for keeping sharp-

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Be that as it may, I definitely echo others that going to Lakes is a poor to awful career choice. Flight instruct, tow banners, skydivers, anything but joining this almost bankrupt operation. It was a marginal place to go even in good times, and these are not good times there.

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