article_snippet: This town in western Germany is where Lubitz pursued Lubitz love of flying from a young age.
article_snippet: Between the ages of 14 and 20, Lubitz was a regular fixture at the gliding club.
article_snippet: Lubitz had been with Germanwings, a budget airline owned by Lufthansa, since September 2013 and had completed 630 hours of flight time, the airline's media office said.
article_snippet: Most of Lubitz's training took place at the Lufthansa flight training center in Bremen.
article_snippet: the co-pilot also trained in the United States, spending six months at facility in Arizona as part of a required program to get the co-pilot license, a Lufthansa spokesperson said.