BATAVIA — A 40-year-old business located at the Clermont County Airport apparently sold jet flight training videos to two men involved in the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, a federal indictment said Tuesday, focusing public attention on a catalog shop well-known among pilots internationally.

        Sporty's, which sells aviation training guides and pilot gear such as headsets, leather jackets and sunglasses, has not confirmed it was the store mentioned in the indictment.

        But pilots said they knew of no other pilot store in Ohio like Sporty's.

        “We cooperated with the FBI. We're at war,” store spokesman Bill Anderson said Tuesday. “Essentially, we're not confirming or denying anything except to say that we are the world's largest pilot shop and we have been cooperating with the FBI all along.

        “It's unfortunate that any of the hijackers may have purchased anything, when they were learning to fly, from Sporty's and we may have sold them anything.

        “But it wouldn't be surprising because we sell to many, many people every day all over the United States and, in fact, all over the world. That's really all we want to say about it.

        “We have no reason to question anything that's been in the indictment. (But) if you wanted to confirm anything, you really ought to ask the FBI.”

        Mr. Anderson said what Sporty's told the FBI was confidential.

        FBI spokesman Ed Boldt in Cincinnati declined to confirm whether Sporty's was the business referred to in the indictment.

        The first indictment directly related to the hijackings detailed how an “Ohio pilot store” sold flight deck videos for large Boeing jets to Mohammed Atta in November 2000 and Nawaf al-Hazmi in March 2001. Mr. Atta and Mr. al-Hazmi died in the attacks.

        The indictment was issued in Alexandria, Va., against Zacarias Moussaoui, a French Moroccan who raised suspicions by seeking flight lessons in Minnesota a month before the hijackings. He was in jail on Sept. 11.

        The indictment accuses Mr. Moussaoui of buying flight deck videos in June from the same store as the two terrorists.

        FBI spokesman Ed Boldt in Cincinnati declined to confirm whether Sporty's was the business referred to in the indictment.

        The store accepts orders by mail order, phone, Internet and fax.

        The indictment did not say how the hijackers bought their training materials.

        Sporty's is located about 20 miles east of Cincinnati.

        Enquirer reporter Susan Vela contributed.

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