The legend begins In the spring of 1964, in Columbus, Ohio, a group of retired United States Air Force generals founded Executive Jet Airways. Leading them was Brigadier General Olbert F. “Dick” Lassiter, who had run the Air Mission Squadron, an air taxi service for the Air Force. The board included actor and aviation enthusiast James Stewart, entertainer Arthur Godfrey, and Paul W. Tibbets Jr., the pilot who flew the Enola Gay on its mission over Hiroshima. The plan was to build a fleet of aircraft and offer private jet flights to anyone who could afford them. The company launched [...]