A Jet Powered Life: Allen E. Paulson, Aviation Entrepreneur

Author:   Donald J. Porter
Publisher:   McFarland & Co Inc
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9781476676562


Pages:   191
Publication Date:   30 May 2019
Format:   Paperback
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A Jet Powered Life: Allen E. Paulson, Aviation Entrepreneur


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The poor boy raised on a bankrupt farm along the western shore of the Mississippi would become the owner of the Fortune 500 aerospace empire, Gulfstream Aerospace. It was a convoluted journey for this visionary tycoon of modern aviation, and the contradictions were many: Allen E. Paulson was ambitious and reticent, generous and frugal, confident and dogged by self-doubt. His lifelong interest in flying began as an airplane mechanic, later a record-setting pilot and an innovator in the development of business jets. His friends included U.S. presidents, Hollywood celebrities and famous aviators. He lost one son to a flying accident and almost lost another to a kidnapping, until he son shot the would-be kidnapper dead. Paulson toasted and tangled with the likes of business titans Lee Iacocca and Teddy Fortsmann—until he was forced out of his company and life took another direction. Paulson played by the rules and took each success and setback in stride, always with a keen ethical sense and an eternal entrepreneurial spirit.

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Author:   Donald J. Porter
Publisher:   McFarland & Co Inc
Imprint:   McFarland & Co Inc
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 1.00cm , Length: 22.90cm
ISBN:  

9781476676562


ISBN 10:   1476676569
Pages:   191
Publication Date:   30 May 2019
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In stock   Availability explained
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Donald J. Porter is the author of five books and numerous magazine articles about aviation and its personalities. He lives in Monterey, California.

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