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	VLJ air taxi business skeptic

JohnWOwen

6-9-2007 6:35 PM

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JohnWOwen says:

Wasn't THIS the name of the college professor that gave Fred Smith (Founder of that little flying company named FedEx) a "C" on his exam/paper that was essentially the BLUEPRINT for the start of FEDERAL EXPRESS? Nah....just joking!
But no matter WHAT has EVER been done/built/developed, there HAS, and will always BE....someone predicting that it CAN'T be done!
Those that CAN.....DO!

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