Vern Raburn and his then-teenage buddy, William Henry Gates, used to drag race the streets of Albuquerque, a pastime that gave Bill Gates many speeding tickets before he became the world’s richest man.
In turn, Raburn became the 18th employee at his pal’s company, Microsoft, and when he retired with a pot of money, he could buy a jet. But he had a vision: a pocket rocket that was faster than turboprops, could land at 10,000 small airports nationwide and was as comfortable as bigger jets.
By creating the Eclipse in 2006, Raburn became the father of the very light jet, or VLJ, which has revolutionized aviation. No surprise, Cessna jumped on the VLJ bandwagon with its CJ, followed by the Cirrus Vision, Embraer…
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