HARRY COMBS, PILOT, AVIATION BUSINESSMAN, BENEFACTOR, DIES AT 90

Harry B. Combs, a pilot and aviation businessman who helped develop the modern concept of fixed-base operations to appeal to corporate pilots and their passengers, and who oversaw the turnaround of Gates Learjet Co. in the 1970s, died Dec. 23 at his home in Wickenberg, Ariz. Combs, who was 90, had...

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