...and buying a fleet of A300s for a "Skytrain Europe" with no route licences to operate them.
The so-called "dirty tricks" campaign were not the only reason Laker went bust. As GlueBall says he did tend to get carried away with big plans and jump in with both feet.
He may have been a great guy to work for but he was not perfect. If he was such a genius, how come his two later airlines also disappeared?