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Old 12th December 2007 | 16:59
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layinlow
 
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FYI Polar was started by Ned Wallace (ex Flying Tiger).
The way it was explained to me by those who were there at the beginning, Ned originally wanted to keep the name Flying Tiger and Fed Ex said no; then he tried Polaris but there was a company already named Polaris. He finally settled on Polar and the call sign was originally "Polar-Tiger" and later the Tiger was dropped.
GE didn't become involved until many years later.
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