Sorry guys Tower may have operated an aircraft for anyone at anytime. But Polar was started by Jack Welch and GE from Polaris leasing - read his book. Polar initially operated under the Southern Air Transport certificate which is a whole lot different than someone operating an airplane for you. Tower may indeed have operated an airplane for Atlas - I wasn't here then and I don't know. But I do know that Southern Air did NOT spring from Tower - which is what I was replying to. I doubt if Jack Welch would lie in a nationally published book. Ned Wallace may have been the head guy - but Polar was owned by GCAS, started by Jack Welch, and operated under SATs certificate.
Doesn't really matter I was only trying to illustrate yet another example of revisionist history and untruths from some on this board.