wes_wall:
I had it in my mind that George ended up owning around 50% of Capitol. Certainly a lot of the DC-8s were owned by IAL. I can remember meeting an ex-Capitol captain in LAX and he was of the opinion that the Capitol collapse was ultimately caused by George pulling the plug.
Lou Scannon:
I think George also had an interest in TMAC (Transmeridian) which would partly explain the CL-44 connection. What I know for sure is that the collection of spares in the back of the Batchair hangars at MIA was like Aladdin's cave!