Superb work, Danny, for bringing this monster to justice.
I remember him from his days in South Africa, where apart from the stuff mentioned in this article, which is well worth reading
http://flytristar.tripod.com/article/art06.html
he also conned a number of people in the industry into giving him finance for self ticketing machines. He must have convinced some pretty influential folk, because he was invited to address an ASATA (Association of South African Travel Agents) congress at the Wild Coast Sun in 1995 (give or take a year). At the time, he was taken as a harmless nutter, although he was quite defensive when challenged about the viability of his schemes. Little did we know ......!
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The closest Robertson has come to being an airline tycoon was running two clapped-out freight planes from a dusty airstrip in Africa under the name of Africargo Airlines, which was not listed in any airline directories. But, as previously mentioned, Robertson boasted that the airline operated Boeing 747Fs, L-1011Fs and many propliners. And the thing is this even ended up in disaster. Seven months ago, both planes were blown up by explosions which killed more than 100 people.
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