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March 10, 2026
Meyer accepted Aviation Week’s Grand Laureate for Business Aviation in March 2025. Credit: Chris Zimmer Photography
The general aviation industry as we know it today would not exist without Russ Meyer. While he was not a company founder, Meyer became one of the sector’s most respected and consequential leaders—“legendary” is often applied to him—and is largely credited with saving business aviation from possible…
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