Ransom Aircraft organization
also: Ransom
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Related entities (most co-mentioned)
Louis T. Ransomperson · 4Response Airorganization · 3Savings and Loan Associationorganization · 2Global Jet Cellsorganization · 2Libyacountry · 2Richard G. Lugar Air Force Baseplace · 1Joseph Ventrescaperson · 1Vernon Craigperson · 1Parmaxorganization · 1Buffalo Airwaysorganization · 1W. Jack Thompson Jr.person · 1Literatureorganization · 1Colombian Stateorganization · 1Narco Eliteorganization · 1Drug Trafficking Groupsorganization · 1Sale of Musicorganization · 1Military Wingorganization · 1Extortionorganization · 1Kidnaporganization · 1Members of the Colombian Governmentorganization · 1Prisoner Exchangesorganization · 1Bank Robberiesorganization · 1Banksorganization · 1Illicit Fundsorganization · 1
Claims (7)
Response Air connected_to
Ransom Aircraft documented
“Joseph Ventresca, he found one listed in Southern California area where Response was headquartered. He claimed there was another one in the area and that's who he wanted to talk to. I'm not that guy, which has a very unique name. There's an…”
▶ The Colonel’s Corner-Mafia, CIA, and George Bush Part 16 @ 4:05
Louis T. Ransom headed
Ransom Aircraft documented
“It was controlled by Louis T. Ransom of Dallas. In 1983, Ransom Aircraft consigned almost $20 million of aircraft parts to Response to sell. Response would get a third of the profits. In 1984, when Bill Ransom signed a lease in Miami again …”
▶ The Colonel’s Corner-Mafia, CIA, and George Bush Part 16 @ 4:36
Ransom Aircraft consigned_to
Response Air documented
“It was controlled by Louis T. Ransom of Dallas. In 1983, Ransom Aircraft consigned almost $20 million of aircraft parts to Response to sell. Response would get a third of the profits. In 1984, when Bill Ransom signed a lease in Miami again …”
▶ The Colonel’s Corner-Mafia, CIA, and George Bush Part 16 @ 4:36
Ransom Aircraft attempted_to_sell_to
Libya documented
“Lockheed C-130 cargo aircraft owned by the Australian Air Force. A scandal erupted when it was discovered that Ransom's company intended on selling the cargo airplanes to Libya. Although Ransom apparently did not buy the planes because of t…”
▶ The Colonel’s Corner-Mafia, CIA, and George Bush Part 16 @ 5:34
Savings and Loan Association loaned_to
Ransom Aircraft documented
“Smalley was acquitted after his attorney, Richard Racehorse Haynes, convinced the jury that his client had been entrapped by the government. In the fall of 1983, Sunbelt Savings Associate of Dallas made a loan to Ransom Aircraft, secured by…”
▶ The Colonel’s Corner-Mafia, CIA, and George Bush Part 16 @ 7:38
Savings and Loan Association sued
Ransom Aircraft documented
“The very next lien filed in the state records was a consignment of these parts to Response Air at Richard Scobar Air Force Base with a joint venture of Ransom and Sunbelt. So this document ties all of those together. Less than two years lat…”
▶ The Colonel’s Corner-Mafia, CIA, and George Bush Part 16 @ 8:38
Delta Air Lines sold_to
Ransom Aircraft documented
“Documents in the lawsuit state that the DC-8 parts, which included 21 Pratt & Whitney jet engines, were purchased from Delta Airlines. The parts were listed on Delta's books at a value of $23 million, according to the lawsuit. It also state…”
▶ The Colonel’s Corner-Mafia, CIA, and George Bush Part 16 @ 9:08
Mentions (8)
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the sale of music, art, and literature films produced by the organization. The FARC funds its military wing through extortion of the Colombian narco elite. They kidnap members of the Colombian government for ransom or prisoner exchanges, ba…
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Joseph Ventresca, he found one listed in Southern California area where Response was headquartered. He claimed there was another one in the area and that's who he wanted to talk to. I'm not that guy, which has a very unique name. There's an…
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It was controlled by Louis T. Ransom of Dallas. In 1983, Ransom Aircraft consigned almost $20 million of aircraft parts to Response to sell. Response would get a third of the profits. In 1984, when Bill Ransom signed a lease in Miami again …
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His signature was witnessed by Responses representative and registered agent, none other than Vernon Craig. Y'all remember who Vernon Craig is? Holy crap. In late 1970s, Ransom was at the center of an airplane scandal in Australia, where hi…
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Lockheed C-130 cargo aircraft owned by the Australian Air Force. A scandal erupted when it was discovered that Ransom's company intended on selling the cargo airplanes to Libya. Although Ransom apparently did not buy the planes because of t…
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The very next lien filed in the state records was a consignment of these parts to Response Air at Richard Scobar Air Force Base with a joint venture of Ransom and Sunbelt. So this document ties all of those together. Less than two years lat…
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One federal investigator who was trying to track the loans, Richard Ross Miller, got from Hill Financial Savings that he had previously worked on the Butcher Brothers bank scandal in Tennessee. So he had experience in tracking this money. B…
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Buffalo Airways was incorporated in Texas in 1982 by Wordy Jack Thompson Jr., a Dallas attorney. Thompson also was an incorporator, along with Bill Ransom, of Global Jet Cells. He was also involved in Ransom's attempt to sell the C-130s to …