swedie
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So when I say they didnt have dealings before, it's because they never had to. AS probably did most of this work on the phone and on the road and didnt need to be at the hangar. So what I am saying is he is giving us his impression and a lot is being read into DM's character from AS' impression. The real estate agent met DM several times and had completely different things to say about his character in that business deal, so why not quote him more often?
Also, WM did not ask for or need the Region to make a runway. Millardair has no business building runways at the airport.
So far as it being unprofessional to bring toys to work, I understand his grandfather may have done the same, being a collector of cars. AB's article also contains a pilot's quote that "by 1990, it wasn't much of a business and was more of a hobby for Carl". DM was 5 in 1990. This is the business environment DM was raised in. They taught him how to fly planes and helicopters. So maybe this is what he understood to be a part of business ownership.
http://news.nationalpost.com/2013/0...bosma-murder-suspect-started-to-dismantle-it/
I would love to stick around and debate more points but I have to go. :wave:
In 1990 Millardair went bankrupt. Also it does not state anywhere that I have read Carl or Wayne were into dissembling and rebuilding vehicles. Seems Carl may have had a bit of a collection of vehicles which according to an article and assumption (not confirmed by LE), were eventually moved and stored at the new hangar by either WM or DM. It does not state CM kept his America built collection at the old hangar to tinker on either. CM may have had them storage elsewhere. In the earlier articles, before the investigation at the new hangar the reporter could be assuming the collection was Carl's based on Mr. Seaman's word he knew CM to be a collector of American built cars. Reports have claimed anywhere from 10 to 100 stolen vehicles in the hangar. Until LE release information pertaining to the vehicles found at the new hangar, all we have is other peoples' opinions to go on in many reports. And other peoples' opinions vary greatly in regards to who DM is/was, what he was like, his interest, hobbies, financial status, abilities ect. HTH.
Another thing which has been mentioned in numerous articles, the Millard family never flaunted their money. It may be hard to flaunt money when there is no money to flaunt and that is JMO.
May 13, 2013
Shortly after his father’s death, Mr. Millard met with Mr. Seaman, when Millardair was considering selling the Waterloo facility.
“He was just a young man who had inherited the business and was trying to figure out where he’s going with his life,” said Mr. Seaman.
“He clearly didn’t have an active or heavy interest in pursuing the family business. He was into off-road racing, he was into helicopters.”
His interest in automobiles seemed to come from his grandfather, who amassed a collection he stored in his hangar — all of them American built.
http://news.nationalpost.com/2013/0...was-always-a-little-different-classmate-says/
May 14, 2013
At the Millardair hangar, Kavanagh said they found several vehicles as well as planes. Kavanagh said the auto squad has been called in to investigate what kind of operation Millard — the CEO of Millardair in Waterloo — was running out of the hangar.
http://www.thespec.com/news-story/2875896-bosma-investigation-long-from-over-/
May 18, 2013
Instead, he put the hangar up for lease and continued to store his collection of cars and aircraft there.
However, a contractor who worked on the hangar said Mr. Millard wasn’t the type to tinker on engines himself. “I’ve never seen his hands dirty that way. I didn’t find him that mechanically inclined,” the contractor said.
In fact, once when Mr. Millard needed some space he took a cutting torch and removed some structural components from the building, the contractor said. “That’s something you don’t do and I told him we have to put it back. And if he was a little more mechanically inclined, he would know that.”
Still, the recent developments don’t add up for the contractor.
“They have no problem with money. He’ll spend however many thousands on vehicles and airplanes and things. What’s the story with him buying an old truck? There’s something not right.”
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news...arged-with-killing-tim-bosma/article12009016/
May 30, 2013
Although Hamilton Police would not comment on the investigation of any of the vehicles found in the possession of suspects now charged in the case, officers did confirm that MacDougall's $35,000, 2010 Harley Davidson, convertible softail and a cargo trailer worth $7,500, was located as part of their investigation. Sources say hundreds of vehicles have been found in a hangar.
http://www.torontosun.com/2013/05/30/stolen-harley-found-on-property-of-accused-tim-bosma-killer
May 30, 2013
The description of vehicles dismantled, repainted and having serial numbers grinded away fits with a "typical chop shop," he said.
Police say they've found evidence that suggests the Millardair hangar at the Region of Waterloo International Airport was being used as a giant "chop shop" for stolen vehicles. Hamilton police confirm they're investigating multiple stolen vehicles and parts found inside the massive Breslau hangar owned by the 27-year-old man at the centre of the Tim Bosma murder investigation.
"I can confirm that the motorcycle written about was recovered in the hangar by the Hamilton Police. There were a number of vehicles and/or parts found in the hangar and this remains under investigation," Const. Debbie McGreal-Dinning of the Hamilton Police Service said in an email. Police say they're still trying to track down owners of the discovered vehicles, putting the number found at less than 10.
June 6, 2013
As for the family company, a former Millardair pilot who did not wish to be named said that, by 1990, “it wasn’t much of a business … and was more of a hobby for Carl.” The pilot, who kept in sporadic touch with Wayne and Carl over the years, said although he and others liked and respected the Millards, they were “very private people and no one really knew much about them.”
http://news.nationalpost.com/2013/0...bosma-murder-suspect-started-to-dismantle-it/