Anyone who has lived nine decades probably has a good story to tell, but Al Higdon’s is particularly packed.
From a high-flying career in public relations in the early days of jets to starting his own ad agency, Higdon was Wichita’s original Mad Man. His former employer, Learjet, even was a story line on the “Mad Men” television series.
Jet giant Bill Lear once wooed a young Higdon from Beech Aircraft Corp…