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AIRPORTS AND COMMUNITY.DEVELOPMENT <br />More than 60 percent of the Fortune 500 companies operate <br />aircraft.' More than half of those with aircraft have three or <br />more. Over-one -half of these aircraft .are turbo -jets. <br />A typical business flight averaged three passengers 4n a one <br />and one -half hour flight 'covering 383 miles.' Typical users <br />were management' and sales staff. Principal aircraft uses were <br />to. <br />1. Scout for new plant locations. <br />2. Serve general management oversight over decentralized <br />plant locations. <br />3. Move sales personnel -and their clients. <br />4. Move critical parts and materials into production. <br />The largest number of aircraft operating companies among the <br />Fortune 500 group were in: <br />1. Food Processing. <br />2. Industrial and Farm Equipment. <br />3. Electronic Appliances. <br />BUSINESS RELOCATION'TO THE RURAL COMMUNITY <br />A. Rural Community Relocation Strategy - Unspoken <br />Attributes <br />B. Symbols. Constraints. and Motivators <br />THE AIRPORT AND RURAZ- COMMUNITY LEADERS <br />A. Cultivating Support <br />B. Expansion versus Relocation <br />