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Show Test Your Business I.Q. TRUE or FALSE 1. Airlines serve every U.S. city with an airport. A False. There are more than 14,000 airports in the U.S. Every town of any size has an airport with a paved runway. Major airline carriers serve less than 325 U.S. cities. Business jet-props jet-props operate to and from almost 10,000 U.S. airports. Business jets can operate from over 5,000 U.S. airports. 2. Business aircraft use the same electronic equipment and airways air-ways as the airlines. A True. The cockpit instruments and radios used on airliners and business aircraft are often exactly the same. On any business day, there are more business aircraft using the U.S. airways than airliners. 3. A 600 mph airliner can deliver a traveler to any business destination quicker than a 350 mph jetprop business aircraft. A. False. True travel time must be computed from the traveler's office to the traveler's business destination rather than one airline airport to another. On an average business trip, 460 miles, a twin-engine business jetprop can fly at speeds up to 350 mph to and from the nearest business aviation airport delivering the traveler to the actual business destination faster than the 600 mph jet airliner. 4. On the average business trip of 460 miles (920 miles roundtrip), a twin-engine jetprop is the most fuel efficient business jet aircraft. A True. An aircraft such as the Rockwell Jetprop Commander 980 (Photo Above) would use about half the fuel required by the business jet and requires only about 20-25 minutes more to fly the same 460 miles. 5. The average' business trip, using; airline transportation, requires re-quires at least one overnight stay. A True. But, businessmen using propjet business aircraft usually are able to avoid overnight stopovers. Business travelers using airlines almost always spend more time out of their principal places of business to accomplish the same amount of work. Note- A pamphlet on modern jetprop business aircraft can be obtained free. Write Business Travel, P.O. Box 18314. Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 73154. jJ |