"Scott Benger" wrote in message
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What kind of business are you in and how do you use your owned
airplane for business as a productivity tool (not just a tax
write-off)?

Multi-faceted. Commercial real estate development, custom home builders,
equipment refubishers/exporters, commercial property managers.

We fly engineers and project managers to site and workups with
sub-contractors, site surveys. We also fly a sles team out to do
"dog-and-pony" shows.

We stick to places off the beaten track as our competition is MUCH less and
even the national companies still stick primarily to the airlines.

There have been plenty of discussions on this group about
tax issues, but few on the use of an airplane to make a business more
successful.

Our five partners (three full and two limited) were able to expand outside
our two offices (Phoenix and Denver/Colorado Springs) and now we do business
all over the west except California.

Several years ago when I first worked for them in the late 70's and 80's, (I
just went back to work for them after a 13 year hiatus) they were in the
cattle export business and buying herds all over the place but actually
going out and inspecting the herds rather than just handling the paperwork.

Me? Unfortuanately my accounting work has no business need for an
airplane (yet?).

Is your work specialized such that you would not have a lot of local
competition if you could get to remote customers?