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except that performed by the military and the scheduled airlines. This broad scope of activity is what makes general aviation an important asset to a community. Scheduled airlines had a combined 1984 fleet of approximately 4000 planes which carried passengers to and from fewer than 400 airports in the nation. The majority of total passenger en- planements and departures occurred at just 15 of the approximately 400 airports. Since airline deregulation in 1978, commercial airlines serve fewer communities and concentrate their equipment utilization on major profitable routes. In contrast, the U.S.'s general aviation fleet includes over 200,000 aircraft and operates from over 12,500 airports. There are over 18,000 incorporated communities in the contiguous 48 states and an almost equal number of unincorporated communities. General aviation helps fill this gap with a network of directly accessible facilities. Hardly a day goes by in which one of our lives is not affected in one way or another by some facet of general aviation: Charter service carrying passengers and/or cargo to communities not served by scheduled airlines · Scheduled air taxi · Aerial application of agricultural, fertilizers, pesticides, herbicides, and seeds · Aerial survey and mapping · Geophysical exploration · Forest survey, patrol, and fire fighting · Law enforcement and traffic control Search and rescue · Emergency air ambulance · Power and pipeline patrol · Pleasure and sport flying · Instructional and proficiency flying · Business and corporate flying Business and corporate flying provides for the rapid transportation of company executives, staffs, and sales forces. It expands the area effectiveness of salesmen and allows 2-35