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>> IT IS GO TIME FOR THE TRAINER

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AIRCRAFT.

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THIS WEEK, BOEING ROLLED OUT THE

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FIRST TRAINER AIRCRAFT.

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SAAB PLANT WILL BE A BIG

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CONTRIBUTOR.

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MANY HOOSIERS HAVE HAD HANDS IN

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DEVELOPING THE MIDDLE SECTION OF

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THE PLANE IN WEST LAFAYETTE.

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HERE IS MARY RACHEL REDMAN WITH

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HER VISIT TO THE PLANT STILL

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UNDER CONSTRUCTION ABOUT A YEAR

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AGO.

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>> FROM --

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>> AROUND THE WORLD FLIGHT, A

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JOURNEY THAT NO PILOT HAS

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ATTENDED.

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>> TO.

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>> ONE SMALL STEP FOR MAN, ONE

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GIANT LEAP FOR MANKIND.

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>> TWO LEGENDS THAT LEFT A MARK

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ON PURDUE UNIVERSITY.

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YOU CAN ARGUE THEIR LEGACY IN

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HELPING TO ATTRACT THE TOP

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ENGINEERING AND THERE TO WEST

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LAFAYETTE.

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>> PURDUE HAS THE TOP

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ENGINEERING SCHOOLS IN AEROSPACE

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AND ENGINEERING.

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>> PERHAPS, IT IS NO SURPRISE

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THAT SWEDEN-BASED SAAB DECIDED

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TO EXPAND ITS FOOT PRINT ON

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PURDUE'S CAMPUS OFFICIALLY

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BECOMING AN AMERICAN COMPANY.

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>> BY HAVING THE TALENT BASE

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READILY ACCESSIBLE TO US, IT

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PROMOTES A CULTURE OF GROWTHS

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AND INNOVATION AND PRODUCT

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DESIGN.

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>> THAT PRODUCT IS THE T-7 RED

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HAWK, AN ADVANTAGED TRAINER JET

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FOR THE UNITED STATES AIR FORCE

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AND THE TRAINER FOR THE MILITARY

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BRANCH IN OVER 60 YEARS.

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>> THIS IS AN IMPORTANT PROGRAM

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FOR UNITED STATES AIR FORCE,

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BECAUSE IT IS REPLACING AN AGING

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FLEET.

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THE T-83 WAS HAS BEEN THE

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TRAINER OF CHOICE FOR TENS OF

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YEARS SINCE THEN, BUT IT HAS

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REACHED ITS END OF LIFE, SO THE

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MAINTENANCE COSTS ARE EXTREMELY

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HIGH AND IT IS NOT AS RELIABLE.

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>> THINGS ARE MOVING RIGHT ALONG

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TO START PRODUCTION, INCLUDING

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THE COMPLETION OF SAAB'S 100,000

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SQUARE FOOT FACILITY.

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I SEE THE BLUE LINES ON THE

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FLOOR.

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IS THAT GOING TO INDICATE WHERE

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THE MANUFACTURING PROCESS IS

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GOING TO HAPPEN?

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>> IT IS.

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OUR PORTION IS THE ENTIRE

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AIRCRAFT MINUS THE WING, ENGINE,

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NOSE CONE AND COCKPIT.

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>> IT IS HARD TO IMAGINE RIGHT

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NOW.

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LITERALLY, IT IS HUGE.

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>> IT WILL FILL THE ENTIRE

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VOLUME OF THIS FACTORY, CORRECT.

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>> SO, THERE WILL BE PEOPLE

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WORKING ON IT FROM UP TOP AND

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BELOW.

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>> AND INSIDE, SO GIVEN THE

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AIRCRAFT IS A HOLLOW TUBE, IT IS

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TOO BIG TO DO ALL OF THE WORK

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FROM THE GROUND, SO WE INSTALLED

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A SECOND STORY TO DO WORK SAFELY

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FROM ABOVE.

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>> WHEN THIS IS FULLY

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FUNCTIONAL, HOW MANY FOLKS WILL

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BE ON THE FLOOR?

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>> WE'LL HAVE 130 EMPLOYEES ON

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THE FACTORY SIDE.

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>> IT MAY BE THE MOST

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TECHNOLOGICAL TRAINER JET EVER

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MADE, IT'S NAME IS A NOD TO

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HISTORY'S MOST CELEBRATED GROUP

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OF PILOTS FROM WORLD WAR II.

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>> THE TAIL OF OUR AIRCRAFT IS

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PAINTED RED, WHICH IS AN ODE TO

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THE TUSKEGEE AIRMEN.

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>> WE'RE TALKING TO SOMEONE WHO

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WILL EMPLOY OUR STUDENT, AND WE

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WANT OUR STUDENTS TO HAVE

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RELATIVE EXPERIENCES, SO WE'RE

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EXCITED TO WORK WITH THEM AS A

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PARTNER.

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>> IN A PERFECT WORLD, 10 OR 15

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YEARS NOW, HOW DO YOU ENVISION

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SAAB HERE IN LAFAYETTE?

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>> THERE IS GOING TO BE AN

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INITIAL AMOUNT OF GROWTH.

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WE WILL RECRUIT BEST-IN CLASS

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TALENT AND AS WE CONTINUE TO BE

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A LEADER IN THE MARKET,

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POSSIBILITIES ARE LIMITLESS.

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>> CERTAINLY MUCH HAS TRANSPIRED

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SINCE THEN AND FOR MORE ON THE

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ROLLOUT OF THE T-7A RED HAWK AND

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WHAT IT MEANS TO INDIANA AND

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INNOVATION TO OUR STATE, I'M

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PLEASED TO BE JOINED BY SAA --

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SAAB VICE PRESIDENT

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AND GENERAL MANAGER ROBERT

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ULIBARRI. ROBERT THE LAST TIME I

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SAW YOU --

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YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT THE EVENT

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AND WHERE THINGS ARE.

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>> WE'RE VERY EXCITED TO BE

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WRAPPING UP THE PHASE TO BE

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SHIPPING OUT OF ST. LOUIS AND

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THE PRODUCTION COMING OUT OF

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ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI.

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THE T-7 IS YOU DUE TO REPLACE

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THE AGING FLEET IN THE AIR FORCE

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AND WE'RE EXTREMELY EXCITED.

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>> AN IMPORTANT AIRCRAFT TO BE

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SURE AND THE TIDE TO TUSKEGEE

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AIRMEN OF WORLD WAR II, THOSE

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BRAVE WARRIORS AND WHAT THEY

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MEANT WITH THE RED TAILS.

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TALK ABOUT THAT PIECE OF THIS

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STORY.

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>> ABSOLUTELY, THE TUSKEGEE

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AIRMEN FLYING IN WORLD WAR II,

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THE FIGHTERS AND THE BOMBERS

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FACED A LOT OF ADVERSITY IN THE

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ARMED FORCES.

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THEY DISTINGUISHED THEIR

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AIRCRAFT BY PAINTING THE TAILS

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RED AND WHAT AN HONOR TO PAINT

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THE TAILS OF OUR AIRCRAFT RED

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AND THE TAIL BLAZING THAT WE

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HAVE IMPROVED AS A NATION, AS

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WELL AS, TO HONOR THE FIGHTERS

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AND THE BOMBERS OF THAT TIME.

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>> ROBERT, TALK ABOUT THE WEST

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LAFAYETTE FACILITY.

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YOU'RE ABOUT READY FOR

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PRODUCTION NOW.

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WHAT IS GOING TO BE TAKING PLACE

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THERE?

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HOW SUBSTANTIAL IS IT GOING TO

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BE FOR THE WEST LAFAYETTE AREA,

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THAT REGION, BUT ALSO THE

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INDIANA ECONOMY?

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>> ABSOLUTELY, WE'RE GOING TO

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SEE OVER $100 MANY INVESTED IN

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THIS SITE.

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RIGHT NOW, WE HAVE 65 EMPLOYEES

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WITH 30-40 JOB POSTINGS.

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WE WILL BE OVER 100 EMPLOYEES BY

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THE END OF THIS YEAR AND WE WILL

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CREATE OVER 100 JOBS WITH THIS

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PROGRAM.

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THIS IS A PROGRAM FOR THE LONG

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TERM.

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IT IS A MULTIBILLION-DOLLAR

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CONTRACT AND THAT WILL BRING

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RESEARCH TO OUR AREA.

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>> I MENTIONED THE TUSKEGEE

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AIRMEN AND THERE IS A CONNECTION

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TO PURDUE UNIVERSITY AND ITS

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AEROSPACE AND HISTORY AND

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HERITAGE IS AN IMPORTANT PART.

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I KNOW THE SAAB STORY IN

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LAFAYETTE AND INDIANA.

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>> ABSOLUTELY, 50% OF OUR STAFF

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IN THE FRONT OFFICE ARE PURDUE

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GRADUATES AND 50% IS VETERANS.

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IT PROVIDES TALENT AND RESEARCH.

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>> ROBERT IS RUNNING THE

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FACILITY COMING TO US FROM

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ST. LOUIS IN A BIG EVENT FOR THE

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NEW TRAINER AIRCRAFT.

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ROBERT, APPRECIATE YOU TAKING

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THE TIME TO JOIN US AND WE LOOK