August Newsletter 2011

THE FLY PAPER AUGUST 2011 SHOWALTER FLYING SERVICE The Orlando Executive Airport (KORL) 400 Herndon Avenue Orlando, FL 32803 It’s August – Time to Take Hurricane Season Seriously I know the National Weather Service says that hurricane season starts in June. I seldom take Special points it seriously until of interest: about right now. I think it’s the day Hurricane Season after day sameness of heat and rain that sets the inter- nal clock in motion. That, and the fact that Hurricane Charlie hit here onInside this issue: August 13, 2004.Fuel Taxes 2 Starting today we will be looking for anything on the leasehold that could become an airborne missile in hurricane force winds. If it can’t be secured or put inside, it will be removed. We ask for your assistance in this. In the event of a storm we lit-Based Customer 2 erally walk the entire leasehold looking for objects and debris, but we need to haveSurvey accomplished any major clean-up before a named storm approaches our area.C-414A & T-210 2 We change tie-down ropes on a rotating schedule. But if you feel that yours need toPartnerships be changed now, please let us know so we can get it done.Lodi’s Lowdown 2 If you have serious concerns about the severity of a storm, consider flying your plane out! We will be happy to help you arrange for services at another FBO in a safer location. If many of you choose to go to the same place it makes getting back home easier as you can share rides with others. We will be happy to put as many of you in hangars as we can but we need to knowContact us: your intentions as far in advance as possible...even if you are a Based Customer. People from other areas of the state may be looking for hangar space as well and itPhone: 407-894-7331 is on a first-come-first-serve basis. For hurricane hangar space we charge a non-Fax: 407-894-5094 refundable minimum of two nights, payable at the time of the reservation. Once weE-mail: get a hangar stacked we will secure the doors, usually by lashing them to the framejenny@showalter.com of the hangar, making it impossible to remove aircraft until after the weather hasWeb:www.showalter.com passed.Follow us on: We have had several very lucky years. I hope all of these plans prove to be unnec- essary in 2011! ~Kim Showalter

The Fly Paper Page 2 FAA Re-authorization and Your Fuel Taxes- A Quick Lesson If you burn jet fuel – stop reading. This doesn’t apply to you. Your taxes remain unchanged as jet fuel is included in the highway tax code which did not expire. However, if you use AVGAS, read on. When the FAA operating authority ended because the FAA was not re-authorized, certain aviation taxes which fund the Air- port and Airway Trust Fund were im- pacted. I won’t break out the taxes by name but what this means to you bottom line is that two of the taxes combined equaled $0.194 per gallon. Those taxes1/3 Partnerships Available: now equal $0.044 per gallon. This will be Cessna 414AW Ram VII reflected in our posted price. Our in- Conversion or a voices from Phillips Petroleum reflect thisCessna T-210 fully loaded. change. When the FAA gains reauthoriza- Contact Dan Drummond tion, these taxes will be reinstated as soon as we receive and begin to pump 407-404-3470 from a taxed fuel load.dandrummond@mac.com http://cessna414a.com Lodi’s Lowdown Lodi’s Lowdown for the month of July was correctly answered by Nicholas Musashe. The three buildings at KORL built by HJ High Construction are Showalter’s terminal building, the CNL Hangar, and what is now the Orange County Sheriff’s hangar. Thanks for answering! The question for August: What company was the original owner of this 1938 Lock- heed Electra 12A Junior?Based Customer Survey Hint: The airplane was just restored and given back to it’s originalIf you are on our Based Customer email owners at this year’s AirVenture.list, please be on the lookout for a Sur-vey Monkey survey heading your waythis month. The survey consists of 10questions and will take less than 5 Min-utes to complete. Please be honest withyour answers...we take your feedbackseriously! Anyone that responds to oursurvey will be entered into a drawing for35,000 WingPoints! Please email your answers to jenny@showalter.com.

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