1. THE FLY PAPER
JANUARY 2012
SHOWALTER FLYING SERVICE
The Orlando Executive Airport (KORL)
400 Herndon Avenue
Orlando, FL 32803
Happy New Year!
Hooray...2012 is finally here! If you are like us, the arrival of the new year couldn’t
get here soon enough.
We are entering 2012 with high hopes for a busier and easier year. There are lots
of upcoming events that we hope will bolster our business including the NBA All-
Star game in February and the NBAA Convention in October/November. We also
Special points plan to continue to build the camaraderie on the airport with the 2nd Annul Airport
of interest:
5K Run/Walk and a Based Customer Event this spring. Showalter will host events
like our yearly Pumpkin Carving Contest, Poem in Your Pocket Day, and the occa-
• Happy New Year!
sional Pajama Day. Something new this year will be regular Customer Appreciation
Coffees ...check The Fly Paper and emails for dates and times.
As we look ahead to the coming year, we are thankful to all of you for continuing to
choose to work and play with us at the airport. Here’s to a successful, safe and
sensational 2012!
Here’s a look back at some of our fun from 2011...
Inside this issue:
Pilots N Paws 2
Did You Know? 2
Lodi’s Lowdown 2
Contact us:
Phone: 407-894-7331
Fax: 407-894-5094
E-mail:
jenny@showalter.com
Web:
www.showalter.com
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2. The Fly Paper Page 2
Pilots N Paws
December was a very busy month for one of our favorite flying charities,
Pilots N Paws! With coordination from Pilots N Paws, volunteer pilots trans-
port rescue animals to foster and adoptive homes.
Did You Know?
Pictured below, you will see volunteer pilot Jeff Bennett who flew 31 rescue
In American aviation lore, the dogs from Alabama to Orlando to keep them from being euthanized. That’s
traditional removal of a new right, he had 31 dogs loaded in his Cirrus! Also pictured is Marine Corp
Veteran Chris and his new service dog, Lucas, meeting for the first time.
pilot’s shirttail is a sign of the
Chris was overheard saying,
instructor’s new confidence in
“Lucas is the best Christmas
his student after successful present ever!” If you would
completion of the first solo like more information about
flight. In the days of tandem volunteering your time or do-
nating to Pilots N Paws, please
trainers, the student sat in the
visit them on the web at
front seat with the instructor www.pilotsnpaws.org.
behind. As there were often no
radios in these early days of
aviation, the instructor would
tug on the student pilot’s shirt-
tail to get his attention and
then yell in his ear. A success-
ful first solo flight is an indica-
tion that the student can fly
without the instructor. Hence,
there is no longer a need for
the shirttail, and it is cut off by
the often proud instructor and
sometimes displayed as a tro-
phy. (From Wisconsin Aviation’s Fall 2011 Talewinds)
Lodi’s Lowdown
1st Lodi’s Lowdown for the month of December was correctly answered by
Nicholas Musashe, Dave Gardner and Wendy Gorham. The first airway traffic
Solo control system was opened in Newark, NJ on December 1st, 1934. Thanks
for answering!
Flight The question for January:
What type of civilian airplane flew continuously for 64 days 22 hours 19
minutes 5 seconds without once touching down? How did they do it?
Please email your answers to jenny@showalter.com.

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