November Newsletter 2010

THE FLY PAPER NOVEMBER 2010 SHOWALTER FLYING SERVICE The Orlando Executive Airport (KORL) 400 Herndon Avenue Orlando, FL 32803 NBAA in a Day (condensed version) NBAA came and went quickly this year for us in the Orlando area. That’s because the Georgia World Congress Center and Dekalb-Peachtree Airport in Atlanta han- dled this enormous event October 19-21st. The National Business Aviation Associa- tion Annual Meeting and Convention has become the 4th largest convention in the country. As attendees we are able to meet with many of our suppliers, industry Special points leaders, customers, and long time friends in a very short time. of interest: I had an entire day on Tuesday the 19th to become one of the 24,206 attendees and NBAA in a Day visit the 1,083 exhibitors. Here is my story... 06:15-Tuesday October 19th-I arrived at Showalter to join our fantastic pilot, Sandy Showalter, and waited to load into the Aztec with Concierge Extraordinaire, Ed Cavanaugh, Ruler of Refuelers, J.B. Angel, and the renowned Jenny Showalter. As soon as we received information Whiskey on ATIS we were wheels up. 09:25-Touched down in PDK! We parked at Epps, stretched our legs and headed Inside this issue: straight to the NBAA Static Display to pick up our badges. From there we hopped on the bus for the Convention Hall. Pumpkin Carving 2 09:47-Stepped off the bus and into the Georgia World Congress Center . We Contest stopped at Starbuck’s and were wired for the show. Lodi’s Lowdown 2 10:02-Finally in the exhibit hall! First thing on the agenda is to find the folks we really need to talk to. 10:40-After making it half way through the convention hall and meeting many friends, we headed back to the entrance dining restaurant to beat the lunch rush. 11:56-Back to the booths for another round! 2:20-Completing the entire 1st part of the planned agenda, we headed back to the bus to catch the Static Display. 2:45-Arrived at the amazing wonder that is the NBAA Static Display. With all the hype around new aircraft and some of aviations finest machines, this is an aviator’s fantasy land. I also ran into NBAA President, Ed Bolen here and was able to chat with him for a few minutes. Contact us: 4:30-Thanked the folks at Epps for their great service and headed south. Phone: 407-894-7331 5:06-Departed VFR, turned east, and stayed below all the “heavies”. As we left At- Fax: 407-894-5094 lanta Airspace we started to climb to cooler temperatures and reflected back on E-mail: “NBAA in a Day”. I not only had an exciting day, I had accomplished lots of busi- jenny@showalter.com ness. It is incredible how much business gets done at conventions and in just one Web: www.showalter.com day! I look forward to the next one in Las Vegas… ~B-Rad (See the full version of this article with pictures at www.showalter.com/news )

The Fly Paper Page 2 Pumpkin Carving Contest The annual Showalter Flying Service Pumpkin Carving Contest took place on Friday, October 29th. All five of the Showalter departments entered a pumpkin for judging by our esteemed airport director, Kevin McNamara. Here are the results: Lodi’s Lowdown The Far Out Award went to the day line shift. The October question was cor- rectly answered by Nicholas Musashe, Darrell Wagner, Kevin McNamara, Paul Allen, Randy White, Robert Braun and Eric Nor- ber. The aircraft pictured is a 1968 Mohawk OV-1. Several of you named one of the three Showalter employees pictured as The Alien Award was given to the night line shift. well. The correct names are David, Hugh and JB. Thanks for answering! The November question is: At the 2010 NBAA Conven- tion, which major GA aircraft manufacturer The Gore Award was received by the maintenance department decided to forego a con- (the perennial gore winners). vention center display and instead housed their entire static display under a massive 37,000 sq. ft. tent? Please email your answers to jenny@showalter.com. Second place was given to the staff for their delicious pumpkin pie. First place was awarded to the front desk for their “Sleeping Beauty.”

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