November Newsletter

THE FLY PAPER NOVEMBER 2009 SHOWALTER FLYING SERVICE The Orlando Executive Airport (KORL) 400 Herndon Avenue Orlando, FL 32803 NBAA 2009 Is History! NBAA is over, and we are slowly returning to normal! By now all of our based aircraft are Special points back in their “homes” of interest: and the events of NBAA week are just memories. NBAA 2009 Lenny’s Birthday While the 2009 show will go down in history as a slower than normal NBAA, but we consider it a success because no one was hurt and no during the show. Each conventions we have aircraft were damaged! time we host an NBAA, hosted. You are famil- Inside this issue: we are amazed by the iar with the process and As this is our seventh NBAA with no damage, outpouring of generos- have come to anticipate NBAA Continued 2 ity that so many of you the inconveniences that it is a true testament to the skill and attention show us. We truly are inherent with host- paid by our employees couldn’t do it without ing this show. We do Have We Seen the 2 Bottom? and volunteers. all of you! not take your contribu- To our based custom- tion lightly and are Speaking of volunteers, American Express 2 ers, saying “thank you” grateful for your pa- we would like to take seems inadequate! tience! this opportunity to WingPoints Re- 2 thank all of you that Many of you have hung And last but certainly minder offered your help to us in there with us through not least we would like Lodi’s Lowdown 2 all seven of the NBAA to thank all of our em- Happy 80th Birthday, Lenny! On October 9th one of packed with family and Contact us: our favorite friends, friends that had come Phone: 407-894-7331 Lenny Francis, cele- to share in the celebra- Fax: 407-894-5094 brated his 80th birth- tion. Everyone enjoyed E-mail: day! Showalter played good food, funny sto- jenny@showalter.com host to a surprise party ries and words of wis- Web: that lived up to its dom from the birthday www.showalter.com name. As a true testa- boy. ment to Lenny, the Happy Birthday, Lenny! large meeting room was

The Fly Paper Page 2 Continued From Page 1 ployees for working so hard to make this NBAA another success. We managed to pull this show off with fewer employees than ever before. There were long days (and REMINDER nights) for everyone involved, and your above and beyond efforts make us proud! Now it’s time to take a break. NBAA 2010 will be hosted by Atlanta, GA and the Beginning December 2011 show will be in Las Vegas, NV. Our next opportunity to host NBAA won’t be 1st, 2009 Showalter until 2012. Flying Service will no longer accept the American Ex- Have We Seen The Bottom? press card as a We think the answer to the question is that we all form of payment. hope we have seen the bottom of this difficult If you have an economy. We’d be interested to know what you American Express think. Perhaps our view is myopic because avia- card on file with tion is all we see. us and have not been contacted re- With NBAA in town last month I was interviewed garding another for several articles relating to the convention that method of payment, took side trips to the economy. What I found most interesting is that the others please call Dawn or interviewed felt so similarly to the way I feel. My gut tells me that August and Sep- Shay at 407-894- tember were the bottom for us and that we will see a very slow, convoluted upturn 7331. from here. I think it will test our patience. We are hiring. We will hire 4 people in the next two weeks. We all feel like we need Scenes from NBAA... to take control to the extent we can and move on. We will move ahead cautiously, but we are moving! WingPoints Since the beginning of the year, Showalter Flying Service has issued over 2 million WingPoints! Are you getting yours? You love to fly…so, you might as well reward yourself to do it. And don’t forget, you earn double points when you pay with a Phillips branded credit card. If you haven’t picked up a Wing Points card or would like to get a Phillips credit card application, please come by the front desk and pick one up. Remember, you can earn points for both Jet-A and AvGas! Lodi’s Lowdown The question for October was a trick question at the expense of one of our favorite readers, Nicholas Musashe. He was the law student who decided to become a pilot when his law professor caught him timing landings at O’Hare airport out of the classroom window. Hope you enjoyed the easy question, Nicholas! The November question is: This year’s NBAA attendance was down over last year’s by what percentage? Please submit all answers to jenny@showalter.com or call 407-894-7331. Thanks for playing!

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