1. THE FLY PAPER
APRIL 2012
SHOWALTER FLYING SERVICE
The Orlando Executive Airport (KORL)
400 Herndon Avenue
Orlando, FL 32803
Special points
of interest:
Airport 5K
Based Customer
Event
When: Friday, April 20th, 6 PM
Inside this issue:
Where: The Orlando Executive Airport
Main Offices
NBAA Convention 2 (Off Rickenbacker Dr., next to Customs on the East Ramp)
Update
Benefitting: Angel Flight Southeast
Poem in Your
Pocket Day
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Registration: http://tinyurl.com/6uqekem
EAA’s Ford Tri 2
Motor at KORL
Airport Restau- 2
Cinco de Based Customer Event
rants Mayo!
Lodi’s Lowdown 2
Join us for an afternoon of food, fun and fly-
ing! This is our chance
to thank you for choosing
FOOD-Tijuana Flats Showalter as your FBO.
Contact us: We hope to see
FUN-Snow Cone Machine you there!
Phone: 407-894-7331 FLYING-Spot landing & Saturday,
Fax: 407-894-5094
E-mail:
flour drop competitions May 5th
jenny@showalter.com
1-4PM
Web:
www.showalter.com Location: Showalter’s
Follow us on: meeting room at the
east end of the termi-
Tel: 407-894-7331
Email: events@showalter.com nal building.
2. The Fly Paper Page 2
NBAA 2012 Update-Good News!
Don’t forget...
Poem in Your Pocket Day is
April 26th! Come and share
your favorite verse with Thanks to the NBAA’s commitment to bring its Annual Meeting and Conven-
your friends at Showalter.
tion to the Orlando Executive Airport every other year for the foreseeable
future, we are pleased to announce the passage of a funding bill that will
bring improvements to our airport! The bill, signed into law by Gov. Rick
Scott in March, will allow for ramp rehabilitation on the north end of the
Showalter leasehold in the area used by NBAA’s Static Display. The work,
planned for summer and early fall, will pave some of the current grass ar-
eas, level the grade by our t-hangars, and revitalize the ramp surface.
Please continue to
read The Fly Paper
The EAA’s Ford Tri Motor
for regular updates
will be at Showalter Flying
Service From April 19-22, regarding the con-
2012. If you would like to struction schedule
volunteer or need additional and any other up-
information, please contact dates related to the
Jim Thomas at 407-733-6363. upcoming NBAA Con-
vention, October 30-
November 1, 2012.
Congratulations to student pilot, Matt Owens, on his first
solo flight on March 13, 2012. Matt is learning to fly
with John Nadon of Orlando Club Flying.
What’s your favorite airport restaurant and what’s
your favorite menu item?
John Nadon likes the burgers at the Airport
Restaurant and Gin Mill in Deland.
Let us know what you like?
Lodi’s Lowdown Email jenny@showalter.com
Lodi’s Lowdown for the month of March was correctly answered by Nicholas
Musashe, Kevin McNamara, Dave Gardner, Michael Marzano and Wendy Gorham.
The EAA’s Ford Tri Motor served as the primary setting for the 1960’s film The
Family Jewels starring comedian Jerry Lewis. Thanks for answering!
The question for April is:
Name each of NASA’s experimental aircraft shown in the picture?
Please email your answers to jenny@showalter.com.
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