1. THE FLY PAPER
AUGUST 2010
SHOWALTER FLYING SERVICE
The Orlando Executive Airport (KORL)
400 Herndon Avenue
Orlando, FL 32803
Aircraft Re-registration to Begin This Fall-From AOPA Enews
The FAA has issued its year. The registration to their registration will
final ruling mandating the process will then move on be able to re-register their
re-registration of all U.S. to certificates issued in aircraft online, those with
civil aircraft. In an effort April and so on for the changes will be required
Special points to clear clutter from the to submit their appli-
of interest: aircraft registry and cations through the
provide more up-to-date mail. Industry ex-
Aircraft Re-
registration
information to law en- perts, including Jeff
FAA Seminar forcement and other Wieand of Business
agencies, the FAA will Jet Traveler maga-
require owners to begin zine, are advising
re-registering their air- owners to submit
craft in a rolling pro- their applications as
gram that will begin early as possible in
Inside this issue: November 1 and end in their appropriate win-
December 2013. The first next three years. The rul- dow to allow the agency
Third Party Ven- 2 three-month window will ing also calls for aircraft time to process and mail
dors involve only aircraft registration renewals the new registrations. The
whose certificates were every three years. While FAA, which maintains in-
Credit Card Up- 2 issued in March of any owners with no changes (continued on page 2)
dates
Lodi’s Lowdown 2
YOU ARE INVITED-FAA Safety Seminar August 4th from 7-9 PM
On Wednesday evening, effects of entering a pro- make up some 80% of
August 4th, from 7 – 9 PM, tected runway without PDs.
in the Showalter Flying clearance (thus, "crossing
When pilots cross the
Service Meeting Room, the line").
holding position marker
the FAA’s Office of Run- Interesting Campaign (“the Line”), they are
way Safety will be present- Facts: entering the protected
ing their new summer
Pilot deviations (PDs) runway safety area.
initiative to help reduce
runway incursions and comprise about 70% of The crux of the new
Contact us:
enhance runway safety. all runway incursions. campaign is to keep
Phone: 407-894-7331 Our slogan is "If You runway safety as a high
General aviation pilots
Fax: 407-894-5094 Cross the Line, You’ve priority in the minds of
E-mail: airmen; a top-of-mind
Crossed the Line." The
jenny@showalter.com
program is designed to element of airmanship
Web:
www.showalter.com increase awareness that starts even before
among pilots and vehi- an airplane begins to
cle operators on the move.

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formation on 357,000 aircraft in its registry, said that nearly one third are
no longer eligible for registration because of incorrect addresses or other
registration errors, aircraft inactivity or disposal and/or revoked certificates.
Lodi’s Lowdown
This new ruling could result in the cancellation of registration of more than
The July question was correctly 100,000 aircraft over the next three years.
answered by Ed Comisky, Sweed
Runquest and Nicholas Musashe. Third Party Vendors
The photo in last month’s issue
From time to time as old customers
was a Bell P-59. Thanks for an-
leave and new customers arrive, we
swering!
find it helpful to address the issue
The August question is: of third party vendors and how we
handle them. A third party vendor
On what type of popular is someone that you (our customer)
commercial aircraft was invite to come onto the Showalter
this experimental engine leasehold and perform a service for
mounted? compensation. Examples could be
aircraft maintenance, interior work
or aircraft washing and detailing.
In most instances we do not allow
third party vendors to work on our
leasehold. There are several rea-
sons for this.
Does the vendor carry any insurance? If they do, how much? The 2
zwAAAPlease submit all answers
to jenny@showalter.com or call third party vendors that we currently recognize have copies of their in-
407-894-7331. surance certificates on file in our accounting office listing Showalter Fly-
ing Service as a named insured. Their limits are satisfactory to our in-
surance company.
Are these vendors providing services that Showalter or existing tenants
Credit Card Updates of ours already provide? We try to support the businesses that support
us. While you have every right and in some cases great reasons to use
If you have new credit card infor-
other vendors, you may need to take the aircraft to them.
mation, please don’t forget to let
us know! We need the card num- Has the vendor signed and agreed to the terms of our coded gate ac-
ber, the name on the card, billing cess? We restrict the access to our ramp for many reasons. Most im-
zip code and an updated phone portantly to reduce the chances of aircraft being damaged and to main-
number. Please contact Ed at tain security on our leasehold. No one should have the gate code with-
407-894-7331 with updates. out having signed for it.
Thank you! The potential cost for aircraft damage can add up quickly. What happens if
they damage another customer’s aircraft while driving on our leasehold or
when working on your plane in a hangar with other aircraft? The short an-
swer is that we are responsible for what happens here. That is exposure we
try to control.
We know that “everyone else doesn’t do it like this”. We assume one of the
reasons you base with us is because we aren’t like everyone else. We truly
care about the security of your aircraft and our ability to stay in business to
service your needs.