Merry Christmas....Feliz Navidad...Joyeux Noel... Buone Feste Natalizie.... Feliz Natal

Don Campion, President

Volume Eight – Issue 3 – Winter 2012Fort Lauderdale Executive Airport

Banyan Approach is a quarterly publication for our customers, vendors and friends.

If you Google “Christmas Day” it is refreshing to read definitions from ambassadors of the United States in embassies around the world ex-plaining what Americans are celebrating on the 25th of December - the date our forefathers declared a national holiday. Christmas is a joyful, religious holiday when Christians celebrate the birth of Jesus Christ. Christmas is a time of wonder, joy, generosity, and peace that brings family and friends together giving gifts, sharing love for one another, and preparing for the new year. It is a special time of year when we remember all the blessings that fill our lives and a time that celebrates

the good news that Christ came to make a home among mankind mani-festing God’s love for humanity and the pathway to hope and new life.Over the last few years we have approached each new year with apprehension and concern about the economy, yet just like the last 4 years, 2012 ends on a high note. We have added capabilities, added team-mates, expanded our facilities and are optimistic about business aviation in 2013 with continued plans of expansion and growth for Banyan. On behalf of all our teammates, I extend a big thank you to thousands of customers over the years. Thanks for your business and friendship and your loyalty. Happy New Year and may God continue to

Bless America!

Every year Pro Pilot Magazine, Aviation International News and FLTplan.com conduct their annual FBO surveys to recog-nize leading FBOs. Our goal is to be recognized as one of the top FBOs in the nation and we can’t do it without you. We appreciate the support you have given us in the past, and again ask for your help.

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Every Vote Counts in the FBO Surveys!

If you are planning on attending the Scheduler and Dispatchers Conference, make sure to stop by booth # 502 to see us. Last year we participated in Avfuel’s Fuel Your Style promotion giving out scarves. It was a huge hit and we are looking forward to again. Come to find out what “avcessory” we have for you this year and why Banyan at FXE should be your first choice FBO for scheduling flights to South Florida. See you there!

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Scheduler and DispatchersJanuary 22-25, 2013 – San Antonio, TX

If you don’t receive an invitation to vote in Pro Pilot or AIN’s surveys, you probably are not a subscriber. To increase your chances for voting for next year,

see if you qualify for a FREE subscription at propilotmag.com/subscriptions.html

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If you are asked to vote in these surveys, please take a few minutes to complete the surveys and consider voting for Banyan.

Your vote is important!

Calling all pilots, volunteers, sponsors, agencies and participants in Fort Lauderdale, Florida and surrounding areas, it’s time to register for another exciting event! Challenge Air for Kids & Friends is gearing up for its 16th annual Fort Lauderdale, Florida “Fly Day” to be held Saturday, January 26, 2013 at Banyan. “Fly Day” is free for all children and youth with special needs between the ages of 7-30. Highlights of the day include: an edu-cational ground school, a 30-minute flight, face painting, clowns, cool static aircraft, lunch, service animals and much more! Last year over 100 kids flew with only 15 pilots. More pilots are needed so more kids can fly. Please visit www.challengeair.com to volunteer as a pilot, participant or to make a donation.

Pilots Needed For Challenge Air Fly Day

Saturday, January 26, 2013

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Aviation Artwork – Makes a Great Gift

Thank you to Steven F. Greenwald Design, Inc. for providing an art display in our lobby during the past two months. The display included The Martin-Young Aviation Collection created by artists Frank Martin and Judeen Young. These artists combined their techniques to create a hybrid collaboration of abstract paintings and collage techniques. The result is a unique aviation art collection ranging from the evolution of flight and classic military aircraft to today’s latest commercial and general aviation aircraft. The Martin-Young Aviation Collection is quickly becoming well known as the most contemporary and comprehensive aviation art collec-tion in today’s market. Martin-Young and SFGD have completed special projects for many aviation and aero-space corporations.

Steven Greenwald Design, Inc. has been providing art, consulting, and framing services since 1983. Their 6500 square foot Ft. Lauderdale gallery and custom framing studio houses a complete art gallery and a state of the art production facility. For more information, visit www.theartofaircraft.com

Mr. and Mrs. Eloy Biesuz and their son, Pedro, stopped to look at the artwork in the lobby and purchased two pieces to take home to Brazil on their Lear 45. “We liked the subject matter and the aircraft featured in the artwork and thought they would make a great addition to our office. We get nice comments about the uniqueness and the bright colors,” said Mr. Biesuz.

Banyan Pilot Shop is proud to offer this amazing artwork and can also assist with customized orders that feature your aircraft, sizes that fit your requirements, beautiful framing options and worldwide shipping. Visit our Pilot Shop, shop on-line at BanyanPilotShop.com/art, or contact Donald Greene at 888.280.9272 or 954.493.5441, dgreene@banyanair.com for more information.

Congratulations to Steven M. Jourdenais, President of Jormac Aerospace, Largo, FL. At NBAA, he won our drawing for “Mustang Dreams.”

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Aviation Artwork at Banyan

King of the Sky Turbine Tracings Cessna Citation X

Customer Spotlight —Presidential Aviation, Inc.

Photo Gallery

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Michael Grana and Don Campion look over the KODIAK with Steve Zinda from Quest KODIAK.

Paul Rose welcomes Fort Lauderdale Mayor John P. “Jack” Seiler to Banyan

Ed Bracero, Nelson Oro, and Flavio Lora at LABACE 2012. Paul Rose (center) welcomed Eric Goni (left) and Rodolfo Solis (right) of Coopesa to the Banyan facility.

Brian Wilson presented Monica Perez-Reinaldo and Marcelo Giacomelli Sallum soccer balls during LABACE. FXE Control Tower Climbs Skyward

Presidential Aviation, Inc. offers world-wide charter services personal-ized for private and corporate travelers. They own and manage a fleet of superior and beautifully appointed corporate jets including; Gulfstreams, Challengers, Falcons and Hawkers. When you charter a private jet flight with them, you can expect a host of premium on-board indulgences resulting in a sophisticated air travel experience unlike any other. Presidential Aviation focuses on safety, security and customer service. Their pilots, crew and flight managers have acquired the industry’s most rigorous training and safety credentials. Their dedicated jet charter team provides around-the-clock dispatch services to accommodate any time zone. Before, during and after your flight, their teams will execute any special request you

may have, including your most difficult assignments, with care and dedica-tion to ensure your experience meets your expectations. You’ll arrive at your destination relaxed and refreshed. Once there, you’ll enjoy expedited white glove baggage handling, expedited customs processing, and ground transportation, if requested, all facilitated by your dedicated multi-lingual private jet charter professionals. The company was founded in 1997 and has operations in Fort Lauderdale, New York, NY; Los Angeles, CA; Atlanta, GA; Charlotte, NC; and Sheridan, WY. To schedule a charter, or to learn more call 888.772.8622 (US), 954.772.8622 or visit www.presidential-aviation.com

Maintenance Update

RaisbeckThanks to our friends at Raisbeck Engineering for providing two King Air models and a Crown Wing Locker display for our lobby. Pilots and passengers enjoy looking at the display and seeing the extra room the lockers provide for storing luggage, business cargo and sports equipment. Raisbeck Crown Lockers are available for the entire Beechcraft King Air Family. Banyan is proud to be a Raisbeck Authorized dealer and in addition to installing Crown Wing Lockers, we install all of the Raisbeck Performance Systems; Power Props, Ram Air Recovery System, Enhanced Performance Leading Edges, Dual Aft Body Strakes, and High Flotation Gear Doors. If you own or operate a King Air, talk to our sales team about the benefits of adding Raisbeck Performance to your aircraft. Contact Ed Bracero 954.492.4348 or by email ebracero@banyanair.com.

Banyan technicians, JJ and Randy changing out a windshield on a Citation 550.

Banyan’s expert sheet metal team Lewis and Vito are replacing wing skins on this Citation 550.

Banyan’s Ed Bracero with Raisbeck’s director of sales, Scott Keefe, at the 2012 Latin American

Business Aviation Conference & Exhibition (LABACE) held at Sao Paulo’s Congonhas Airport.

The event had a record attendance of 16,722.

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Happy HolidaysHappy Holidays

T’was Christmas Time at Banyan

T’was the night before Christmas when the pace had slowed down,Even at Banyan, there were few people around.The planes were all chocked with the pilots inside, In hopes that their passengers soon would arrive.

When out on the ramp, there arose such a clatter,The girls sprang from the desk to see what’s ‘a matter. Away to the window Lisa flew like a flash, Krista soon followed and Bobby did dash,

The South Florida night was brilliant and bright, it seemed Santa had arrived on a flight.Everyone wondered, “What is he doing here?”And Lynn smiled and said, “He needs work on his Lear!”

More rapid than eagles, the workers they came,Dave whistled and shouted and called them by name. “Now Murray, now Terry, now Les, now Dan, on Curtis, on Gustavo, on Anthony, on Rob,To the top of the tail, to all of the seams,

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May all your dreams take flight this Holiday Season

May all your dreams take flight this Holiday Season

We must help Santa fulfill all those dreams!”

The crew was prepared to work through the night,Anything to make Santa ready for flight.

At the Pilot Shop, Santa was welcomed with cheer,As he bought more gifts for the upcoming year.

The airplane now ready, the work all done, as Santa sees Mike O’Keeffe strolling along.“Now Santa, you know with more gifts to deliver, you’ll need to fly something bigger.” Off Mike ran to whip up his plan, soon, a Challenger he did land.Santa settled his bill, then thanked our team for all the good will.As he climbed in the cockpit and set the power to low,We heard him exclaim as he flew out of sight,

“No wonder Banyan’s the #1 FBO!”“Merry Christmas to all and to all a good flight.” 7

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“We are in Recovery!”Michael O’Keeffe, Sr. Vice President Aircraft Sales & Management

Aircraft Sales Market Update

Notice that the new construction is already taller than the existing tower. This photo also shows the framing for the Base Building.

Rendering of what the completed tower will look like.

FXE Control Tower Climbs SkywardThe construction of the new FXE Control Tower is well underway. This project consists of an 84’ (height to cab floor) Airport Traffic Control Tower and a single-story, precast concrete, 7,200 square foot Administrative Base Building and all associated work. The cab which sits on top of the tower will add an additional 42’ to the height of the tower.

It’s hard to believe that 5-years have passed since the initial crash of the pre-

owned aircraft market. It was Oc-tober 2007; at the National Business Aircraft As-

sociation (NBAA) conference in Orlando, Florida that many in our industry finally acknowledged we have a big problem. In the course of 90-days pre-owned aircraft values were falling at a pace beyond imagination and most of the aircraft specific lenders just stopped writing loans on aircraft purchases. Lenders were unable to ascer-tain where residual values would level and therefore just pulled back. When the dust finally settled, used aircraft values had fallen anywhere from 40%-60% depending on the aircraft make & model. By 2008, we saw the largest quantity of used aircraft on the market than any other time in history. It was a buyer’s market like no other, if you were a cash buyer! Now after 5-years of recovery the pre-owned aircraft market looks very different in all but a few segments.

Piston Single & TwinThis market surprisingly has seen steady sales especially in the higher-end models. This is not to suggest that the piston market is brisk, but it is steady. Nice, clean, well maintained aircraft with upgraded avionics have proven popular if the sellers are realistic in their price expectations.

TurbopropsThe turboprop market has shown incredible stability. I remember 5-years ago when many predicted the death of the turboprop as a re-sult of all the new VLJ’s that were being introduced. “Who would

want a turboprop when you could fly a jet,” was the mantra of the era. That clearly hasn’t been the case, turboprop values have held strong in some markets and the quantity of available aircraft has shrunk consid-erably in most current production turboprop models. Last December, 1313 turboprops were being actively advertised, today there are 1180. That’s an appreciable reduction.

JetsThis market segment has been just plain unpredictable. There are cer-tain models of light/medium weight jets that have shown some strength and others that still show a steady decline (think Beechjet). Large cabin aircraft such as Gulfstream G550, Global Express and certain Falcons are seeing activity largely due to the incredible appetite of the Chinese market. Overall, the quantity of available inventory is either down or remains the same from the beginning of the year which in itself is an improvement.One thing is for certain, 2013 promises to be an interesting year for pri-vate aircraft operators big and small. Bonus depreciation is soon to be extinct and the hopes of an aviation friendly elected administration have vanished. Our hope is that opportunist who have sat on the sidelines this past year waiting to see any sign of improvement will now dive head-first into using private aircraft to grow and excel in the new year!!Banyan Aircraft Sales specializes in aircraft selection, valuation, nego-tiation, inspection and management of turbine powered aircraft. Call Mike O’Keeffe to discuss your aircraft options 954.492.4331

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Avionics Update

The avionics team has been busy working on a variety of aircraft, here’s a few of their latest projects:

Falcon 900EX – The team installed an Aircell High Speed Data (HSD) system on a Falcon 900 EX and also on a Challenger 604. This installation enables passengers the use of internet, e-mail and other connectivity services while on board the aircraft.Boeing 727 – Upgrade is for Mode “S” Enhanced Surveillance which is required in European airspace. The work was performed on location in Jacksonville when the aircraft was down for a main-tenance inspection. Eurocopter 120 – The team installed a Traffic Advisory Sys-tem (TAS) which allows the helicopter to see other traffic in the area to avoid a collision. The work was performed at our partner’s facility, Edwards Rotorcraft Solutions (ERS).

“It’s not everyday that a Chairman & CEO, the President and two Vice Presidents of two of the world’s leading companies in Global Mobile Satellite Communications take the time to visit your facility,” states Bri-an Wilson, Director of Avionics at Banyan Air Service, “Inmarsat and Satcom Direct have offices around the world and are internationally rec-ognized by everyone within the communications industry; we felt very privileged to have these distinguished guests choose Banyan to pay a visit and tour our beautiful facility.” Banyan continues to be one of the leading companies in the South East United States when it comes to Connectivity and High Speed Data for corporate aircraft. Banyan Avionics has provided installations on an ar-ray of aircraft ranging from Citations, King Air and Challenger through the Boeing line of 727/737/747/757. Banyan recently certified the Hon-eywell Aspire product for the Gulfstream 2/ 3/ 4/ 4SP providing Wi-Fi, Internet and email access substantiated with an FAA approved Supple-ment Type Certificate (STC). Our experience and knowledge is second to none and we can provide different options and price points for “any” type of aircraft. Just call today and ask the experts!

Demo Special

Partners Inmarsat and Satcom Direct visit Banyan to see where the “work gets done!”

Thank you to Patricia Luebke of Avionics News for the “A Conversation With…” article on Brian Wilson in the November 2012 issue. You can read it on-line at http://www.nxtbook.com/allen/avne/49-11/#/42

Kevin Finegan - VP Operations Satcom Direct, Brian Wilson - Banyan Avionics, Andrew SukawatyChairman & CEO Inmarsat, Don Campion - Banyan’s Head Coach, David Greenhill - President Satcom Direct,

and Chris Moore - VP International Sales Satcom Direct.

Aircraft Operators! Take ad-vantage of this one time offer to upgrade your panel and increase your flying pleasure by install-ing the Sandel SA4550 Pri-mary Attitude Display and the SN4500 Primary NAV Display in your aircraft.This special offer of a standard installation price of $ 29,950.00 will go fast considering the retail price for the two units is $42,000.00 plus installation. The Demo units are in fantastic condition and will have a 90 day warranty period.

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Contact Pedro Artidiello at 954.492.3572

When you cannot see, you cannot fly and that’s exactly the reason EVAS is important to you. In the event of a smoke-related emergency, EVAS displaces the smoke and enables you to see instruments, your flight path, approach plates, and list of emergency procedures, so you can land the aircraft safely.EVAS is an important safety product designed for use in a serious smoke emergency situation. This FAA tested and certified the system and cock-pit smoke displacement systems have been endorsed by over 50 airlines, the Air Line Pilots Association (ALPA) and the Coalition of Airline Pi-lots Association (CAPA) as “standard” equipment. EVAS is a compact, self-contained system measuring 3” X 8.5” X 10” and weighing approximately 6 pounds, about the size of a flight manual and costs around $35,000. Downtime to install this system is minimal and can be done in just a few hours at Banyan. EVAS can also be pur-

For the 3rd time this year, President Don Campion and his wife Sueanne returned to Egbe with a team to work on a humanitarian project where they are revitalizing a rural hospital in Nigeria. Each time Don goes he takes a Banyan teammate, a friend or colleague from the aviation indus-try and medical and construction personal to introduce them to Africa and the opportunity of bringing Hope and Healing to thousands for years to come when the hospital is complete. The local community is very involved as we remove and construct buildings, build a water reser-voir and filtration system, manufacture cement blocks and rewire the compound. The project is huge but the financial support and donations of labor has been even bigger. Through partnership with SIM, Samaritan’s Purse and World Medical Missions over 125 volunteers have come to assist over the past 12 months. To learn more about this great project; www.egbehospital.org

Emergency Vision Assurance System (EVAS)

Alvie Barron puts on goggles as he readies to experience an EVAS simulation. As theatrical smoke fills the cockpit, Alvie leans against the inflated clear bag and has a clear view.

Egbe Update

chased at Banyan along with the STC for easy field installation with help from Banyan Technical Support, if required. EVAS is available for all turbine and jet aircraft. It is currently in use in corporate and transport aircraft around the world; including: Airbus, Boeing, Bombardier, Cessna, Dassault, Embraer, Gulfstream, Hawker Beech, and Learjet.Banyan is an EVAS sales and service center for the southeast United States. In addition, an EVAS smoke simulator will be available in our FBO lobby for demonstration purposes. “All pilots should see a demon-stration of this safety equipment and once installed the crew and passen-gers will feel much safer knowing their aircraft is outfitted with EVAS,” say Alvie Barron, Banyan’s director of technical sales.For more information or to schedule a demonstration, contact Alvie Barron, 954.492.3568, abarron@banyanair.com

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