U.S. Department of 

Transportation 

Office of the Secretary 

of Transportation 

June 10, 2015 

Mr. Samuel Raphael 

Managing Director 

Aviation Partners of Boynton Beach, LLC 

d/b/a Hummingbird Air 

Henry Rohlsen Airport 

RR1 Box 9911 Kings Hill 

St. Croix, USVI 00850 

Re: Docket DOT-OST-2014-0116 

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1200 New Jersey Avenue SE 

Washington DC 20590 

Application of Aviation Partners of Boynton Beach, LLC d/b/a Hummingbird Air, 

for authority to conduct operations as a commuter air carrier 

Dear Mr. Raphael: 

Thank you for the updated fitness information that you submitted on May 11, 2015, in 

support of the application filed by Aviation Partners of Boynton Beach, LLC d/b/a 

Hummingbird Air ("Hummingbird Air"), for the determination of its fitness to conduct 

scheduled passenger operations as a commuter air carrier under 49 U.S.C. § 41738. 

We have reviewed the information submitted and find that we continue to require 

additional and/or clarifying information with respect to the applicant's financial fitness 

before we can completely process Hummingbird Air's application. 

The April 30, 2015, balance sheet submitted by Hummingbird Air does not show the 

company having any current liabilities, that is, total debt payment due payable within the 

next 12 months. However, in Hummingbird Air's March 27, 2015, letter to the 

Department, the company indicated that it has long-term debt of $994,943, owed to 

White River Campgrounds, with monthly payments starting on March 31, 2016. The 

company also indicated that it owes $300,000 to a private individual, Mr. Dan Crimm, 

with two annual payments ending on April 4, 2016. The payments due within the next 

12 months on these two debt obligations should have been reflected in Hummingbird 

Air's April 30, 2015, balance sheet as current liabilities. 
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Additionally, in Hummingbird Air's May 11, 2015, letter, the company states that it has 

added a third debt obligation in the amount of $250,000, also owned to White River 

Campgrounds, but the terms of this debt were not provided. Thus, we request that 

Hummingbird Air provide a revised balance sheet reflecting all of Hummingbird Air's 

debt, including the new $250,000 loan and the current portions of debt due. 

I ask that you respond fully to this request within 30 days of the date of this letter. You 

may upload your response via the web at www.regulations.gov,. or you may mail your 

response to U.S. Department of Transportation Dockets, West Building, Ground Floor, 

(M-30, Room W12-140), 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE, Washington, D.C. 20590. 

In either case, your response should be filed in Docket DOT-OST-2014-0116. 

As is the Department's practice, further processing of Hummingbird Air's application 

will be deferred pending receipt of this material. In addition, please remember that 

Hummingbird Air should promptly provide the Department with any information 

regarding changes it may undergo in areas affecting its fitness (i.e., management, 

operating plans or financial condition, compliance disposition, or ownership) while its 

application is under review by the Department. 

Thank you for your cooperation in this matter. If you have any questions regarding this 

letter or the requested information, please feel free to contact me at (202) 366-2999 

or vanessa. balgo bin@dot. gov. 

cc: Docket DOT-OST-2014-0116 

Mr. Jorge Echegoyen 

Principal Operations Inspector 

Federal Aviation Administration