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of Transportation 

October 13, 2011 

Mr. Don Lewis 

8248 Plantation Manor #78 

St. Thomas, V.I., 00802 

Re: Docket DOT-OST-2010-0263, Application of 

City Wings, Inc., for Commuter Air Carrier 

Authority. 

Dear Mr. Lewis: 

We have completed our initial review of the application for commuter ak carrier authority 

and supplemental information provided on March 28 and April 18, 2011, by City Wings, 

Inc. ("City Wings"). 

This review has revealed the need for additional and/or clarifying information before we 

can complete processing of City Wings' application. The attached Information Request 

lists the areas where further and/or clarification information is necesseiry. I ask that you 

respond fully to this request within 30 days of tlie date of this letter. The original plus 3 

copies of your response should be mailed to U.S. Department of Transportation, Docket 

Operations, (M-30, Room W12-140), 1200 New Jersey Avenue, S.E., West Building 

Ground Floor, Washington, D.C. 20590, or you may electronically file your response at 

www.regulations.gov. 

As is the Department's practice, further processing of City Wings' application will be 

deferred pending receipt of this material. In addition, please remember that City Wings 

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) 366-9721. 

Damon V\'alker 

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Enclosure 

cc: Docket DOT-OST-2010-0263 

Radames Naveira, Jr. 

FAA Principle Operations Inspector 

Eugene Jester 

FAA Principle Maintenance Inspector 
INFORMATION REQUEST 

CITY WINGS, INC. 

1. The resume you provided in your application indicates'that you are currently the 

owner of City Wings (2008-present) and Riverside Tower Hotel (1968-present); that 

you previously wholly owned R& D (1997-2003); Sea Jet (1985-1987); Shuttle 

Transit (1978-1980); Seaplane Shuttle Transit (1975-1977); Radio Station WHBI-FM 

(1962-1983); and Teletransmission Corp. of America (1958-1962); and that you 

previously partially owned V.I. Seaplane Shuttle (1984-1985) and Lake Champlain 

Broadcasting Corp. (1977-1984). The resume that was provided to the Department in 

support of Aguadilla Airline Services' application for commuter authority indicates 

that you are currently President of Aguadilla Airlines Services (2007-present), that 

you previously wholly owned Riverside Tower Hotel (1968-2007); Cosmopolitan 

Broadcasting Corp. (1960-2007); Radio Station WHBI-FM (1960-1983); Seaplane 

Shuttle Transport (1975-1979); and Sea Jet (1985-1987); and that you partially owned 

Vkgin Island Seaplane Shuttle (1983-1985). Please explain the discrepancies in the 

dates and places of employment referenced in the two resumes. 

2. Please provide a description of the officerships, directorships, and shares of stock (if 

10 percent or more of total voting stock outstanding), you have held in any air carrier. 

a. For each air carrier identified above, provide a description of the Federal 

authority under which the air carrier conducted transportation operations. 

b. For each air carrier identified above, provide a description of any action 

taken by the FAA or NTSB to suspend or revoke the air carriers' 

authority, including instances of where the air carrier(s) agreed to 

voluntarily suspend or voluntarily surrender its FAA authority. 

3. Please list all Federal Conmiunication Conamission licenses previously held by you or 

by companies in which you have held a substantial interest (i.e. a greater than 10 

percent equity interest). If any license was revoke, suspended, or denied renewal, 

provide a summary of each action. 

4. Provide a current (within 3 months) balance sheet and income statement for each 

relevant corporation. 

5. Please provide an audited balance sheet and income statement (dated within 3 

months). These financial documents should be accompanied by explanatory 

footnotes and a statement as to who prepared them, his or her qualifications and 

relationship, if any, to the applicant, and whether they were prepared in accordance 

with Generally Accepted Accounting Principles. 

6. The service proposal you submitted states that City Wings will not incur preoperating expenses. Please submit an explanation as to why City Wings will not 

incur expenses associated with the following: marketing its scheduled service; airport 
counter and gate lease expenses or deposits at airports where it proposes to operate 

scheduled passenger service; expenses associated with FAA commuter certification, 

such as revision of manuals, training, and/or proving runs expenses; and expensesassociated with modifications to its website to accommodate scheduled passenger 

reservations. 

7. The third-party verification of City Wings' account balance at Merchants Commercial 

Bank was dated March 22, 2010. Please provide updated third-party verification of 

City Wings'account balances. 

8. Please provide a status update of the pending FAA investigation that was previously 

identified to the Department. 

9. Although you noted in your application and in your supplemental filings that there 

were no items to report pursuant to section 204.3 (I) or (m) of our rules (14 CFR 

204.3), information available to us indicates that there are several civil actions against 

you an/or Cosmopolitan Broadcasting, a relevant corporation (See, for example, 

Obeid. Wyatt v. Cosmopolitan Broadcasting and DLR Aviation vs. Cosmopolitan 

Broadcasting and Don Lewis). 

a. Therefore we ask again that you provide the compliance information 

required by section 204.3 (1), (m), (o), (p), and (q) of our rules for City 

Wings and its key persormel. If City Wings has no qualifying instances to 

report, provide a signed statement confirming this fact. 

b. For each action identified above provide a copy of the complaint filed with 

the court and a summary of the current status of each action. 

c. Provide an explanation as to why this information was not previously 

provide. 

10. Please identify the number of employees of City Wings and provide an organizational 

chart depicting the organizational hierarchy of the company. 

11. Please provide a resume for Ms. Yilong Xiang. The resume should include the 

individual's full name, citizenship, current address, and telephone number, together 

with a detailed listing of all previous employment (both aviation and non-aviation) 

and education and training, including FAA certifications and license numbers if 

applicable. The employment listing should include the name of employer, location 

(city, state), type of business, position(s) held, description of responsibilities, and 

dates employed. Further, if the employer held any aviation authority, the type of 

authority held should be noted. 

12. Please provide the Articles of Incorporation and Bylaws for City Wings. 
The information provided pursuant to this Information Request should be accompanied 

by the following certification: 

The contents of this application and the attached exhibit (s) "are tine and correct to the 

best of my knowledge and belief. Pursuant to Title 18 United States Code Section 1001, 

I [the individual signing the application, who shall be a principal owner, senior officer, 

or internal counsel of the applicant], in my individual capacity and as the authorized 

representative of the applicant, have not in any manner knowingly and willfully falsified, 

concealed or failed to disclose any material fact or made any false, fictitious, or 

fraudulent statement or knowingly used any documents which contain such statements in 

cormection with the preparation, filing or prosecution of the application. I understand 

that an individual who is found to have violated the provisions of 18 U.S.C section 1001 

shall be fined or imprisoned not more than five years, or both.