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UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION 

WASHINGTON, DC 

DESERT WINGS JET CENTER, LLC 

SPIRIT FLIGHT INC. dba WINGS OF THE 

CASCADES 

COMPLAINANT 

V. 

CITY OF REDMOND, OREGON 

RESPONDENT 

FAA Docket No. l6-09-<i'hi 

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REQUEST FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION AND 

NOTICE OF EXTENSION OF TIME 

Pursuant to 14 CFR § 16.29(b)(1), the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has determined 

that the pleadings in this matter need to be supplemented by limited, additional information 

from the parties. Each party is requested to fully answer the respectively designated following 

questions and submit the requested documents within 30 days from the date of receipt. 

Additional Information Needed From and Questions for the Complainant 

Copies of the Complainant's original letters of denial of credit from the three major lending 

banks in the area indicating that funding is not available without a recorded lease. 

Please detail the status of the Respondent's counsel's communications with the Complainant's 

lender about the leasehold mortgage protection clauses. 

For the April 9, 2009 lease, please provide a timeline schedule for the completion of your 

proposed project including all necessary Airport and City reviews and approvals required for 

you to commence business on the Airport. 

Additional Information Needed From and Questions for the Respondent 

Copies of Respondent's letters from lenders indicating that the leasehold mortgage protections 

provisions in the Airport lease are acceptable to support leasehold financing of tenant 

Please detail the status of the Respondent's counsel's communications with the Complainant's 

lender about the leasehold mortgage protection clauses. 

Please provide a timeline schedule for tenant construction of improvements on the Airport 

with all necessary steps including Airport and City approvals required for a tenant to 

commence business on the Airport. 
I If the Airport Sponsor records a tenant's lease, is the Sponsor granting a property interest to the 

I the tenant on the Airport? Please identify the nature and extent of that property interest. 

I The parties to the Complaint should not consider that these questions necessarily represent all 

i of the FAA's concerns regarding the issues raised in the record to the Complaint. Furthermore, 

I the parties should not assume that the sponsor's compliance status would turn on any one 

I answer to a question. 

? 

I Based on the above and pursuant to 14 CFR § 16.11(a), the Director does hereby extend the 

I date that the Director's initial determination will be rendered in the above-referenced case to 

I April 26, 2010. An extension of time is necessary because the Agency has requested 

I additional information it believes is essential for a fair and complete hearing of the matter. 

I 

I Randall S. Fiertz Date 

Director of Office of Airport Compliance 

and Field Operations 
CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE 

I HEREBY CERTIFY that on 'P^. ^/ / c^/)/r ? , I caused to be placed in 

the United States mail (first class mail, postage paid) a true copy of the foregoing document 

addressed to: 

Complainant: 

Desert Wings Jet Center L.L.C. 

Spirit Flight Inc. dba Wings of the Cascades 

c/o Mary A. Schu, President and Owner 

777 S.E. Salmon Avenue 

Redmond, Oregon 97756 

Fax:541-548-2776 

Counsel for Respondent: 

Steven D. Bryant, Esq. 

Bryant, Emerson & Fitch, LLP 

888 S.W. Evergreen Avenue 

Redmond, Oregon 97756 

Fax:541-548-1895 

L orgerson 

Office of Airport Compliance and 

Field Operations