Delta Virtual Airlines

Welcome to the Delta Virtual Airlines web site. We are a group of flight simulation enthusiasts who fly Delta Air Lines and its alliance partners' routes using Microsoft Flight Simulator 2002, 2004 or Flight Simulator X (including FSX: Steam Edition), Lockheed-Martin Prepar3D and Laminar Research X-Plane. We are in no way affiliated with Delta Air Lines.

Since May 2003, we have received over 15,631,720 visits and received 456,701,512 hits. During this time, our servers have sent out over 18,968,534,696,347 bytes worth of data. Our members have posted over 25 messages in our Water Cooler discussion forum in the past 24 hours. Our web server has been running for 13 days, 20 hours and 4 minutes.

Please feel free to browse around our web site. Once you join the Delta Virtual Airlines active pilot roster, you may submit flight reports and contribute to our discussion forums and image library. If you are interested in a serious virtual airline, designed for both the experienced pilot and the novice (and all of us that are in between!) we welcome your interest. Click Here to join Delta Virtual Airlines.

If you are interested in a virtual airline with primarily European operations, we encourage you to visit our sister airline Air France Virtual.

06/25/2017	Stage 2 B737 and A320 Programs Now Accept X-Plane for Check Rides	Andrew Vane
Thanks to the hard work of Salem Gbian and Luke Kolin, we are pleased to announce that we can now accept X-Plane (version 11) as a simulator for check rides in the B737 and A320 programs. The default X-Plane 11 737 may be used for the 737 program check rides and the payware X-Plane 11 JarDesign 320 and A330 may be used for check rides in the A320 and A330 programs, respectively. The latest version of ACARS v3.2 (Build 120 as of 6/24/18) can be obtained in the fleet library via the pilot center. We realize that one of these aircraft is payware requiring financial investment but we're working on the freeware versions as fast as we can. This is too good news to keep to ourselves and an amazing accomplishment given the absence of support from the developer. Please keep in mind that all necessary data must be captured during the check ride by ACARS in order for the Chief Pilots to evaluate the check ride, regardless of the simulator version used. If for some reason not enough data is captured by ACARS which is essential to evaluate the flight, the check ride cannot be approved. We are continuing to add more aircraft as we go through the testing phase. We are also working to get ACARS to acknowledge enough information to accept x-plane aircraft in the Flight Academy and to verify it works with XP10. This addition to DVA opens up a huge opportunity for our DVA pilots to advance and we're very appreciative of the efforts of Luke and Salem to bring this feature to our virtual airline. Stay tuned for more announcements in the X-Plane channel of the water cooler including what hopes to be a growing list of compatible x-plane aircraft. We will also be updating the DVA Pilot's Manual in the near future. Please also used the x-plane channel of the cooler to share screenies, ask questions, and provide general feedback on ACARS so we can continue to improve upon it. DVA Operations (on behalf of A330 Chief Pilot Salem Gbian and DVA Web Programmer Yoda Luke Kolin)
05/10/2017	Delta Virtual Airlines Announces Completion of 1,000,000th Flight	Andrew Vane
Delta Virtual Airlines is proud to announce that after about 16 years as a virtual airline with over 12,000 pilots passing through our doors, we recently have reach 1,000,000 logged flights. The 1,000,000th logged flight was achieved by Alex Pal flying a Boeing 717 and the flight report was approved by Boeing 737 Assistant Chief Pilot Peter Lund. This achievement marks a significant milestone in the history of Delta Virtual Airlines. We are proud of this achievement and grateful to all of our pilots and staff, past and present, who were all a part of our success, making us who we are today. We are also thankful for the support of VATSIM, IVAO and their controllers who make our flight simulation experience more enjoyable. We look forward to continued success and fun moving forward as we grow and implement more programs and features for our pilots. DVA Senior Staff
01/05/2017	737 Airman ATP Rating And Training Course Open	Andrew Vane
You will find in the document library a new document for the newly released 737 Airman ATP Rating and Training Course. This course is designed to test a 737 pilot’s knowledge and skill above and beyond the basics. It is designed to teach pilot proficiency in the aircraft and help the pilot “know” the aircraft inside and out, its limitations, abilities and how to handle it in various situations. This course was designed to mimic the training real world 737 pilots receive in the simulators. Once successfully completed, a 737 pilot will receive the 737 Airman ATP designation. This designation will be attributed to the pilot for one year. To maintain this 737 airman rating, the pilot will be required to take and pass a refresher check ride each subsequent year. If interested in signing up for the course, please read the new document and follow the procedures outlined therein. This course is extremely challenging and only open to pilots in the 737 program. The document explains in detail what requirements must be met in order to take the course. We will be evaluating interest in this course as a determining factor of whether or not to roll it out for other programs in the future. This course has been almost two full years in the making and we hope you'll all enjoy it! Delta Virtual Operations, DVA Flight Academy and the DVA 737 Program
01/03/2017	Document Library Addition: DVA's Propliner Operations Manual	Andrew Vane
Delta Virtual Airlines Senior Staff and the DC-6 Chief Pilot are pleased to announce the release of the DVA Propliner Operations Manual. This manual can be downloaded from the Document library accessed via the Pilot Center. Author Jim Daigneau, the DVA DC-6 Chief Pilot and real world commercial pilot, has developed quite an extensive, one-of-a-kind manual on how to fly historical propliners. The manual highlights most of our propliner fleet, how manifold air pressure (MAP) works, and even includes a detailed tutorial of a typical flight. Even if you're a jet lover, you'll gain valuable knowledge from this manual on how the piston props of yesteryear worked back then and still today. Props to Tom Gibson of California Classic Airliners (www.calclassic.com) for his contribution (pun intended). Much thanks also to Terry for editing and final publication of the document. We hope you'll enjoy this 77 page encyclopedia of piston props Jimmy has put together! DVA Operations
05/31/2016	DVA Pilot's Manual Updated	Andrew Vane
An updated version of the Pilot's Manual has been released and is now in the Document Library. This document may be accessed via the Pilot Center. Recent edits to the Pilot Manual include updating the equipment list as well as the addition of guidelines on code of conduct when flying on VATSIM or IVAO. The Pilot's Manual explains how we do things here at DVA and is recommended reading for all pilots. Answers to most of the common Help Desk questions are in the Pilot's Manual. ~DVA Operations

OUR NEWEST CENTURY CLUB MEMBERS
Tim Knight	Joined Meditarranea Club on 09/22/2017
Kris Greenough	Joined Six Century Club on 09/22/2017
Luke Langbeen	Joined Online Century Club on 09/21/2017
Kyle Richardson	Joined Everett 500 Club on 09/21/2017
Eric Haack	Joined Sombrero Club on 09/21/2017

If you have questions or comments, please direct them to our Corporate Offices at info@deltava.org.

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