Delta Virtual Airlines Online Event - The Longest Final: A Cherry Blossom Epilogue

The Longest Final: A Cherry Blossom Epilogue - Sunday April 16 2023 18:00 ET - Sunday April 16 2023 23:00 ET

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04/16/2023 17:45 ET

AVAILABLE FLIGHT ROUTES

Route #1

Richmond VA (RIC) - Washington-Reagan DC (DCA)

BULII CAPSS CAPSS3

Route #2

Norfolk VA (ORF) - Washington-Reagan DC (DCA)

HPW THHMP CAPSS3

Flight Briefing

**Delta Virtual Airlines Online Event Briefing**


          The Longest Final: A Cherry Blossom Epilogue

During the Cherry Blossom event in 2020, also known as the Wild West era for VATUSA, an unnamed controller offered all the aircraft flying into DCA a tour of Fredericksburg, VA which is about 40 miles south of DCA airport before clearing them onto the approach: https://youtu.be/I0XgQr0wG64. Due to this, the Washington Virtual ARTCC has unofficially named any long finals after this controller.

This time, the Washington Virtual ARTCC invites you to revisit this historical event by departing from RIC and ORF and entering the final approach course of Runway 1 into DCA, no matter the wind.

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KRIC->KDCA

   

Flight leg: DAL****

Distance: 82nm

Estimated Time Enroute: 0:45

Flight Route: BULII CAPSS CAPSS3

Planned Altitude: Eastbound



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KORF->KDCA

   

Flight leg: DAL****

Distance: 124nm

Estimated Time Enroute: 0:50

Flight Route:  HPW THHMP CAPSS3

Planned Altitude: Westbound



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PIREP Event Credit: To receive event credit on your PIREP, the flight must meet the following minimum requirements:

-The flight must be flown online using VATSIM for 100% of the flight. Select long-haul events will have exceptions to this which will be described in the pilot briefing.
-The flight must be flown using ACARS.
-The route flown must match one of the routes listed above for the event.
-The entire flight, from takeoff to landing, must be flown within the scheduled time window for the event. If you are unable to land prior to the end of the event, please include a reason for this (ATC delay, weather, simulator issue, etc) in your PIREP remarks and limited exceptions can be made.

If you have any questions, please email events@deltava.org.

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NOTAMS: Neither of these routes are found in the schedule database, so sign-ups ARE REQUIRED for PIREP approval!

For RW NOTAMs, check here:

https://pilotweb.nas.faa.gov/PilotWeb/

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Feel free to give feedback at: Nathan_Cox@DeltaVA.org

PARTICIPATING PILOT LIST - 4 PILOTS (EXPECTED TURNOUT - 3 PILOTS)

PILOT NAME

EQUIPMENT

VATSIM ID

FLIGHT ROUTE

DVA10252

Jonathan Pinkerton

A319

1117261

Richmond VA (RIC) - Washington-Reagan DC (DCA)

DVA12340

Marc Neal

B737-900ER

1300897

Richmond VA (RIC) - Washington-Reagan DC (DCA)

DVA8657

Brian Kelly OLP

CRJ-700

1158376

Norfolk VA (ORF) - Washington-Reagan DC (DCA)

DVA9545

Thiago Braga OLP, VFROLP, 737-ATP

CRJ-700

1148821

Norfolk VA (ORF) - Washington-Reagan DC (DCA)

LOGGED FLIGHT REPORTS - 2 FLIGHT LEGS

DATE

PILOT NAME

EQUIPMENT

FLIGHT NUMBER

FLIGHT ROUTE

04/16/2023

Jonathan Pinkerton

A319

DL252 Leg 1

Richmond VA (RIC) - Washington-Reagan DC (DCA)

04/16/2023

Marc Neal

B737-900ER

DL2340 Leg 1

Richmond VA (RIC) - Washington-Reagan DC (DCA)

Draft

Submitted

Held

Approved

Rejected

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