Delta Virtual Airlines Optimal Landings

The members of Delta Virtual Airlines are a skilled group - and they can prove it. Below is a list of the best landings and the Pilots who made them. Landings are rated on a combination of touchdown speed (relative to an optimum rate) and distance down the runway.

Delta Virtual Airlines OPTIMAL LANDINGS			TOP FLIGHTS WITHIN IN
#	PILOT NAME	DATE	FLIGHT	EQUIPMENT	TOUCHDOWN	DISTANCE	AIRPORTS
1	Christopher Grimm	07/31/2021	DL1259 Leg 1	A320	-250 ft/min	1,259 ft	New York-Kennedy NY Runway 04L
2	Jim Rose	07/01/2021	CI164 Leg 2	A320	-245 ft/min	1,245 ft	Seoul-Inchon South Korea Runway 15L
3	Scott D Williams	07/02/2021	DL1941 Leg 1	F100	-251 ft/min	1,264 ft	Nashville TN Runway 02R
4	James Stone	06/05/2021	PAH1211 Leg 2	Concorde	-252 ft/min	1,263 ft	Wake Island Airfield USMOI Runway 10
5	Brad Talley	07/08/2021	DVH723 Leg 1	MD-88	-237 ft/min	1,249 ft	Boston MA Runway 33L
6	Bervick Deculus	06/20/2021	AR136 Leg 1	A320	-261 ft/min	1,243 ft	Buenos Aires-Ezeiza Intl Argentina Runway 35
7	Eric Haack	06/03/2021	MU2007 Leg 2	A350-900	-260 ft/min	1,259 ft	Macau Macau Runway 34
8	Juan Pablo Garrido	07/18/2021	CI198 Leg 1	B737-800	-249 ft/min	1,273 ft	Kumamoto Japan Runway 07
9	Alex Gonzalez	06/06/2021	VA114 Leg 1	A320	-263 ft/min	1,255 ft	Queenstown New Zealand Runway 05
10	Terrance Copley	05/25/2021	RW1123 Leg 1	EMB-120	-255 ft/min	1,233 ft	Sacramento CA Runway 16L
11	Scott Brandenburg	05/13/2021	DL836 Leg 1	B777-200	-244 ft/min	1,233 ft	Atlanta GA Runway 08L
12	Jim Rose	06/20/2021	VN561 Leg 1	A320	-235 ft/min	1,254 ft	Da Nang Vietnam Runway 35R
13	Sammy Negron	05/26/2021	MF8096 Leg 2	CRJ-700	-267 ft/min	1,251 ft	Hangzhou China Runway 07
14	Michael Willis	05/14/2021	SWR116 Leg 1	B777-200	-263 ft/min	1,258 ft	Washington-Dulles VA Runway 01R
15	Scott Brandenburg	06/18/2021	DL069 Leg 2	B777-200	-268 ft/min	1,248 ft	Tokyo-Narita Japan Runway 34L
16	Alex Swanson	05/28/2021	DL768 Leg 1	B757-200	-250 ft/min	1,221 ft	Orlando FL Runway 18R
17	Joe Naps	06/05/2021	DL104 Leg 1	B777-200	-245 ft/min	1,228 ft	Atlanta GA Runway 27R
18	Kien Houk	07/10/2021	WSH3490 Leg 1	DHC-8-Q400	-260 ft/min	1,265 ft	Halifax NS Canada Runway 06
19	Eric Haack	07/08/2021	DL5525 Leg 1	CRJ-900	-267 ft/min	1,256 ft	Atlanta GA Runway 26R
20	Sammy Negron	05/10/2021	VA1102 Leg 1	ERJ-190	-257 ft/min	1,272 ft	Newcastle Australia Runway 12
21	Marlon Morales	05/23/2021	DL4819 Leg 2	ERJ-170	-240 ft/min	1,269 ft	Oakland CA Runway 30
22	Scott D Williams	05/08/2021	DL1706 Leg 1	L-1011-100	-248 ft/min	1,281 ft	Detroit-Wayne County MI Runway 04L
23	Randy Donnelly	06/20/2021	NW731 Leg 1	A320	-273 ft/min	1,250 ft	Minneapolis/St Paul MN Runway 30L
24	Jim Rose	05/21/2021	MU5438 Leg 5	A320	-273 ft/min	1,250 ft	Shanghai-Pudong China Runway 17R
25	Samuel Sculerati	07/17/2021	DL704 Leg 1	B737-900ER	-270 ft/min	1,255 ft	Minneapolis/St Paul MN Runway 12R

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