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	Samuel Sculerati	09/14/2022	DL352 Leg 1	B737-900ER	-247 ft/min	1,245 ft	Detroit-Wayne County MI Runway 21L
2	Vernon Taliaferro	07/28/2022	DL8443 Leg 1	A320	-243 ft/min	1,251 ft	Phoenix AZ Runway 07R
3	Jim Rose	08/13/2022	VN1591 Leg 1	B737-700	-242 ft/min	1,250 ft	Dong Hoi Vietnam Runway 29
4	Deryl Warren	08/03/2022	NCA467 Leg 3	B737-700	-251 ft/min	1,239 ft	Thief River Falls MN Runway 31
5	Mike Murphy	09/02/2022	DL1894 Leg 1	B737-800	-257 ft/min	1,256 ft	Princess Juliana Intl Sint Maarten Runway 10
6	Sevan Ghysen	07/25/2022	NW3457 Leg 1	A320	-247 ft/min	1,237 ft	Nassau Bahamas Runway 14
7	Carlos Carneiro	07/10/2022	HVD5357 Leg 1	B737-700	-253 ft/min	1,264 ft	Faro Portugal Runway 28
8	Dick Carmichael	09/07/2022	DL2420 Leg 1	CRJ-900	-244 ft/min	1,239 ft	Fort Myers FL Runway 06
9	Jim Atkins	08/15/2022	DL3553 Leg 1	ERJ-175	-263 ft/min	1,248 ft	Eugene OR Runway 16R
10	Donald Taylor	08/19/2022	DL9516 Leg 1	B737-800	-243 ft/min	1,238 ft	Manila Philippines Runway 24
11	Josh Schall	07/30/2022	DL9505 Leg 1	B737-700	-240 ft/min	1,258 ft	Ponta Delgada Azores Runway 30
12	Deryl Warren	07/15/2022	RW117 Leg 1	B737-700	-260 ft/min	1,258 ft	Phoenix AZ Runway 26
13	Mike Bell	07/12/2022	HVD7001 Leg 2	B737-800	-242 ft/min	1,239 ft	Girona Spain Runway 20
14	Eric Haack	07/14/2022	DL3323 Leg 2	MD-82	-258 ft/min	1,238 ft	Cincinnati OH Runway 36C
15	Eric Haack	09/10/2022	KL1641 Leg 1	B737 MAX 8	-237 ft/min	1,245 ft	Florence Italy Runway 05
16	Danny Evans	07/15/2022	AS2149 Leg 1	DHC-8-Q400	-235 ft/min	1,248 ft	Seattle-Tacoma WA Runway 16L
17	Robert Rijkse	09/22/2022	KLH3785 Leg 1	B737-700	-250 ft/min	1,275 ft	Oranjestead Aruba Runway 11
18	Carlos Carneiro	08/02/2022	DL2705 Leg 1	A320	-259 ft/min	1,262 ft	Bozeman MT Runway 30
19	Terrance Copley	09/18/2022	WAH1123 Leg 1	B747-400	-258 ft/min	1,266 ft	Albuquerque NM Runway 08
20	Werner Lightner	08/12/2022	DL1692 Leg 1	B767-300ER	-256 ft/min	1,231 ft	Houston-Bush Intercontinental TX Runway 08L
21	James Stone	09/10/2022	KE001 Leg 2	A380-800	-243 ft/min	1,269 ft	Honolulu HI Runway 08L
22	Daniel Cherbowski	09/24/2022	DL1861 Leg 1	A320	-240 ft/min	1,235 ft	San Juan Puerto Rico Runway 10
23	Jonathan Vida	09/07/2022	SU5680 Leg 1	A320	-253 ft/min	1,223 ft	Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk Russia Runway 19
24	Michael Cooney	07/15/2022	WAH3014 Leg 2	A320	-253 ft/min	1,277 ft	Anchorage AK Runway 15
25	Juan Pablo Garrido	09/08/2022	MU6460 Leg 1	B737-800	-235 ft/min	1,260 ft	Ordos China Runway 31

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