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DVA6449
Captain, B767-300
Joined on August 27 2008
Century Club
"The Sky is the Limit"
Monument, CO USA
139 legs, 294.4 hours
12 legs,
15.5 hours online
122 legs,
266.0 hours ACARS
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Posted onPost created on
May 06 2009 17:41 ET by Joe Pascale
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Hi guys,
Is there any way when your doing a long flight to save in the middle of it and finish it another day? I don't always have time to fly the entire leg at once.
Joe PascaleCaptain, B767-300
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DVA1690
Senior Captain, MD-88
OLP
Joined on May 05 2004
50 State Club
Quatercentenary Club
Online Quadruple Century Club
Stage 1 Jet Double Century Club
DVA Twenty-Year Anniversary
"Life begins at Vr"
Longmont, CO USA
477 legs, 700.4 hours
468 legs,
686.6 hours online
254 legs,
389.4 hours ACARS
3 legs,
3.9 hours event
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Posted onPost created on
May 07 2009 08:52 ET by Trevor Bair
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Isn't there an option in the FS menu to do this -- "Save flight" or something like that? Or, do you mean is there a way to do this via DVA ACARS?
Trevor BairSenior Captain, MD-88
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DVA6449
Captain, B767-300
Joined on August 27 2008
Century Club
"The Sky is the Limit"
Monument, CO USA
139 legs, 294.4 hours
12 legs,
15.5 hours online
122 legs,
266.0 hours ACARS
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Posted onPost created on
May 07 2009 15:37 ET by Joe Pascale
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I'm wondering if there is a way to do it in ACAR's.
Joe PascaleCaptain, B767-300
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DVA6776
Captain, B757-200
OLP
Joined on December 22 2008
Century Club
Online Century Club
DVA Fifteen-Year Anniversary
"Atlanta, here I come"
Indianapolis, IN USA
169 legs, 338.2 hours
159 legs,
322.5 hours online
161 legs,
323.7 hours ACARS
31 legs,
65.1 hours event
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Posted onPost created on
May 07 2009 17:28 ET by Ruben Schuckit
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In acars you can pause your flight, and everything will be fine as long as you come back and finish it. Also, if there is an issue you can "recover" it. It really is an amazing program.
Ruben SchuckitCaptain, B757-200
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DVA6922
Captain, B737-800
Joined on January 14 2009
Century Club
50 State Club
B737 50 Club
DVA Fifteen-Year Anniversary
"Takeoffs are Opt. Landings are Mand."
Edmond, OK
147 legs, 291.6 hours
140 legs,
282.1 hours ACARS
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Posted onPost created on
May 16 2009 15:39 ET by Jonathan Cope
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Addint to Joe's question, is there a limit on how long you can be paused in FS w/ ACARS? 
Jonathan CopeCaptain, B737-800
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DVA3787
Senior Captain, CRJ-200
OLP
Joined on December 01 2006
Double Century Club
50 State Club
Online Double Century Club
"Small planes don't make small brains"
Western Europe
277 legs, 515.9 hours
204 legs,
397.0 hours online
244 legs,
456.2 hours ACARS
39 legs,
80.6 hours event
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Posted onPost created on
May 18 2009 21:21 ET by Mark Salter
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1. Yes, you can save a flight in a given configuration under the FS menu (ALT key)
2. There's no limit to how long you can stay paused in ACARS.
3. For ACARS, I suppose you could unplug your computer and later come back with the restore option 
Mark SalterSenior Captain, CRJ-200
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DVA4589
Senior Captain, B737-800
Joined on June 15 2007
Online Century Club
Triple Century Club
Romania
341 legs, 810.0 hours
181 legs,
422.7 hours online
314 legs,
754.1 hours ACARS
8 legs,
20.9 hours event
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Posted onPost created on
May 19 2009 01:54 ET by Marius Petrascu
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What I don't get is why fly a long leg when you aren't able to finish it? There are lots of short legs available.
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DVA6626
Captain, MD-11
Joined on November 07 2008
Six Century Club
Million Mile Club
""PROFILE CLIMB""
Las Vegas, NV
753 legs, 2,288.9 hours
28 legs,
55.2 hours online
747 legs,
2,255.7 hours ACARS
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Posted onPost created on
May 20 2009 17:41 ET by Michael Pare
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I many times fly a long flight and get interrupted or cant land when I should , so I can pause it, that is one of the main reasons I love DVA and will never leave as they realize you do have a life, and kids or wife always need something right on final approach, never fails.
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DVA3931
Senior Captain, L-1011-100
OLP, COMM
Joined on January 19 2007
50 State Club
Tri-Jet Triumph
Million Mile Club
Online Quadruple Century Club
Flying Colonel
Globetrotter
Burbank 500 Club
Eurocap Club
DVA Fifteen-Year Anniversary
"De oppresso liber"
Surry, ME
1,882 legs, 3,806.7 hours
478 legs,
767.8 hours online
1,107 legs,
1,674.5 hours ACARS
55 legs,
114.8 hours event
195 legs dispatched, 134.4
hours
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Posted onPost created on
May 20 2009 17:55 ET by Andrew Kaufmann
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There is also a great freeware tool called FSReal Time - worth the 15 seconds of download time:
http://www.3dsoftworks.net/products/fsrealtime/default.asp
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