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Delta Virtual Airlines Water Cooler | DVA2006 | A "Post" card from Europe
DVA8562
Captain, B747-400

Joined on April 30 2010
50 State Club
Double Century Club

"...and I was gonna learn to fly. HC"
Prescott Valley, AZ

230 legs, 449.5 hours
229 legs, 448.1 hours ACARS
 Posted onPost created on August 09 2010 16:36 ET by Robert Delorenzo
http://www.deltava.org/image.do?id=0x5350

"...the sun and the moon...All I wana' do is have some fun..." Sheryl Crow

Just a quick hello from my AFV "tour of duty"...I've been really enjoying flying aircraft I don't usually fly very much..Airbus's, ERJ's, the F-100...

Also, flying in Europe is quite a bit different...country dependent TA's, runway dependent DP's and STAR's...I used to fly quite often years ago...both on and off of VATSIM...gotta' try and stay up to date with proceedures etc...if you don't use it...you'll loose it..

I've also come to enjoy the Wilco Airbus version 1 very much...they are actually very engrossing aircraft to pilot...the flight guidence system has a few quirks (bugs) but I've worked around them...mostly it's the descent profile that's a bust...so I do my descents using a combination of V/S and Opt Des...and "good old fashion" piloting skills...

That's all for now... cool

Robert Delorenzo

Captain, B747-400
DVA5929
Senior Captain, B747-400
OLP

Joined on May 10 2008
Million Mile Club
Online Quadruple Century Club
Everett 500 Club
Globetrotter
Six Century Club
50 State Club
DVA Ten-Year Anniversary

"It's buried under a big W!"
TX USA

651 legs, 3,806.1 hours
472 legs, 2,922.9 hours online
565 legs, 3,319.5 hours ACARS
8 legs, 18.9 hours event
 Posted onPost created on August 09 2010 18:10 ET by Nicholas Carpenter
Glad you are having fun Robert! Nice picture by the way.

Nicholas Carpenter

Senior Captain, B747-400
DVA8562
Captain, B747-400

Joined on April 30 2010
50 State Club
Double Century Club

"...and I was gonna learn to fly. HC"
Prescott Valley, AZ

230 legs, 449.5 hours
229 legs, 448.1 hours ACARS
 Posted onPost created on August 09 2010 18:20 ET by Robert Delorenzo
Nicholas Carpenter wrote:

Glad you are having fun Robert! Nice picture by the way.


Hey Nick...thanks...how ya doin'...? I'm having lots of fun but I'm starting to miss a certain female monarch...and I don't mean Queen Elizabeth... eek wink


Robert Delorenzo

Captain, B747-400
DVA5929
Senior Captain, B747-400
OLP

Joined on May 10 2008
Million Mile Club
Online Quadruple Century Club
Everett 500 Club
Globetrotter
Six Century Club
50 State Club
DVA Ten-Year Anniversary

"It's buried under a big W!"
TX USA

651 legs, 3,806.1 hours
472 legs, 2,922.9 hours online
565 legs, 3,319.5 hours ACARS
8 legs, 18.9 hours event
 Posted onPost created on August 09 2010 23:39 ET by Nicholas Carpenter
Robert Delorenzo wrote:

Nicholas Carpenter wrote:

Glad you are having fun Robert! Nice picture by the way.


Hey Nick...thanks...how ya doin'...? I'm having lots of fun but I'm starting to miss a certain female monarch...and I don't mean Queen Elizabeth... eek wink


rofl Yes, with you out of the way (I mean absent wink) I'm having a lot of alone time with the queen. Just landed in Tel Aviv with her as a matter of fact. Then it will be back to New York and a bunch of Asia legs as I continue my "Fly all Delta, Historic, and Codeshare 747 flights" quest. Having completed the 747-100 and -200 flights, and the AF and CI portions of the 747-400 flights, all I have is the some DL flights (which I'm working on now) and then the KLM and KAL routes. Don't stay away from her too long... smile

Nicholas Carpenter

Senior Captain, B747-400
DVA8562
Captain, B747-400

Joined on April 30 2010
50 State Club
Double Century Club

"...and I was gonna learn to fly. HC"
Prescott Valley, AZ

230 legs, 449.5 hours
229 legs, 448.1 hours ACARS
 Posted onPost created on August 10 2010 00:06 ET by Robert Delorenzo
Nicholas Carpenter wrote:

Robert Delorenzo wrote:

Nicholas Carpenter wrote:

Glad you are having fun Robert! Nice picture by the way.


Hey Nick...thanks...how ya doin'...? I'm having lots of fun but I'm starting to miss a certain female monarch...and I don't mean Queen Elizabeth... eek wink


rofl Yes, with you out of the way (I mean absent wink) I'm having a lot of alone time with the queen. Just landed in Tel Aviv with her as a matter of fact. Then it will be back to New York and a bunch of Asia legs as I continue my "Fly all Delta, Historic, and Codeshare 747 flights" quest. Having completed the 747-100 and -200 flights, and the AF and CI portions of the 747-400 flights, all I have is the some DL flights (which I'm working on now) and then the KLM and KAL routes. Don't stay away from her too long... smile


I must admit I'm starting to get a little jealous...Maybe I should try and win her back...its just that I lack your commitment...I hate being tied down...I'm too much of a free spirit... razz

All kidding aside...the flight schedual you made for yourself is is a very cool idea...goal orientated...but definitely cool

Robert Delorenzo

Captain, B747-400
DVA5929
Senior Captain, B747-400
OLP

Joined on May 10 2008
Million Mile Club
Online Quadruple Century Club
Everett 500 Club
Globetrotter
Six Century Club
50 State Club
DVA Ten-Year Anniversary

"It's buried under a big W!"
TX USA

651 legs, 3,806.1 hours
472 legs, 2,922.9 hours online
565 legs, 3,319.5 hours ACARS
8 legs, 18.9 hours event
 Posted onPost created on August 10 2010 03:07 ET by Nicholas Carpenter
Having a goal or other object of pursuit definitely adds a lot to the FS experience, much more than flying whatever leg happens to suit your fancy at the time.

Nicholas Carpenter

Senior Captain, B747-400
DVA5929
Senior Captain, B747-400
OLP

Joined on May 10 2008
Million Mile Club
Online Quadruple Century Club
Everett 500 Club
Globetrotter
Six Century Club
50 State Club
DVA Ten-Year Anniversary

"It's buried under a big W!"
TX USA

651 legs, 3,806.1 hours
472 legs, 2,922.9 hours online
565 legs, 3,319.5 hours ACARS
8 legs, 18.9 hours event
 Posted onPost created on August 10 2010 03:09 ET by Nicholas Carpenter
Ehh, what's this? 142 legs already? Oh well, at least I'm coming up on my one hundredth 747 flight in a row.

Nicholas Carpenter

Senior Captain, B747-400
DVA8562
Captain, B747-400

Joined on April 30 2010
50 State Club
Double Century Club

"...and I was gonna learn to fly. HC"
Prescott Valley, AZ

230 legs, 449.5 hours
229 legs, 448.1 hours ACARS
 Posted onPost created on August 10 2010 08:31 ET by Robert Delorenzo
Nicholas Carpenter wrote:

Ehh, what's this? 142 legs already? Oh well, at least I'm coming up on my one hundredth 747 flight in a row.


Wow...I've done a 142 flights already...with soo many different types, shapes and sizes...and in soo many different places... http://www.deltava.org/profile.do?id=0x99ca7 ...

I've only been a member of DVA since the end of April...talk about promiscuous behavior on my part...

"Having a goal or other object of pursuit definitely adds a lot to the FS experience, much more than flying whatever leg happens to suit your fancy at the time."

Gee...thanks for pointing out the error of my ways Nick...maybe I should just find a nice 747 and settle down...like you did...you monogamous old fart... razz


Robert Delorenzo

Captain, B747-400
DVA8562
Captain, B747-400

Joined on April 30 2010
50 State Club
Double Century Club

"...and I was gonna learn to fly. HC"
Prescott Valley, AZ

230 legs, 449.5 hours
229 legs, 448.1 hours ACARS
 Posted onPost created on August 10 2010 10:07 ET by Robert Delorenzo
Hmm...after rereading some of my posts in this thread...it's obvious that I may need to "get out" a little more often... plotting

Sublimation..."to divert the energy of a biological impulse from its immediate goal to one of a more acceptable social, moral, or aesthetic nature or use."

Or maybe not... eek

Robert Delorenzo

Captain, B747-400
DVA5929
Senior Captain, B747-400
OLP

Joined on May 10 2008
Million Mile Club
Online Quadruple Century Club
Everett 500 Club
Globetrotter
Six Century Club
50 State Club
DVA Ten-Year Anniversary

"It's buried under a big W!"
TX USA

651 legs, 3,806.1 hours
472 legs, 2,922.9 hours online
565 legs, 3,319.5 hours ACARS
8 legs, 18.9 hours event
 Posted onPost created on August 10 2010 13:22 ET by Nicholas Carpenter
Robert Delorenzo wrote:

Nicholas Carpenter wrote:

Ehh, what's this? 142 legs already? Oh well, at least I'm coming up on my one hundredth 747 flight in a row.


Wow...I've done a 142 flights already...with soo many different types, shapes and sizes...and in soo many different places... http://www.deltava.org/profile.do?id=0x99ca7 ...

I've only been a member of DVA since the end of April...talk about promiscuous behavior on my part...

"Having a goal or other object of pursuit definitely adds a lot to the FS experience, much more than flying whatever leg happens to suit your fancy at the time."

Gee...thanks for pointing out the error of my ways Nick...maybe I should just find a nice 747 and settle down...like you did...you monogamous old fart... razz



rofl

Nicholas Carpenter

Senior Captain, B747-400

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