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DVA8742
Captain, MD-88
Joined on May 19 2010
50 State Club
Century Club
DVA Ten-Year Anniversary
Southeastern United States
131 legs, 201.2 hours
125 legs,
192.0 hours ACARS
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Posted onPost created on
October 08 2011 11:28 ET by David Knowles
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I have a (kind of) crazy idea. Since there have been so many major cutbacks at Memphis & Cincinnati, along with the ongoing retirement of the D95s and the final Saab will be gone by 11/30 we could create a series of flights that were there in recent history (1991-merger). Since there is still the NW code listed on the website, we could use that code for some non existent pre-merger NW routes.
With this we could include on the PMDL side:
762 flights
more M11 flights
AT7 flights
E35 flights
more L1011 flights
733 flights
732 flights
EV EM2 flights
more 727 flights
We could include these flights on the PMNW side:
SF3 flights
ARJ flights
DC9 series flights
M81 flights
727 flights
F27 flights
C58 flights
J31 flights
D10 flights
and of course fights that have different equipment than now.
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DVA043
Senior Captain, MD-11
OLP
Joined on June 10 2001
Event Half Century Club
Online Double Century Club
50 State Club
DVA Twenty-Year Anniversary
Everett 1500 Club
Bi-Millennium Club
Four Million Mile Club
"Col. Panic"
Marietta, GA
2,317 legs, 9,330.6 hours
240 legs,
553.9 hours online
1,975 legs,
8,123.7 hours ACARS
75 legs,
196.3 hours event
2,353 legs, 9,465.5 hours total
91 legs dispatched, 66.4
hours
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Posted onPost created on
October 08 2011 12:11 ET by Luke Kolin
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I think there's some real value in revamping our historic schedules. They're a mish-mash of things we've accumulated over the years, and I have an October 2009 schedule (the last with NW) that I'm going to use. The challenge is going to be getting a representative sampling of routes and equipment, while at the same time not duplicating much of our current schedule.
Cheers!
Luke KolinSenior Captain, MD-11
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DVA8742
Captain, MD-88
Joined on May 19 2010
50 State Club
Century Club
DVA Ten-Year Anniversary
Southeastern United States
131 legs, 201.2 hours
125 legs,
192.0 hours ACARS
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Posted onPost created on
October 08 2011 18:41 ET by David Knowles
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Well, I was thinking about going with a schedule around 2001... where the MEM, MSP, and DTW hubs were at their peak and a late 90s schedule for DL with the PDX gateway, DFW hub, and a true CVG hub. The 2009 schedule might not work because, that was when NW had already started integrating their routes.
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DVA7130
Senior Captain, B727-200
OLP
Joined on March 23 2009
50 State Club
Everett 250 Club
Events Century Club
DVA Five-Year Anniversary
Eight Century Club
Online Eight Century
"Hudson, we have a problem"
Tyrone, GA USA
846 legs, 1,482.4 hours
814 legs,
1,429.8 hours online
818 legs,
1,443.2 hours ACARS
178 legs,
322.6 hours event
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Posted onPost created on
October 27 2011 22:39 ET by Ryan Morse
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But don't we want intergrated routes? Why have historic flights from Northwest before they had anything to do with us?
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DVA8742
Captain, MD-88
Joined on May 19 2010
50 State Club
Century Club
DVA Ten-Year Anniversary
Southeastern United States
131 legs, 201.2 hours
125 legs,
192.0 hours ACARS
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Posted onPost created on
November 08 2011 15:10 ET by David Knowles
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Northwest has had a strong relationship with DL since the late 1990s... I believe. Also, it's a part of the Delta family because , they did merge with DL. I would also be interested in getting some WA schedules and putting them into the system.
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DVA8152
First Officer, B767-300
OLP
Joined on December 28 2009
Online Six Century Club
Million Mile Club
Millennium Club
"By George, we did it!"
Jacksonville, FL USA
1,159 legs, 2,921.6 hours
698 legs,
1,755.8 hours online
1,033 legs,
2,466.9 hours ACARS
1 legs,
11.8 hours event
136 legs dispatched, 40.7
hours
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Posted onPost created on
November 11 2011 18:19 ET by Dan Turner
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Luke Kolin wrote:
I think there's some real value in revamping our historic schedules. They're a mish-mash of things we've accumulated over the years, and I have an October 2009 schedule (the last with NW) that I'm going to use. The challenge is going to be getting a representative sampling of routes and equipment, while at the same time not duplicating much of our current schedule.
Cheers!
Luke let me know how I can help, I have a extensive back ground with sorting through the old timetables. I have alot of Delta and NWA ex-timetables, earliest dating back to about 1950. Let me know how I can assist! Recently I found those new Concorde routes that we're added, thanks to the help of Terry for adding them. Ive even actually myself suggested this "revamping" to the Help Desk gentleman to try and get some A310, B190, ER145 flights, essentially every aircraft Delta once flew and or the ones we can fly but dont have any flights for anymore in the schedule to get added and proposed some flights from the voided NWA schedules, and suggested even the old NWA Shorts 360 hops from Guam to get added to our schedule since around May, understandibly they've told me their extremely busy so nothing has materialized. So this is right in my "wheel house. Let me know how I can assist!
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DVA8152
First Officer, B767-300
OLP
Joined on December 28 2009
Online Six Century Club
Million Mile Club
Millennium Club
"By George, we did it!"
Jacksonville, FL USA
1,159 legs, 2,921.6 hours
698 legs,
1,755.8 hours online
1,033 legs,
2,466.9 hours ACARS
1 legs,
11.8 hours event
136 legs dispatched, 40.7
hours
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Posted onPost created on
November 12 2011 10:01 ET by Dan Turner
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David Knowles wrote:
Well, I was thinking about going with a schedule around 2001... where the MEM, MSP, and DTW hubs were at their peak and a late 90s schedule for DL with the PDX gateway, DFW hub, and a true CVG hub. The 2009 schedule might not work because, that was when NW had already started integrating their routes.
I like the CVG idea.
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DVA8152
First Officer, B767-300
OLP
Joined on December 28 2009
Online Six Century Club
Million Mile Club
Millennium Club
"By George, we did it!"
Jacksonville, FL USA
1,159 legs, 2,921.6 hours
698 legs,
1,755.8 hours online
1,033 legs,
2,466.9 hours ACARS
1 legs,
11.8 hours event
136 legs dispatched, 40.7
hours
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Posted onPost created on
November 17 2011 16:16 ET by Dan Turner
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Any more news on this?
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DVA9030
Captain, B767-300
Joined on September 16 2010
50 State Club
Century Club
Online Century Club
"Fly ZMP!"
Mabank, TX USA
150 legs, 278.8 hours
112 legs,
205.1 hours online
145 legs,
261.8 hours ACARS
1 legs,
1.2 hours event
170 legs, 380.1 hours total
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Posted onPost created on
November 20 2011 08:35 ET by Grayson Jackson
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I like the NWA Idea as a whole!
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DVA043
Senior Captain, MD-11
OLP
Joined on June 10 2001
Event Half Century Club
Online Double Century Club
50 State Club
DVA Twenty-Year Anniversary
Everett 1500 Club
Bi-Millennium Club
Four Million Mile Club
"Col. Panic"
Marietta, GA
2,317 legs, 9,330.6 hours
240 legs,
553.9 hours online
1,975 legs,
8,123.7 hours ACARS
75 legs,
196.3 hours event
2,353 legs, 9,465.5 hours total
91 legs dispatched, 66.4
hours
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Posted onPost created on
November 20 2011 13:32 ET by Luke Kolin
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Talk to Ken and Sterling.
Cheers!
Luke KolinSenior Captain, MD-11
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DVA8152
First Officer, B767-300
OLP
Joined on December 28 2009
Online Six Century Club
Million Mile Club
Millennium Club
"By George, we did it!"
Jacksonville, FL USA
1,159 legs, 2,921.6 hours
698 legs,
1,755.8 hours online
1,033 legs,
2,466.9 hours ACARS
1 legs,
11.8 hours event
136 legs dispatched, 40.7
hours
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Posted onPost created on
November 20 2011 16:36 ET by Dan Turner
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Luke Kolin wrote:
Talk to Ken and Sterling.
Cheers!
I have been since around March of this year, their just swamped right now with other matters from what I have gathered.
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DVA9544
Senior Captain, B737-800
OLP
Joined on February 26 2011
Century Club
50 State Club
DVA Ten-Year Anniversary
Everett Century Club
"Always Upwind and Downwind"
Hergiswil, Nidwalden Switzerland
151 legs, 246.8 hours
64 legs,
112.2 hours online
151 legs,
246.8 hours ACARS
7 legs,
12.9 hours event
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Posted onPost created on
November 20 2011 23:27 ET by Stephan Faessler
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great idea, would be looking forward to more flights and mergers in the EU too, EHAM as a hub and Paris getting a bit boring lately ;-)
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DVA8742
Captain, MD-88
Joined on May 19 2010
50 State Club
Century Club
DVA Ten-Year Anniversary
Southeastern United States
131 legs, 201.2 hours
125 legs,
192.0 hours ACARS
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Posted onPost created on
November 21 2011 23:59 ET by David Knowles
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I cannot wait to get started on this. I haven't had actual time to "fly" due to a few windows computer difficulties, and because I just haven't had time. But, I do ask this: How exactly do you enter the flights into the system? I'd be willing to do that for sure as well as searching for some information.
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DVA8152
First Officer, B767-300
OLP
Joined on December 28 2009
Online Six Century Club
Million Mile Club
Millennium Club
"By George, we did it!"
Jacksonville, FL USA
1,159 legs, 2,921.6 hours
698 legs,
1,755.8 hours online
1,033 legs,
2,466.9 hours ACARS
1 legs,
11.8 hours event
136 legs dispatched, 40.7
hours
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Posted onPost created on
November 25 2011 19:08 ET by Dan Turner
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David Knowles wrote:
I cannot wait to get started on this. I haven't had actual time to "fly" due to a few windows computer difficulties, and because I just haven't had time. But, I do ask this: How exactly do you enter the flights into the system? I'd be willing to do that for sure as well as searching for some information.
The gentleman in the Operations department will have to do it.
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DVA8742
Captain, MD-88
Joined on May 19 2010
50 State Club
Century Club
DVA Ten-Year Anniversary
Southeastern United States
131 legs, 201.2 hours
125 legs,
192.0 hours ACARS
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Posted onPost created on
December 25 2011 19:52 ET by David Knowles
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Hello All!
Was also thinking about our fleet library. It is in desperate need of upgrade. HJG just came out with new MD-90 and MD-8X models this month. I was thinking that whoever puts together the installers could use these and include the NW/RC MD-82s in the package. Also, our DC-9s need to be updated. I could see a lot of flying, if they were brought up to FSX compatibility. We'd need the textures of Air West, Hugh's Airwest, Bonanza, Republic, North Central, Southern, Delta, KLM, Alitalia, and of course all 3 of the Northwest schemes.
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DVA8512
Senior Captain, CRJ-200
OLP
Joined on April 11 2010
50 State Club
Globetrotter
Iron Dispatcher
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Millennium Club
White Pearl Accomplishment
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DVA Fifteen-Year Anniversary
"I love to fly and it shows."
Cary, NC
1,165 legs, 3,868.4 hours
708 legs,
2,388.2 hours online
1,093 legs,
3,590.8 hours ACARS
25 legs,
104.5 hours event
746 legs dispatched, 564.5
hours
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Posted onPost created on
December 25 2011 21:52 ET by Elise Van De Putte
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I've also found a decent S340, DO-328 and BAE-146 on simviation.com recently. Don't remember who made them though. They do work with FSX.
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DVA8742
Captain, MD-88
Joined on May 19 2010
50 State Club
Century Club
DVA Ten-Year Anniversary
Southeastern United States
131 legs, 201.2 hours
125 legs,
192.0 hours ACARS
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Posted onPost created on
February 28 2012 21:51 ET by David Knowles
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I have found those too.
Any progress on the route additions? The information is very easy to find via departedflights.com
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