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DVA10670
Captain, B737-800

Joined on April 14 2012
B737 50 Club
DVA Ten-Year Anniversary

Toowoomba, Queensland Australia

84 legs, 202.7 hours
77 legs, 190.6 hours ACARS

Posted onPost created on April 16 2012 23:41 ET by Christian Bonenfant

G'day
I am from Australia, Queensland to be precise. I have been into flight simming since the days of the old commodore 64. I am new to the VA concept, but it appears that you have all the resources available to progress in my new career as a DVA pilot. I am currently in the CRJ200 program, I look forward to moving to the 737 NGX program as I use PMDG 737NGX when offline. Anyway see you all in the virtual skies,
Cheers.
Christian

Christian Bonenfant

Captain, B737-800

DVA1038
Captain, B737-800
E-MAIL

Joined on January 12 2003
Century Club

"Celer, Silens, Mortalis"
Summerville, SC USA

169 legs, 1,008.2 hours
56 legs, 288.5 hours online
25 legs, 221.2 hours ACARS
1 legs, 5.0 hours event

Posted onPost created on April 17 2012 08:14 ET by Kevin Cornish

Welcome aboard Christian! Hope you enjoy your time here. If you ever have any questions, feel free to ask!

Kevin Cornish

Captain, B737-800

DVA10323
Chief Pilot, B727-200
OLP

Joined on November 26 2011
50 State Club
Globetrotter
Tin Dispatcher
Tri-Jet Triumph
US Capital Club
Online Seven Century Club
US Mountaineer Club
DVA Ten-Year Anniversary
Flying Colonel
Everett Millennium Club

"GPS, we don't need no GPS"
Gulfport, MS

1,585 legs, 1,452.3 hours
737 legs, 681.1 hours online
1,577 legs, 1,444.8 hours ACARS
41 legs, 58.7 hours event
327 legs dispatched, 343.5 hours

Posted onPost created on April 17 2012 08:32 ET by Kevin Lundy

Welcome! It is nice to see someone else who worked on a commodore 64! biggrin

Kevin Lundy

Chief Pilot, B727-200

DVA3710
Senior Captain, DC-6
OLP, COMM

Joined on November 12 2006
B757 100 Club
50 State Club
Quatercentenary Club
Piston Prop 100 Club
DVA Fifteen-Year Anniversary

"God is my pilot. I'm just the First Officer."
Apopka, FL

432 legs, 690.6 hours
35 legs, 60.8 hours online
385 legs, 620.1 hours ACARS
6 legs, 7.7 hours event

Posted onPost created on April 17 2012 10:22 ET by Sid Dudley

Welcome, Christian! Kevin, I had the 64's baby brother the Vic 20.

Sid Dudley

Senior Captain, DC-6

DVA7752
First Officer, B747-400
OLP

Joined on August 21 2009
50 State Club
DVA Five-Year Anniversary
Online Double Century Club
Toulouse Century Club
Quatercentenary Club

"Turbulence just makes you have to go worse..."
Parker, CO USA

411 legs, 942.0 hours
246 legs, 564.4 hours online
389 legs, 904.0 hours ACARS
17 legs, 27.3 hours event

Posted onPost created on April 17 2012 13:01 ET by Greg Stark

Welcome aboard, mate! wink

DVA10670
Captain, B737-800

Joined on April 14 2012
B737 50 Club
DVA Ten-Year Anniversary

Toowoomba, Queensland Australia

84 legs, 202.7 hours
77 legs, 190.6 hours ACARS

Posted onPost created on April 17 2012 20:47 ET by Christian Bonenfant

Thank you for the warm welcome. Have been reading the info and will try and do an ACCARS flight in the next few days. Cheers. smile

Christian Bonenfant

Captain, B737-800

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 April 18 2012 09:56 ET by Nicholas Carpenter

Welcome to DVA Christian!

Nicholas Carpenter

Senior Captain, B747-400

DVA5948
Captain, B737-800
OLP

Joined on May 19 2008
Event Half Century Club
Kangaroo Club
B757 100 Club
Bi-Millennium Club
Three Million Mile Club
Online Twenty Century
DVA Fifteen-Year Anniversary
Everett 1500 Club

Plymouth, MN

2,840 legs, 9,924.9 hours
2,669 legs, 9,215.5 hours online
2,665 legs, 9,154.3 hours ACARS
58 legs, 142.0 hours event

Posted onPost created on April 19 2012 18:39 ET by Tyler Hanus

Welcome aboard christian!

Tyler Hanus

Captain, B737-800

DVA9707
Captain, DC-6
OLP

Joined on April 19 2011
50 State Club
Piston Prop Professional
Online Double Century Club
US Mountaineer Club
Everett 250 Club
DVA Ten-Year Anniversary
US Coastal Club
Quincentenary Club

"They can't retire Gramps Payne at age 81!!!...."
Leonardtown, MD USA

591 legs, 899.8 hours
256 legs, 415.2 hours online
586 legs, 886.8 hours ACARS
16 legs, 32.7 hours event

Posted onPost created on April 21 2012 15:10 ET by Michael Payne

Welcome aboard, Christian. I have an old Commodore 64 in the basement - it's inop, but I decided to keep it for memories. You'll enjoy the B737 program! I fly the IFly 737NGX.

Michael Payne (DVA9707)

DVA10670
Captain, B737-800

Joined on April 14 2012
B737 50 Club
DVA Ten-Year Anniversary

Toowoomba, Queensland Australia

84 legs, 202.7 hours
77 legs, 190.6 hours ACARS

Posted onPost created on April 21 2012 20:49 ET by Christian Bonenfant

Michael, what's the ifly 737 like, just out of interest?

Christian Bonenfant

Captain, B737-800

DVA10685
First Officer, B737-800

Joined on April 18 2012

Phoenix, AZ

6 legs, 14.3 hours
6 legs, 14.3 hours online
5 legs, 12.7 hours ACARS

Posted onPost created on April 22 2012 01:21 ET by Geoff Ballentine

+1 can someone compare it to the PMDG version? I am new as well , nice to be here.

Geoff Ballentine

First Officer, B737-800

Posted onPost created on April 22 2012 17:04 ET by Nicholas Carpenter

The PMDG is leaps and bounds above the iFLY, but is FSX only. If you have FS9, then the iFLY is the way to go.

Nicholas Carpenter

Senior Captain, B747-400

Posted onPost created on April 22 2012 17:48 ET by Michael Payne

Nicholas Carpenter wrote:

The PMDG is leaps and bounds above the iFLY, but is FSX only. If you have FS9, then the iFLY is the way to go.

@Nicholas - are you comparing the old iFly sims, or the new (2011) iFly 737NG? I find it to be quite complete, with a very capable FMC, autoland, and frame rate on my AMD 8-core-powered system running FSX. What are the "leaps and bounds" advantages of the PMDG sim? The iFly FMC has ETA page editing, step climb, cost indexing for LRC/ECON speeds, fly-by and fly-over conditional weaypoints and more. I don't use most of this stuff in the FMC, but it's there if I want to get even more realistic. The operations manual is 522 pages long.

Michael Payne (DVA9707)

DVA10670
Captain, B737-800

Joined on April 14 2012
B737 50 Club
DVA Ten-Year Anniversary

Toowoomba, Queensland Australia

84 legs, 202.7 hours
77 legs, 190.6 hours ACARS

Posted onPost created on April 23 2012 02:29 ET by Christian Bonenfant

G'day, Ihave the PMDG version and it has all the bell and whistles that I require. It has heaps of option and failures accesable from the CDU. Someone should do a comparison between both these two great products? Until I can transfer to the 737 program I"ll keep practicing my sop's on the PMDG 737NGX Cheers.

Christian Bonenfant

Captain, B737-800

DVA2887
Senior Captain, A320
OLP, 737-ATP, VFRADV
E-MAIL

Joined on January 30 2006
50 State Club
Globetrotter
Tri-Jet Triumph
US Coastal Club
Millennium Club
DVA Fifteen-Year Anniversary
US Mountaineer Club
Toulouse 250 Club
Online Eight Century

Charlotte, NC

1,287 legs, 1,796.9 hours
841 legs, 1,048.5 hours online
1,269 legs, 1,774.9 hours ACARS
31 legs, 49.6 hours event
3 legs dispatched, 2.5 hours

Posted onPost created on April 25 2012 18:49 ET by Andrew Vane

Welcome Christian from the land down under! Great to see new pilots joining such a great virtual airline! You'll be in that 737 before you know it!

Andrew Vane (DVA2887)

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