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DVA2887
Senior Captain, A320
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Charlotte, NC

1,286 legs, 1,796.2 hours
840 legs, 1,047.8 hours online
1,268 legs, 1,774.2 hours ACARS
31 legs, 49.6 hours event
3 legs dispatched, 2.5 hours

Posted onPost created on May 02 2015 20:15 ET by Andrew Vane

It was 1951 and Western Airlines was not only flying between Minneapolis and Denver but hitting lots of locations in between. They called this the "Western Roundup". Adds several new airports to the database including Cheyenne, one I didn't realize we were missing.

These are very short flights intended for piston props like the DC3. Some airports have relatively short runways. Just a word of advice also that all of these new routes added are too short to count towards promotion in your program. However, I hope you'll appreciate Western's vision of making pit stops all along the way in a single day to pick up and drop off passengers and mail.

Schedule Database: WAH
Flight Numbers: 3005-3008
Route: KMSP-KMKT-KBKX-KHON-KPIR-KRAP-KSPF-KAIA-KBFF-KCYS-KDEN
Length: 37nm - 158nm
DC-3

Enjoy and you may even get to visit your BFF!

Andrew Vane (DVA2887)

DVA12265
Captain, DC-6
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".....I make deep rolling thunder!"
Herndon, VA

1,497 legs, 5,052.6 hours
1,379 legs, 4,756.6 hours online
1,482 legs, 5,002.5 hours ACARS
54 legs, 183.2 hours event

Posted onPost created on May 02 2015 21:00 ET by Daniel Chappell

Not familiar with DC-3 but these are very attempting routes. Thank you, Andrew!

Daniel Chappell (DVA12265)

DVA5643
Senior Captain, DC-6

Joined on February 08 2008
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Hampton, GA USA

1,914 legs, 2,888.2 hours
5 legs, 3.8 hours online
1,907 legs, 2,878.2 hours ACARS

Posted onPost created on May 03 2015 19:42 ET by Jim Daigneau

AWESOME! Giddy up!

Jim Daigneau (DVA5643)

Posted onPost created on May 03 2015 22:09 ET by Jim Daigneau

Wow--did y'all look at the turn times? 3 minutes between scheduled arrival and departure times! Time is money!

Jim Daigneau (DVA5643)

Posted onPost created on May 04 2015 08:35 ET by Daniel Chappell

Nice catch, Jim! I didn't check that turn time. Hmmm, 3mins!.....definitely no time to count souls. I finished #3005 Leg3 yesterday. From Leg4, I'll just load'em and roll. Ooooops! 3 luggages and a dog missing......lol

Daniel Chappell (DVA12265)

Posted onPost created on May 04 2015 13:19 ET by Andrew Vane

Ha ha. Those are the actual timetable times!

Flight Attendant Upon Arrival: "Thank you for flying with us. Get out now!"

Andrew Vane (DVA2887)

Posted onPost created on May 10 2015 15:01 ET by Jim Daigneau

NOTE to self: when using real wether, check the weather at the destnation BEFORE taking off. This will prevent trying to land at Spearfish in a blizzard while having only the NDB-A approach available in my trust DC-3. X-{

Jim Daigneau (DVA5643)

DVA12116
First Officer, B777-200
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"On behalf of your Atlanta based flight crew"
Midwestern United States

593 legs, 1,268.8 hours
106 legs, 112.5 hours online
592 legs, 1,267.3 hours ACARS
1 legs, 4.2 hours event

Posted onPost created on May 27 2015 19:15 ET by Charles Schiaffo

Just finished this trip and had a blast. Thanks for posting this route.

Charles Schiaffo

First Officer, B777-200

DVA12637
Captain, DC-6

Joined on May 25 2015
Piston Prop Professional

Panama City, FL

67 legs, 151.5 hours
67 legs, 151.5 hours ACARS

Posted onPost created on May 30 2015 02:04 ET by Maverick Keel

Gotta love those 'ol Dakota legs! That route was later served by CV-240's just a few years later.

Maverick Keel

Captain, DC-6

DVA12104
Senior Captain, B727-200

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""The white zone has always been for loading or unloading..""
Las Cruces, NM

3,338 legs, 6,583.0 hours
3,269 legs, 6,426.5 hours ACARS

Posted onPost created on June 01 2015 01:59 ET by Brian Donaldson

Yahoo!! this will be fun...

Brian Donaldson

Senior Captain, B727-200

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