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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
1,286 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
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Posted onPost created on
May 21 2015 08:53 ET by Andrew Vane
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With a long weekend here in the US for most of us, DVA Operations is pleased to release some new additions to the hangar, destinations, and a new accomplishment:
New Aircraft: Fairchild SA227 Metro
This historical aircraft, a small 19 seat turboprop, was used by Skywest out of Salt Lake City in the 1960’s. It joins the DVA hangar as part of the EMB120 program. Be sure to request the additional rating via the Pilot Center. A FS2004 version is available on Flightsim.com and there is a thread here discussing the aircraft: https://www.deltava.org/thread.do?id=0x1e3f2 Screenie of aircraft paint by E. Adalsteinsson (flightsim.com).
The Metro approach speed should be around 117 KIAS
Mmo is Mach 0.52
New SA227 Routes
To complement the addition of a new turboprop aircraft to our fleet are some historical Skywest routes. These new routes add three new airports in Utah to the database. These flight legs are from Skywest in 1975.
Schedule Database: DVH
Flight Numbers: 7501,7502
Route: KSLC-KDTA-KRIF-KMLF-KCDC-KSGU-KLAS
Length: 23nm TO 98nm
New Accomplishment: See separate thread coming tomorrow…
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DVA11957
Captain, MD-11
OLP
Joined on February 02 2014
DVA One-Year Anniversary
Double Century Club
Online Double Century Club
Everett Century Club
Events Century Club
"Fly everything, it never hurts."
Centereach, NY
290 legs, 843.0 hours
256 legs,
779.3 hours online
276 legs,
797.1 hours ACARS
117 legs,
260.7 hours event
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May 21 2015 16:11 ET by Darren Tung
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I should enjoy this plane... if I can find a way for the FS2004 version to work with FSX since I am not paying $50 for the RAZBAM. I'm curious as to what this accomplishment will be.
Darren TungCaptain, MD-11
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DVA5643
Senior Captain, DC-6
Joined on February 08 2008
Piston Prop Professional
50 State Club
US Coastal Club
Globetrotter
US Mountaineer Club
Flying Colonel
DVA Fifteen-Year Anniversary
Long Beach 500 Club
"I'd rather be lucky than good"
Hampton, GA USA
1,914 legs, 2,888.2 hours
5 legs,
3.8 hours online
1,907 legs,
2,878.2 hours ACARS
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Posted onPost created on
May 24 2015 22:43 ET by Jim Daigneau
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Eeek. The "San Antonio sewer pipe"! I will probably stick with my CV-440! Beautiful sight seeing, though. thanks Andrew.
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DVA12216
Senior Captain, MD-88
OLP
Joined on July 25 2013
50 State Club
Globetrotter
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White Knuckles Club
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US Coastal Club
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Flying Colonel
"Speed is life, altitude is life insurance."
Alexandria, VA
1,798 legs, 4,339.1 hours
378 legs,
681.8 hours online
1,718 legs,
4,088.0 hours ACARS
14 legs,
36.8 hours event
311 legs dispatched, 224.4
hours
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May 25 2015 15:13 ET by Matthew Murray
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Woot! Now I get to fly the Razbam which I got on sale a few months back, she's been quite the hangar queen until now. 
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DVA11957
Captain, MD-11
OLP
Joined on February 02 2014
DVA One-Year Anniversary
Double Century Club
Online Double Century Club
Everett Century Club
Events Century Club
"Fly everything, it never hurts."
Centereach, NY
290 legs, 843.0 hours
256 legs,
779.3 hours online
276 legs,
797.1 hours ACARS
117 legs,
260.7 hours event
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June 21 2015 11:28 ET by Darren Tung
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Hold on a minute, KSGU was only constructed in 2010, long after Skywest retired the plane. Could you correct this so that the flight goes to the old St. George airport? I'm only referring to the SA227 flights; the E-120 flights should stay.
Darren TungCaptain, MD-11
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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
1,286 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
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June 22 2015 13:02 ET by Andrew Vane
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As cool as that former airport is, adding abandoned airports poses lots of issues with the system. The current charts show that airport as closed. There are often issues finding scenery. there are also often issues when 2 airports are too close together of getting flight reports to the wrong airport. We'll stick with the current one. We had issues with a closed airport in Berlin and flight reports being invalid or questioned and looked at a second time. This sort of stuff takes an enormous amount of time to troubleshoot when our efforts are better served in other ways.
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