Delta Virtual Airlines Water Cooler - CV-240 and CV-580 Added to the Fleet

Delta Virtual Airlines Water Cooler | Airline Operations | CV-240 and CV-580 Added to the Fleet

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

Posted onPost created on November 25 2015 17:14 ET by Andrew Vane

We welcome to the DC-6 program two additional historic aircraft. The Convair 240 was an earlier version of the CV-340 and was flown by Northeast, Western and Pan Am. The CV-580 was operated by Republic who was eventually acquired by Northwest. You can obtain flyable versions of these aircraft at calclassic.com. Although the CV-580 was technically a turboprop conversion, we're keeping it with its brothers in the DC-6 program. Much thanks to Jim Daigneau, the DC-6 CP, and Tom Gibson of Calclassic.com for helping us fill in the data for the fleet.

Update your ACARS once connected by typing in .update

Obtain the ratings for these aircraft by requesting additional ratings in the DC-6 program, provided you already have the Stage 3 DC-6 rating.

Andrew Vane (DVA2887)

DVA12104
Senior Captain, B727-200

Joined on January 24 2013
50 State Club
Globetrotter
Tri-Jet Triumph
US Coastal Club
US Mountaineer Club
Everett Bi-Millennium Club
Two Million Mile Club
Tri-Millennium Club
DVA Ten-Year Anniversary

""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 November 25 2015 17:48 ET by Brian Donaldson

yahoo!!

Brian Donaldson

Senior Captain, B727-200

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

Posted onPost created on November 26 2015 10:13 ET by Jim Daigneau

Thanks for the prompt addition, Andrew. I got called out for overtime flying yesterday--ATL-MSN-MSP-DH back to ATL: 2 of the 5300 flight segments for Wednesday. Happy Thanksgiving!

Jim Daigneau (DVA5643)

Posted onPost created on November 26 2015 10:37 ET by Jim Daigneau

BTW all new CV-580 drivers: depending on the source and version of your CV-580, you may get a popup saying "the trgdme is not supported". I'm not sure how this gauge remianed in the panel.cfg but it won't hurt anything. If the popup is too annoying, just open the panel.cfg and find the "gauge09=prop2ERKdme," entry. You will have one somewhere in the 2D windows and possibly one in the VC. Simply put a double slash // in front of the gauge to make it look like this: //gauge09=prop2ERKdme, and save. The trgdme popup should go away. I will have more notes on this airplane in the DC-6 Cooler channel. It's a very nice addition to the fleet.

Jim Daigneau (DVA5643)

For flight simulation purposes only. Not a commercial website. In no way are we affiliated with Delta Air Lines, its affiliates, or any other airline. All logos, images, and trademarks remain the property of their respective owners. Delta Virtual Airlines is a non-profit entity engaged in providing an avenue for flight simulation enthusiasts.