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DVA3686
First Officer, B767-300
Joined on November 04 2006
Australia
18 legs, 65.5 hours
17 legs,
63.6 hours online
16 legs,
58.8 hours ACARS
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Posted onPost created on
November 06 2006 05:13 ET by Andrew Suchowersky
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Hi Everyone,
I'm one of the few guys from down under who's sheepishly joining you yankee flyboys. I'm really looking forward to being a part of Delta. First question of many I'm sure, but with the flight planning; I quite like the idea of operating several legs designated by the company, but just with legs, I'm wondering how the numbers work. EG I started of at KLAX to Cincinnati with LEG1, then planned a flight to Portland with LEG2, but alas I couldn't find any LEG3s out of Portland. Are the numbers important, like should we just focus on going from airport to airport, or is there something which I'm missing which is probably the case...
Regards
Andrew
Andrew SuchowerskyFirst Officer, B767-300
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DVA3510
Captain, MD-88
Joined on September 03 2006
Midwestern United States
61 legs, 130.4 hours
56 legs,
123.8 hours ACARS
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Posted onPost created on
November 06 2006 06:16 ET by Donald Stockton
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I have had little luck finding flights with 3 or more legs.I just find a flight that fits my overall scheme and fly it.
Donald StocktonCaptain, MD-88
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DVA3686
First Officer, B767-300
Joined on November 04 2006
Australia
18 legs, 65.5 hours
17 legs,
63.6 hours online
16 legs,
58.8 hours ACARS
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Posted onPost created on
November 06 2006 22:18 ET by Andrew Suchowersky
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Sounds good, looks like I'll go with that...Thanks Donald
Andrew
Andrew SuchowerskyFirst Officer, B767-300
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DVA3073
Captain, B757-200
E-MAIL
Joined on April 13 2006
Online Century Club
Double Century Club
"SEMPER FI"
IN USA
204 legs, 446.0 hours
156 legs,
364.2 hours online
181 legs,
395.3 hours ACARS
12 legs,
28.7 hours event
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Posted onPost created on
December 04 2006 21:48 ET by William Hogestyn
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actually one way that i found out how to do this is to go to http://flightaware.com/analysis/route.rvt and type in the the dep and arriv cities then just click on any particular flt # and just follow there legs...
just as a reminder too, you may to change a/c to keep same flt # for different legs.
good luck and God speed
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AFV011
Senior Captain, B777-300
Joined on September 19 2004
GVA 5 Year Anniversary
Online Two Fifty Club
Triple Century Club
Historic Triple Century Club
"Remember...140, 250, and REALLY FAST"
Midwestern United States
394 legs, 606.7 hours
274 legs,
430.6 hours online
86 legs,
126.5 hours ACARS
8 legs,
16.0 hours event
501 legs, 763.5 hours total
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Posted onPost created on
December 04 2006 23:10 ET by Michael Carter
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| If you are wanting a 'round robin' type flight, I might suggest KATL, KMEM, KSTL, KORD, KLEX, KATL. I flew that trip many times when I was with Delta. Five legs, all connecting.
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DVA3102
Senior Captain, MD-11
Joined on April 30 2006
50 State Club
B757 100 Club
Globetrotter
South American Samba Club
US Capital Club
DVA Ten-Year Anniversary
Tri-Millennium Club
Everett Bi-Millennium Club
Four Million Mile Club
"If it flies in the skies, I'm on it"
Los Angeles, CA
3,196 legs, 8,564.3 hours
75 legs,
117.3 hours online
3,082 legs,
8,306.2 hours ACARS
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Posted onPost created on
December 05 2006 11:39 ET by Jon Farabee
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I tend to fly from one airport to another, and then find connecting flights out of that airport. I tend to do 10 legs at a time before i return to the airport that I began at (If its possible) its a "round robin" type of deal. If you look at my logbook you may get a better idea of what I am referring too. Happy Flying
Jon FarabeeSenior Captain, MD-11
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DVA3787
Senior Captain, CRJ-200
OLP
Joined on December 01 2006
Double Century Club
50 State Club
Online Double Century Club
"Small planes don't make small brains"
Western Europe
277 legs, 515.9 hours
204 legs,
397.0 hours online
244 legs,
456.2 hours ACARS
39 legs,
80.6 hours event
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Posted onPost created on
December 17 2006 00:23 ET by Mark Salter
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I never even really understood what the legs really ment in the first place. Now that I know I'll probably start to do "Round Robins" more often. THX.
 Cha-Ching!
Mark SalterSenior Captain, CRJ-200
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DVA3461
Senior Captain, B737-800
Joined on August 20 2006
Online Double Century Club
Quatercentenary Club
"Get er' Done!"
NY USA
486 legs, 1,296.8 hours
416 legs,
1,110.1 hours online
288 legs,
733.8 hours ACARS
33 legs,
87.0 hours event
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Posted onPost created on
December 28 2006 21:44 ET by Joshua Clement
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Yeah it took me a few days to figure it out- so dont feel bad!
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DVA2315
Senior Captain, MD-88
Joined on April 30 2005
Long Beach 250 Club
Six Century Club
Online Quintuple Century Club
DVA Ten-Year Anniversary
"www.harborcounty.net"
Cypress, TX USA
674 legs, 1,380.9 hours
506 legs,
907.6 hours online
495 legs,
1,029.0 hours ACARS
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Posted onPost created on
December 29 2006 18:55 ET by Daniel Shaw
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Actually the legs you see in our flight database have nothing to do with round robin flights. That is simply the leg that the flight number remains the same but the plane stops somewhere. For example, Flight 4502, an ASA CRJ flight starts in AGS. It flys to ATL, then to DAB. The flight number stays 4502 all the way to DAB. However, because it stops in ATL, the flight number has legs. Flight 4502 Leg 1 is from AGS-ATL. Flight 4502 Leg 2 is from AGS-DAB. The flight terminates in DAB and changes flight numbers to 4790 operating DAB-ATL. There is no 4502 Leg 3 that returns to Atlanta.
Hopefully that doesnt confuse anyone.... but... yeah, the leg numbers have nothing to do with round robin type flights. And just as a side note, for reference to the flight above, 4502, it is actually an equipment and gate change in ATL. So if you get on Flight 4502 in AGS, you will be on a CRJ-200. When you get to Atlanta, you will have to get off the plane, and go to another gate to get on Flight 4502 bound for DAB, which is a CRJ-700. It must be fun to switch planes and gates but keep the same flight number....
And Jon, be careful talking about flying 10 legs....... the Virtual FAA will kill us for going over 8 hours in the flight deck :-p
Daniel ShawSenior Captain, MD-88
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DVA3719
Captain, B777-200
Joined on November 11 2006
Century Club
Everett Century Club
DVA Ten-Year Anniversary
Online Century Club
"Down Down Down. Now Now Now."
Plano, TX
190 legs, 503.4 hours
119 legs,
306.8 hours online
169 legs,
455.5 hours ACARS
7 legs,
28.3 hours event
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Posted onPost created on
January 01 2007 09:14 ET by David Mathews
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I'll tell you what I do...
I like to fly to locations that are controlled on VATSIM... so I do "round-robin" types of flights, regardless of the actual flight number from wherever my plane currently is located (because it can't magically move in the real world, so why should it on here?!?!) to wherever there are online controllers and/or the weather is the worst and then just fly there. If I'm in Austin, TX (my home base) and I want to get to Milwaukee, WI, then I would change through the nearest convenient "hub" (since there are no KAUS-KMKE flights) so as to try to get there before the weather improves (and hopefully before the VATSIM controller goes offline!) 
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