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Delta Virtual Airlines Water Cooler | DVA2006 | Almost There

DVA043
Senior Captain, MD-11
OLP

Joined on June 10 2001
Event Half Century Club
Online Double Century Club
50 State Club
DVA Twenty-Year Anniversary
Everett 1500 Club
Bi-Millennium Club
Four Million Mile Club

"Col. Panic"
Marietta, GA

2,309 legs, 9,298.2 hours
240 legs, 553.9 hours online
1,967 legs, 8,091.3 hours ACARS
75 legs, 196.3 hours event
2,345 legs, 9,433.1 hours total
91 legs dispatched, 66.4 hours

Posted onPost created on June 06 2005 17:45 ET by Luke Kolin

I initiated contact with our preferred hosting provider for DVA2006 and AFV2006. My goal is to have a deployed application on the new servers by the end of the month, ready to test. I am aiming for a 60-90 day beta period, with the new site going live around Labour Day.

Unlike many software programs, DVA2006 will NOT be a closed beta. You are welcome to be a part of the "beta team" and futz around in the new site, so long as you provide feedback. The more people we have hitting the site, the better we're going to be. While the testing is going on, I'll be finishing up the new ACARS server build as well as working on a fleet refresh.

Cheers!

Luke Kolin

Senior Captain, MD-11

DVA1910
Senior Captain, B777-200

Joined on September 18 2004
Triple Century Club
Online Century Club

Northeastern United States

352 legs, 1,543.8 hours
132 legs, 557.8 hours online
58 legs, 220.8 hours ACARS
1 legs, 4.3 hours event
741 legs, 3,101.2 hours total

Posted onPost created on June 06 2005 18:15 ET by Ryan Wilson

Sounds really awsome Luke! When you add the new fleet installers, dont forget the new POSKY 767's smile

Ryan

DVA919
First Officer, B767-300

Joined on November 03 2002
Century Club
Online Century Club

"It's a bhoys thing!"
Western Europe

185 legs, 485.7 hours
101 legs, 306.1 hours online
4 legs, 13.6 hours event

Posted onPost created on June 07 2005 03:30 ET by Mark Lee

Good stuff Luke!

Might be a stupid question but when is Labo(u)r Day?

Mark Lee (DVA919)

DVA1070
Senior Captain, B777-200
COMM

Joined on January 28 2003
Online Century Club
Double Century Club

"I believe I can fly"
Jeffersonville, IN USA

218 legs, 841.9 hours
182 legs, 778.3 hours online
108 legs, 505.1 hours ACARS
42 legs, 200.5 hours event

Posted onPost created on June 07 2005 04:46 ET by Adam Gaweda

Mark, Labour Day is when DVA 2006 will be DELIVERED :-))

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

Posted onPost created on June 07 2005 06:03 ET by Michael Carter

I think it's the first Monday in September. I always seem to be working on Labor Day so I don't pay much attention to it.

AFV016
First Officer, A320
E-MAIL

Joined on December 10 2004

Midwestern United States

17 legs, 29.9 hours
12 legs, 20.7 hours online
1 legs, 3.3 hours event
740 legs, 2,044.9 hours total

Posted onPost created on June 07 2005 10:29 ET by Steve Pickle

Mike, theres a reason they call it LABOR day...hehehe

Steve Pickle (AFV016)

DVA1892
Senior Captain, MD-11

Joined on September 13 2004
DVA Fifteen-Year Anniversary
Eurocap Club
Online Triple Century Club
White Pearl Accomplishment
Quatercentenary Club
Everett Century Club

"Fly Douglas Jets!"
Buenos Aires AR

460 legs, 1,384.1 hours
336 legs, 1,086.5 hours online
271 legs, 726.6 hours ACARS
12 legs, 24.6 hours event

Posted onPost created on June 07 2005 14:29 ET by Gaston Doval

Well.. it should be May 1st, like in the rest of the world. Or is that another things you guys have twisted? ;).

Luke, great stuff! I wanna be a beta!

Cheers!

Gaston Doval (DVA1892)

Posted onPost created on June 07 2005 21:06 ET by Luke Kolin

I reached a significant milestone today - I unearthed the old Java ACARS server that I had written in February and March of 2004. This hasn't seen the light of day in a long time. There are significant advantages to be had by running the ACARS server in the same virtual machine as DVA2006, and that's what I'm going to do.

It's always a neat experience to look at code you wrote several months or years ago and see what crazy drugs you were smoking at the time. I managed to rip out a lot of code that has been duplicated in the DVA2006 infrastructure, and I've now got the server starting and authenticating properly. Ross made a few additions to the ACARS protocol that I need to add in (mostly in trivial areas like PING and QUIT messages) but I expect to have the server ready to test out in the next few days.

Cheers!

Luke Kolin

Senior Captain, MD-11

Posted onPost created on June 08 2005 18:27 ET by Ryan Wilson

Sounds Sweeeeeeeeeeeeeeet!!!

Ryan

Ryan Wilson (DVA1910)

DVA630
Senior Captain, B777-200

Joined on June 22 2002
Million Mile Club
DVA Twenty-Year Anniversary
Eight Century Club
Online Seven Century Club
Everett 250 Club
B757 100 Club

"Flightsimaroma therapy."
Bainbridge, PA

873 legs, 2,775.4 hours
783 legs, 2,429.4 hours online
487 legs, 1,454.8 hours ACARS
19 legs, 64.1 hours event

Posted onPost created on June 09 2005 10:04 ET by Kenneth Rodriguez

Luke,

I believe that I speak for the entire team when I say that We all really appreciate the enormous amount of time and effort you freely give to Delta Virtual Airlines to keep us a step ahead. My gratitude and thanks to you. This is really good info.

Best Regards.

Kenneth Rodriguez (DVA630)

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