Canadian Xpress British Columbia Float Tour
The Canadian Xpress British Columbia Float Tour is based on Harbour Air which is a scheduled service, tour and charter airline based in Richmond, British Columbia, Canada. The all-seaplane airline specializes in routes between Vancouver, Nanaimo, Victoria, Sechelt, Comox, Whistler and the Gulf Islands, primarily with DeHavilland Canada floatplanes. Along with West Coast Air and Whistler Air, it operates DeHavilland Beavers, Otters and Twin Otters.
The Canadian Xpress British Columbia Float Tour consists of 34 legs that follow routes of Harbour Air that must Continue reading
Flight1 Officially Releases Ground Environment Prepar3D World Edition
Performance and Sight Seeing in One Package:
You can now experience a Flight1 award winning scenery product that changes the entire Prepar3D simulation ground texture and autogen world from pole to pole in one install. Ground Environment Prepar3D (or GEP3D for short) greatly improves the Prepar3D simulation world. Autogen has been meticulously placed and done so with reasonable virtual address space (VAS) consumption and overhead in mind. A secure backup is established by the product for easy and quick restore at any time.
From Kabul to Kathmandu, from Cape Town to Anchorage Ground Environment strives to make the world look like the world and not sacrifice one part of it for another.
Keep it Simple – Sandbox Friendly Approach:
Flight1 understands the importance of a free and open sandbox system where everyone should be able to enjoy their freeware and payware scenery products alike. Airport, scenery or photo-scenery products that work with default Prepar3D core control files will work with GEP3D. GEP3D is made to work just like the Prepar3D default texture system so you can be assured that your scenery add-ons will overlay and work with GEP3D the same way the default Prepar3D system allows.
Updates and Improvements:
Regular update cycles are scheduled for the product. Updates for GEP3D will be free of charge for the life of the product. The next update cycle is for Northern Europe and is scheduled to Continue reading
Happenings Around Citylink VA
A short update on how things are going around in Citylink-va.com land.
- We have placed our first livery on Flightsim.com. This is the default livery of the Twin Otter. Hopefully it will bring us newer pilots.
- Summer has arrived. Due to our nearly third anniversary (which will be in September 2015), have we something very special in mind for our pilots.
We call it FreeFlight. What it means is this:
> You can fly your favorite plane from the VA and fly it anywhere in the world.
>Even stronger: if the VA does not have their favorite plane, we will add it in Acars.
>They can fly during 2 months. (July 1st-september 1st) With what they want to where they want.
Example:
>Fly around the world in a Twin Otter
>Do Moscow-Kamschatka in a C172
>Do a virtual aid mission from Cologne to Continue reading
Canadian Xpress July Fly-In – Mighty Planes – B737-200
Anyone who is a fan of all things that fly, has probably watched The Discovery’s Channels series called Mighty Planes. The 5th episode of their second season which aired in the middle of June was on the Boeing 737-200 operated by Nolinor Aviation based out of Montreal Mirabel airport.
The show covered the operation of the 737-200 as it traveled from Mirabel to Val-D’Or, here it loaded up cargo for the giant mining company Agnico Eagle for transport to their Meadowbank mine in Nunavut.
For this month’s fly-in we wanted to Continue reading
Platinum Airways Has a Ticket to Ride This summer
Platinum Airways, the Open Skies virtual airline, is entering the northern hemisphere’s summer with a brand new Destination of the Week series. Ticket to Ride will visit eight airports that are located near just as many theme parks.
The northern summer holidays are well upon us and what better way for young and old to enjoy than visiting eight major theme parks around the world. The first Ticket to Ride takes us to Orange County Airport (KSNA), not far from California’s Disneyland. The second Ticket to Ride takes visitors to the Legoland Discovery Center to Chicago Executive Airport (KPWK). From there, we’re on a rollercoaster at Six Flags Arlington, Texas, via Arlington Municipal (KGKY). We then cross the Atlantic, to Phantasialand in Brühl, not too far from Köln-Bonn Airport (EDDK). Shenzhen Happy Valley is our fifth Ticket to Ride, with Shenzhen Boan (ZGSZ) as our DOTW. We then travel to Aussie World and Sunshine Coast Airport (YBSU) in Queensland, Australia. Brazil has some great theme parks too, such as Beto Carrero World close to Florianopolis-Hercilio Luz International Airport (SBFL). Our last Ticket to Ride is a treat for the older youngsters among us: Ferrari World in Abu Dhabi (OMAA). All Tickets to ride are accompanied with charts to Continue reading
Canadian Xpress July 2015 Challenge – World Tour Leg XII
Canadian Xpress® is celebrating its 5th year of operations. Part of our celebrations is the launch of our Boeing C-17 Globemaster III, along with a tour/challenge that will run over the course of the next year using our new aircraft which is available to all pilots regardless of rank but only for the tour/challenge.
This month’s challenge is the twelfth leg of our 5 Year Anniversary World Tour that take us from Rotterdam (EHRD) to Goteborg Landvetter (ESGG).
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Virtual United States Space Program (VUSSP) Reopening Date Set
(Cape Canaveral, FL) After being closed for over 9 years, the Virtual United States Space Program, also known as VUSSP, has set a date for its grand opening and the re-launch of its original website. Founded in 2001 by Kayamone Sutton, VUSSP stood as the second largest and second longest running virtual space agency in the virtual industry.
At the agencies peak, VUSSP boasted over 150 members world-wide, and conducted over 100 unmanned missions, and over 20 manned missions, which included the establishment of a permanent earth orbiting manned space station. VUSSP missions were broadcast with live audio and video for general public viewing. VUSSP operates on both the Microsoft Flight Simulator and Orbiter Sim platforms to conducts air and spaceflight operations. While no plans are currently underway as to the focus of its spaceflight operations, VUSSP is actively recruiting individuals interested in heading the organization. VUSSP Executive Director added these remarks: “VUSSP was the type of organization where creativity and imagination was harnessed and put into action and that will continue to be this organization’s primary focus. We placed importance on recruiting members who have dreams that reach beyond the skies and allowing them to put their dreams to the test in a way that is both educational, fun, and inspiring for members of all ages.”
The grand opening of VUSSP and re-launch of the VUSSP website has been set for Tuesday June 30, 2015 at 1:00pm. A count-down to grand opening has been placed on VUSSP’s website, which can be located at http://www.vussp.org.
Individuals interested in inquiring about leadership positions within VUSSP prior to the grand opening are urged to email Mr. Sutton at ksutton@vussp.org. Continue reading
