Canadian Xpress June Fly-In – Summer Solstice
Summer is here. For those of us in the south, we have been enjoying the warm weather for a few weeks now. Cottages are open, boats are in the water, and motorcycles are filling the road ways. However, the day still ends sometime between 8:30 & 9:00pm when the sun finally sets below the horizon.
This isn’t the case for everyone. Canada’s Northern Territories and Alaska, the first day of summer is the peak of all day sunlight as the sun never sets in some places. Wouldn’t it be great to go golfing at 1:00am with the sun still high in the sky?
This month we celebrate the peak of 24 hour sunlight in the north with a trip to Ketchikan Alaska on the Summer Solstice
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Canadian Xpress June 2014 Challenge – Dangerous Airport I
This month, we begin our Dangerous Approaches tour. These next few events will take you on some of the most dangerous approaches and airports in the world. These events will become part of a new tour later on this year.
Our first stop will be Toronto’s Billy Bishop City Centre Airport, following a real world flight of Porter Airlines. One may not see Toronto City Centre as a dangerous airport. However, when you realize its approach path takes you into and then below one of the busiest airspaces in Canada. Toronto City Center is located on an island next to the downtown core of Canada’s largest city. Land long on this runway and you’re going to get more than your feet wet.
So load up the Canadian Xpress® Bombardier Dash 8-Q400 which is available to Continue reading
Platinum Airways Visits Budget Airlines Focused Airports
Platinum Airways, the very virtual Open Skies airline, is visiting four airports that are focus cities or hubs for low-cost airlines. The Budget Destination of the Week series takes pilots to Schönefeld, Fort Lauderdale, Tan Son Nhat International and William P Hobby Airports.
Platinum Airways’ June theme of Destination of the Week is all about budget airlines and their hubs and/or focus airports. The series starts at Schönefeld Airport (EDDB), still Berlin’s secondary airport that focuses on low-cost airlines such as easyJet and Ryanair. The second budget DOTW is Fort Lauderdale (KFLL), the largest base for Spirit Airlines and JetBlue. Budget airport #3 is Tan Son Nhat International (VTTS) near Ho Chi Minh (formerly Saigon), a hub for Jetstar Pacific and VietJet. We conclude Budget with a visit to William P Hobby Airport (KHOU) near Houston, TX, focus city for Southwest.
As usual, DOTW offers charts to be downloaded and links to scenery files. A selection of YouTube videos usually contains flight deck and ground views with landings and departures.
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Keen to deliver on its mission to keep the fun in the hobby, Platinum Airways is Continue reading
Caal Airways Monthly Update for June 2014
Another great month has passed for Caal airways with 6 new pilots joining our ranks. 60 Pilot Awards were also handed out for the month. 134 flights covering 99,600 miles and over 280 were recorded by our pilots. Our latest edition of Clover Flight Magazine is now available foe viewing on the link below:
http://www.caalair.com/June14.
Caalair is considering an expansion into Oceania with a hub possibly in Australia. If you are in this region and are considering a VA, then please feel free to visit our site and join up. If you like the idea of flying around AU and NZ or maybe even Asia Pacific, please express your interest to the Media Director on the site. The more interest the more chance it will become a reality.
Come and join us and fly “The Way Flight Should Be”
Almirath Arabian Airlines Relaunches
On May 31, 2014, two years of redevelopment was complete as the #arabiandream relaunched operations. To commemorate the relaunch, Almirath Arabian Airlines is offering Direct-Entry applications for its Boeing 737 program. vPilots will be allowed to apply directly for a Boeing 737 First Officer position with the company.
The airline announced that its launch program will consist of stages aimed at slowly increasing web traffic to its new web site. Direct Entry applications to the Boeing 737 will begin on May 31, 2014. Shortly thereafter, the company will open applications to the Boeing 777, A330/A340 and A380 programs, respectively.
Visit http://www.ArabianVA.com to stay up to date with the latest in launch preparations. The company still has open staff positions available at http://vcareers.arabianva.com.
DHL Virtual Cargo Event – Innsbruck Express
| Event: | Innsbruck Express |
| Description: | Our next event takes us from north of the border to the amazing Innsbruck in Austria. Departures begin at 20:00z and the expected time enroute is 1 hour 45 mins. |
| Scheduled Date: | 05/31/2014 |
| Scheduled Start Time: (GMT) | 20:00 |
| Departure Field: | EGPH |
| Arrival Field: | LOWI |
| Company Schedule: | 686A |
More info: http://dhlvirtualcargo.co.uk/index.php/events/get_event?id=7
THE VIRTUAL UNITED STATES AIR FORCE (vUSAF) SEEKS NEW AIRMEN
As a flight simmer, you’ve probably tried your hand at flying all sorts of aircraft. Try your hand at this scenario: landing a heavy C-5 or C-17 in the harsh weather of the Poles as you touch down on an all-ice runway in McMurdo Station.
Or perhaps you prefer SPEED. As a virtual airman in vUSAF’s Air Combat Command, you’ll spend a lot of your time in excess of Mach 1 .
With the recent development of the ACMI gauge, a completely free utility available to all vUSAF airmen, the line between reality and fantasy blurs even further. All missile-equipped fighters come with two wing-loads full of armament, making the fight extend BVR (beyond visual range). If your missile misses, you’ll always have your guns…at least until you run out of ammo and the ACMI gauge gives you that heart-stalling click of an empty magazine. Popping flares and chaff as you race to land at the nearest Air Force base, decked out with completely free payware-quality scenery, you somehow manage to evade the enemy and land among frame rate-friendly models of your brothers and sisters in arms.
With major events each year, including a simulated Red Flag, a myriad of smaller deployments and wing training events, an active community of military-style pilots, and an administrative staff who are there to Continue reading
