Canadian Xpress January 2013 Challenge: Algonquin Park
It’s a new year here at Canadian Xpress® and as normal we are busier than ever. This month we have been contracted out by the Ministry of the Environment to perform aerial surveys and to pick up research equipment from around Algonquin Park.
Leaving Ottawa you will have 4 aerial surveyors and their equipment on board and at each stop along the way you will pick up 500lbs of research equipment. Due to the size of these airports and limited services, fuel and overnight services are only available in North Bay.
Join Canadian Xpress today in order to participate as there are some great prizes to be won including Continue reading
Happy New Year from VAFlash.com!
I just wanted to send out a Happy New Year to all VAFlash readers, Virtual Airlines, as well as all my friends in the Flight Simulator Community! May 2013 bring you good health and continued success in everything you do!
Blue Skies,
Lindle Romero
Owner/Operator
VAFLASH.COM
Atlantic Skies Celebrates 20 Years of Virtual Flight
Salt Lake City, Utah, – Atlantic Skies, the oldest continuously operational virtual airline on the internet, will celebrate its 20th anniversary on January 4th, 2013. It was on that date in 1993 that Andrew Phillips flew the first route for something he called “Atlantic Skies Airlines”.
Atlantic Skies pushed the Virtual Airline envelope by introducing the first automated web-based pilot reporting system (AAMS – 1999).
This was followed by the first automated, desktop ACARS system (AACARS – 2002) that integrated with Flight Simulator using FSUIPC to report directly to the corporate server.
For over two decades this virtual airline has evolved and forced changes in the industry, and has continued to fly with extraordinary success.
Though many have come and gone, this is one VA that will be around for another twenty years – if past history has anything to do with it.
Visit Atlantic Skies online at: http://www.atlanticskies.com
Canadian Xpress January Fly-In: Madeira
Canadian Xpress® would like to invite all pilots & virtual airlines to join us for our January fly-in on Saturday, January 19th at 21h00est (02h00z) where we start the New Year with a fantastic approach in Funchal Madeira!
Departing from Faro (LPFR) we will head south west to beautiful Madeira (LPMA) where hopefully we can expect an approach for runway 05.
This is an open invitation to all pilots no matter what your flying experience to attend this Continue reading
Exciting New Things, For a New Year, At Virtual Blue
New York, NY – While almost wrapping up one of the most successful years to date, CEO Petey Shivery said “We are looking forward to an even better year, a year filled with development, service, and improvement all for our pilots”. There are a lot of virtual airlines out there but we try to make this one special. We offer programs and services that are unheard of in the virtual world.
When, we look at our Technology Headquarters in Edmonton, AL. Our Chief Technology Officer Dimitri, is always working on the latest software for our pilots to use. His goal is to mix Efficiency and Design to make the job of the pilots much easier when flying. We don’t want you to worry about anything else, besides landing your plane. Dimitri has improved “In-Flight-Entertainment” system, that can make a four hour plane ride seem like 4 minutes. We would like to thank Dimitri for all the hard work in 2012 and can’t wait to see what happens in 2013.
Now when looking towards the new year, make sure you are with an organization that understands the true potential of it’s pilots. At Virtual Blue, there is never a day where we don’t think about our wonderful pilots. Think about, because we do!
Exciting New Things are happening join in today: www.flyvblue.org
Platinum Airways visits Golden Slopes in January
Honouring a tradition, Platinum Airways’ Destination of the Week will be visiting ski country in January. In a series called On Golden Slopes, the very virtual Open Skies airline will touch down at four special runways in the heart of winter sport country.
On Golden Slopes builds on Platinum Airways’ tradition to visit ski resort destinations during the month of January. This year’s destinations are no exception. On Golden Slopes kicks off with a visit to St Johann in Tirol (LOIJ), a short runway airfield near Austria’s famous Kitzbühel region, where the world’s most challenging downhill race will be run at the Hahnenkamm on 26 January. The series continues at the other side of the Atlantic, with the private Buckhorn Ranch Airport (0CO2) near Crested Butte, CO, a former coal mining town now called the last great Colorado ski town. The third Golden Slope area of St Moritz, Switzerland is near one of Europe’s most challenging airfields: Samedan or Engadin Airport (LSZS). On Golden Slopes concludes with Heber City Municipal Airport or Russ McDonald Field (36U), close to Utah’s skiing country.
DOTW missions qualify for a 5% bonus if completed within the allotted time span. They come with charts, links to Continue reading
Golden Ghana Virtual Airlines Celebrates it’s First Birthday / Special Schedule and Birthday Livery Released!
Today, Golden Ghana VA released a special schedule to celebrate it’s first birthday. The new timetable features seven cities between Accra/Ghana and Yaounde/Cameroon. Seen from above, the flights between these cities will draw a big “G” on the map of Western Africa.
To get an idea about the new routes, you might like to visit http://www.gcmap.com/mapui?P=DGAA-DNAA-DNPO-FPST-FOOL-FKKD-FGSL-FKYS&MS=wls&DU=nm&SG=400&SU=kts
The flights will be performed with two additional aircraft in the GOG fleet: In the morning at 0600 UTC, a Boeing 737-800 departs at Accra to the East, while at the same time a Bombardier Canadair CRJ200 starts from Yaounde to the West. In the evening, both aircraft will return to their origin.
Both aircraft are painted in a new GOG Birthday livery created by Mr. Ingo Patzke. This livery is available for addons to Flight Simulator 9, Flight Simulator X and X-Plane. The screenshot shows the EADT x737 for X-Plane at the airport of Accra.
About Golden Ghana Virtual Airlines:
Golden Ghana Virtual Airlines is Ghana’s first virtual airline. It was founded Continue reading
