Canadian Xpress May 2012 Fly-In: Ancient Worlds
From the Pyramids to the Acropolis, we cross centuries of history through the Mediterranean Sea. Our History and cultures were marked by those two ancient worlds and still is today. Just think of the Papyrus and the Olympic games.
Canadian Xpress® would like to invite all pilots to join us for our May 2012 fly-in where we will depart from Cairo (HECA), capital of Egypt, to Athens (LGAV), capital of Greece.
Although not required, we highly recommend that you install the add-on sceneries in order to truly appreciate the beauty and the landmarks of both countries.
This is an open invitation to all pilots no matter what Continue reading
Canadian Xpress May 2012 Challenge: Endurance
This month, we are going to change things up a bit. We are giving you a departure airport and you get to pick your destination. Sounds easy enough right, so what’s the challenge? The Challenge is to fly as far away from the departure airport as possible and land within VFR fuel reserve of 15 minutes.
Starting at The Pitt Meadows airport (CYPK) and you are required to load the Canadian Xpress® DeHavilland Dash 6-Q300 (DHC6) with a copilot, yourself, and 50% fuel and head north east in to the BC interior.
The DeHavilland Dash 6-Q300 is not a pressurized aircraft. Portable oxygen is available; however you can only stay on portable oxygen for a maximum of 15 minutes for every hour of flight.
This means you need to fly at or below 8,000 feet for most of your trip, climbing above Continue reading
Caal Airways April Report
What a busy month we had. We recorded 88 pireps and our Va Central Rank jumped from 102 to 85 which is amazing as I had said in my March report it would be great to get into the top 100. Congratulations to all pilots and staff for achieving this.
Caal Airways had a major staff restructure also. Hub managers were done away with and Operations Managers were implemented. We now have an OPS Manager for USA,UK,South Africa and Ireland(north&south), not forgetting our cargo operations also at Stansted. Each OPS manager can have 2 hubs and a Hub Captain to assist him. All OPS Managers are currently looking to employ Hub Captains. Contact details can be found on the website. I am currently covering the Ireland OPS but would like to recruit someone to fill this role. This new structure creates exciting new developments and already has seen the addition of 2 new hubs at Manchester and Cork. South Africas 2nd hub has yet to be decided.
We are hosting an event this Friday 4th May from EICK to EGAA to celebrate the opening of Cork. The event has been advertised on Vroute and is open for anyone to join in. Caal members can book their slot Continue reading
Great Lakes Express Expands Service
Great Lakes Express has expanded service from their current hubs in Cleveland and Milwaukee to now include Ronald Reagan National Airport (KDCA) and Boston Logan International Airport (KBOS). The two new hubs focus on connecting the surrounding communities utilizing smaller regional aircraft from the Beech 1900D to the Embraer E170. Great Lakes Express will now focus on the Midwest and the northern East Coast by emphasizing on real world airline operations and procedures.
Visit them online at: www.gleairlines.com.
Eastern Airlines Virtual Adds Airbus A320′s to the EAV Fleet
Eastern Airlines Virtual adds the Airbus A320-231A to its fleet! Newly created routes have been added to support this new aircraft. Modeled by Project Airbus and painted in the modern Eastern colors by Brandon DePalo.
See the video here.
Eastern A320-231A
Other great benefits include:
- Belonging to the #1 VA in the VAFS community
- Over 10 HUBS in the USA and Europe
- Thousands of routes to fly
- New Paint Schemes
- Over 14 years of successful operations
- Great and knowledgeable management team
- Fun filled family-orientated VA
Eastern Airlines Virtual looks to continue the legacy of the Great Silver fleet by bringing it to modern times ensuring that ‘We Earn Our Wings, Everyday’!
Come and see why we are one of the oldest VAs on the net.
Check out this great virtual airline at: http://www.easternairlinesvirtual.com
Strategic Air Mobility Command Announces Recruitment Drive
SAMC is holding an open house for new recruits. Recent restructuring of two commands has led to a very successful program and active program that has taken us from a VA Central rating of 76 to 54 as of this writing. SAMC is a US Air Force Simulation built around the Air Mobility Command. SAMC Supports full time pilots and Air National Guard units. ANG, is basically for those who are restricted to weekends do to other VA Commitments.
If you are interested in supplementing your commercial flying our doors are open to the public. We don’t hide anything, you may view the entire site, all tabs are open.
Link to our Crew Guide: http://www.usavamc.net/vsac/pdf/samc_opg.pdf
Link to our News Paper: http://www.usavamc.net/vsac/pdf/samc_times.pdf
Link to our Uniform Jackets (Typical member): http://www.usavamc.net/vsac/Pilot%20data/pilot_data/pData_webb.htm
Link to our Video’s: http://www.usavsac.com/vsac/index.php/videos
There is so much SAMC has to offer that it is not possible to list them in this writing. You won’t find a stiff hierarchical organization here. We do have people “in charge” but their role is more to help the other pilots, keep the website and stuff working and to keep what we call “the game” on track. Pilots will also have ranks awarded to them. These ranks are solely meant as a means of tracking your progress. They do not represent any sort of authority. There is no VATSIM requirement mainly because VATSIM forbids flying in a war zone and most of our mission based activity is in the Mid Continue reading
Platinum Airways Ships Cargo!
Platinum Airways, the very virtual Open Skies airline, will ship Cargo! to the main hubs of the five leading global courier service providers over the next five weeks. Its latest Destination of the Week theme Cargo! will take pilots to some of the world’s most important freight hubs in the United States, Europe and Asia.
Cargo! will focus on the leading global courier service providers and their main hubs. The series will kick off with DHL and its main hub, Halle-Leipzig (EDDP). Next on the list is UPS and its main hub Louisville – KSDF. The third Cargo! destination will be FedEx’ Memphis – KMEM. For the fourth leg, we’ll return to Europe, to TNT’s main hub of Liège – EBLG. We conclude the series with Aramex, which is listed in Dubai – OMDB. Pilots will be able to fly the DOTW’s with the aircraft of their choice. However, Platinum Airways’ fleet includes both freeware and payware liveries for the B747F.
Cargo! pilots will be assisted with navigational charts, links to scenery files and other aids. Scenery links include X-Plane downloadable files where available. Pilots visiting the current DOTW receive a 5% bonus. Past DOTW’s remain available to pilots through an archive system. Continue reading
