Welcome to August! We hope you are all having a nice and relaxing summer. For the management team here at Virtual United Social Club, Inc., it is definitely a busy part of the year, however, it has also been very rewarding! From receiving our non-profit organization seal and official documents to having a record breaking summer in terms of PIREPs filed, everyone in the community is striving for further success. Without further ado, here is our August 2015 Press Release for the end of July and August.

Starting off, we have had many changes within our management team. In the Human Resources Department, Sam Mussen has been appointed the Senior Vice President of the department. Sam brings past knowledge of

the organization back to the table and has already delivered great results for the department. In the Communications and Marketing Department, Mark Savard has been re-appointed the Senior Vice President of the department. After having to resign from the position back in December due to time restrictions, Mark returns with new plans and strategies to propel the organization into stronger partner relations and protrude through the use of social media. In the Community Affairs and Events Department, former Western Regional Manager Willie Woolridge, has been moved to the Senior Vice President position of the department. Willie comes to the department in high spirits and a great mindset in hopes of re-energizing the pilot base by creating more and more events. He also comes with past work experience in successful organizations.

With our CAT Free initiative being extended into August, and now, the entire summer, stunning results have already been seen. In only two and a half months, already 5,000 flights have been flown by Virtual United pilots! Keep up the amazing work everyone! Your continued commitment and enthusiasm for Virtual United Social Club is greatly appreciated.  From all of us in the management team, we hope you all have a great end to your summer.

Kind regards,
Mark Savard | msavard@virtualua.org
Senior Vice President of Corporate Communications & Marketing

Eastern Airlines Virtual offers many benefits including;

- 10 hubs spread across the United States, from traditional Eastern
Airlines hubs in Miami and Atlanta to non-traditional

Eastern hubs in Los Angeles, Dallas, and Seattle.

- Fleet Hanger with 33 Aircraft ranging from modern aircraft in new
liveries to traditional Eastern Airlines birds in the

iconic Eastern Hockey Stick livery. Fly the DC-3 to the A380 and 747-8

- Earn Ribbons and Medals flying Tours and Challenges. Our website
contains a complete pilot profile page where you can

- view and keep track of all your awards on our Pilot Profile page.

- Ranking system based on Hours flown.

- NO hourly or minimum rank requirements to fly bigger aircraft.

Come see us at www.easternairlinesvirtual.com and see how, from Brasilia to Rio and 17 years, we’re still “Earning our Wings Everyday”

Eastern Airlines Virtual offers many benefits including;

- 10 hubs spread across the United States, from traditional Eastern
Airlines hubs in Miami and Atlanta to non-traditional Eastern hubs in Los
Angeles, Dallas, and Seattle.

- Fleet Hanger with 33 Aircraft ranging from modern aircraft in new
liveries to traditional Eastern Airlines birds in the iconic Eastern
Hockey Stick livery. Fly the DC-3 to the A380 and 747-8

- Earn Ribbons and Medals flying Tours and Challenges. Our website
contains a complete pilot profile page where you can view and keep track
of all your awards.

- Ranking system based on Hours flown.

 - NO hourly or minimum rank requirements to fly bigger aircraft.

Come see us at www.easternairlinesvirtual.com and see how, from Aruba to Trinidad and Tobago and everywhere in between, we’re still “Earning our Wings Everyday”

It has been a busy few weeks here at Virtual United. We have made several changes to our Executive Management and our various departments (i.e. airline operations, technology, and communications).

These changes are the embodiment of our commitment to our pilots to provide the best in regards to staff professionalism and pilot experience.  Here at Virtual United, we are constantly looking for ways to improve the pilot experience; bringing creativity and innovation to new heights and most of all – creating strong, lasting bonds between pilots and staff within our community. We invite to come and be a part of our growing community of pilots; come and experience Virtual United for yourselves. For the pilots that are, and have been with us through it all; we extend a heartfelt thank you.

Airline Operation consist of our seven Hubs. Chicago, Houston, Newark, San Francisco, LA, and Denver and its not just about flying its about having fun flying, challenging each other, pushing the limits of your training. This can be done through numerous ways including Group Flights, difficult approaches or landing rate initiatives not to mention numerous giveaways. One of the best ways been Battle of the Hubs. It begins with the group stage, final four, two Hub enter one Hub leave. Its an opportunity you cant miss. We have put together some of the brightest and game changing Pilots as Domicile Manages who lead the Hubs into
unchartered territories. This is where you want to be, let your mind lead and your body will follow.

Only virtualua.org can offer this much prize for an Event. Coming this Summer to the skies near you we have Gex, Utx, Payware Aircraft, payware regions for Gex and lots more giveaways for our Fun in the Sun Summer Event. Details soon so keep your engines spooled up.

The Virtual United Airlines Technology Department is continually improving our platform and enhancing the pilot experience. This spring a refreshed main website and ACARS updates are in the works. Most importantly, the main website will also feature an enhanced partner show case demonstrating our commitment to renew our community partnerships.

The United Virtual team has several community outlets via social media.
We invite everyone to check those sites out. These sites include …
▪ Facebook​: https://www.facebook.com/groups/virtualunited/
▪ Twitter​: https://twitter.com/virtualunited
▪ Instagram​: https://instagram.com/virtualunitedair/

Blue Skies
Virtual United Social Club | Virtual United Airlines

Following up with their highly-rated Flight Simulator 2004 and X releases, iFly is proud to announce that their iFly Jets: The 747-400 is now available for Lockheed Martin Prepar3d users. Taking full advantage of P3D’s updated engine, the iFly 747-400 gives P3D users a beautiful heavy iron aircraft for those long international flights or short charter hops with spectacular cockpit shadowing and reflections, high definition textures, plus much more.

About the iFly Jets: 747-400
After several thousands of man hours of development and working with well known 747 Captains and Engineers, The iFly Jets: 747-400 for P3D is one of the most advanced simulations ever brought to the Flight Simulator platform. iFly Jets has captured the “Queen of The Skies” like never before by providing users a high accuracy simulation of cockpit and flight systems that is chock full of features.

The iFly 747-400 puts sim pilots directly in the cockpit that features a fully functional Flight Management System (FMS), a Realistic Autopilot Flight Director System (AFDS) with Autothrottle, Terrain Display, Ground Proximity Warning System (GPWS), Cabin Pressurization full logic, Failures, Aural Alerts, Left and Right EFIS Simulation, Full TCAS Logic with traffic displayed on EHSI, plus much more.

Active Sky Next users will be happy to see that the dev team has included support using the ASN API to create fully functional Weather Radar and Predictive Windshear Systems to help manage and react to weather situations more realistically.

The Virtual Cockpit features High Quality 3D modeling with High Definition Textures. The animated Cockpit Gauges are functional and clickable throughout as well as the Animated Window Wipers, Window Shades, Flight Seats, and much more. Those who like flying red eye flights at night will enjoy the superb instrument lighting and windshield reflections as you fly under the canopy of stars to destinations around the world. 2D Panel fans will also be happy as the aircraft includes a beautifully designed 2D Panel Set for both standard and widescreen monitors.

An exquisite exterior model with realistic control surfaces, doors, and high quality livery textures as well as CRT/LCD Display options, Interactive Configuration Manager, Detailed Tutorial and Operating Manual, Ground Support w/Pushback, programmable key assignments, and custom Turbine Sound Studio GE, RR, PW sound packages round out this feature filled aircraft that will make any user smile ear-to-ear.

Limited Time Discount For FS9/FSX Purchasers
iFly is providing those who purchased the FS9/FSX version of the iFly 747-400 a limited time upgrade offer to purchase the P3D version of the aircraft for just $19.95. The upgrade offer is only valid until May 15th, 2015.

For more information, screenshots, and to purchase this remarkable aircraft, click the corresponding links below to download and purchase today!

iFly Jets: The 747-400 for Prepar3d v2.x – http://www.flight1.com/products.asp?product=ifly744p3d

Welcome to 2014 here at Virtual United! We have some big news to start you off with so let’s get started!

The first thing you probably noticed is our new logo. Yes, we are still the same www.virtualua.org but we decided to undergo a new corporate rebranding to provide a more modern and sophisticated look. This new logo comes with several alternate versions for publications and forum signatures so stay tuned. We also created several new features for our members. These include a brand new forums, a pilot welcome package with desktop wallpapers and FS splashscreens, and lots more on the way for the new year!

Speaking of development, we are starting off the year with a bang. In the coming weeks, we will release another promotional video as well as some videos in coordination with our awesome partners. Probably the largest item on the agenda is a new face for Virtual United. We will be starting the process of revamping our current site to make it more functional and even give our pilots some features never before seen at a virtual airline. Stay tuned for more!

So the question rises, why all of these new updates? Is it just a bunch of new year resolutions? Of course not! Today we would like to announce some BIG news. After several months of negotiations and hard work, we have received official recognition from United Airlines, Inc. What does this mean for you, our pilots? Well it means now we have more resources to continue providing what we have done in the past year, just expect a lot more of it! This will include: product giveaways, contests with great prizes, discounts to our partners’ websites, and maybe even a real world convention for all of Virtual United’s staff and members!

Now the numbers. We are getting down to business here at Virtual United and our numbers are reflecting it. As of today, we have 326 ACTIVE pilots in our system and we average 60+ PIREPS per day! We also have launched weekly events and hub battles so be sure to check those out! As United does in the real world, we will be flying Team USA to Sochi for the Winter Olympics starting January 25, 2014.

With all of this news to track, these press releases may not be enough. Even if you aren’t a member yet, which you should be, come check out our Facebook page. We post daily to keep you updated with the organization’s status. You surely will not want to miss out on the big things coming for Virtual United. https://www.facebook.com/virtualunitedair

None the less, have a great day and blue skies, we hope to see your soon here at www.virtualua.org!

Virtual United Airlines

“Moving the world of virtual aviation forward”

www.virtualua.org

Our community appears to still be growing as we now have ~250 ACTIVE pilots and ~40 PIREPS per day. Just as a reminder this marks the half-way point to our 500 pilot cap so join now before we have to close the registration! We will also be launching a new recruitment campaign which will likely double transferable hours and a starting balance of 10,000+ vUnited Reward Points!

Our events department has been busy at work planning both major and minor events for our members. vUnited pilots can enjoy a wide range of weekly fly-in’s over the VATSIM network. The next major event for vUnited is Christmas in Chicago (December 15, 2013). Even if you are not a pilot, we invite you to come join us at O’Hare Airport that day for a chance to win several prizes from our generous partners. Sponsors will include: REX Game Studios, Aerosoft, Majestic Simulations, BluePrint Simulations & more!

Want the flexibility of creating your own charter flights and equally rewarding points program? With our Executive Platinum Rewards program, you can ‘purchase’ your own flights through our pilot shop. Say you want to fly your new PMDG 777 from two city pairs not in the schedule, now you can with our new rewards program!

vUnited has also announced that we are going to be hiring several new members including: Domicile Managers, Editors and Writers for vUnited Contrails, and more! Please visit www.virtualua.org?content=careers to apply!

The 2014 Go Forward Plan will itemize all of our short term and long term goals for the coming year. This will include: the vUnited Pilot Council, web/ACARS development, staff training programs, and more! We will be releasing the detailed version of the Go Forward Plan this coming week to the community.

Thanks for your continued support and we hope you chose to come fly with us if you aren’t already a member here!

“Moving the World of Virtual Aviation Forward”

Website:
471 Pilots
4786 Flights
15348 Hours

Social Media:
2757 Facebook Likes
140 Twitter Followers
41 Instagram Followers – For our hipster members
26 YouTube Subscribers

With our statistics out of the way, we would like to take a look at our milestone events in the month of July. On July 21st, vUnited held its first major event, Fun N’ Sun 2013. This event brought in over 80 operations to Houston Intercontinental Airport and we were fortunate enough to have several sponsors which donated products for the event!

Last month, we stated that vUnited was in the process of attaining its ATO status with VATSIM. As of today, we now offer a solid training program with P1/P2 ratings available (P3 and up soon to come).

Now is the best time to join vUnited if you have yet to join! Our executive department has decided to cap pilot registration at 500 pilots so get here quickly as we only have ~30 spots left. For those who join this month, they will receive 150 FREE transfer hours and 5000 vUnited Reward Points. In addition, vUnited is holding its second major event just weeks after Fun N’ Sun. On August 17, 2013, vUnited will be hosting the First Annual VirtUAL Flight Sim Expo. This event will be a showcase of the flight simulation community and the best part is everyone is invited! The conference will be held on a public TeamSpeak server (connection info to come), and we will have several guest speakers ranging from our partners to real world pilots! Afterwards, we will host a fly-in to Washington Dulles (KIAD) with special thanks to ZDC and ZBW (who will be hosting Boston! LIVE that day as well).

For more info, be sure to check out: www.conference.virtualua.org

There is much to look forward to in the coming months here at vUnited. Our theme for Fall 2013, “Fall back with vUnited” will feature many new programs and incentives for pilots to get the most out of their flight simulation experience. These programs will feature customized training programs, more fly-ins, charter programs, and more!

Sadly enough, the school season starts in just a matter of weeks and we are sad to see summer go! This summer was a fantastic growing phase for vUnited and we hope that we can continue to provide an extraordinary experience to our members!

“Moving the world of virtual aviation forward”

This quarter was surely a growing phase for vUnited. We are proud to announce several improvements and additions to our strong platform ranging from an improved website to professional staff training.

We are pleased to show you the progress of the airline so let’s get started! As of now, it is safe to say we are one of the fastest growing virtual airlines in the community. Since opening three months ago, we have achieved the following in terms of members/followers:

-370 Pilots
-2889 PIREPS
-2707 Likes on Facebook
-8669 Hours flown

vUnited is also proud and thankful for our many partners which provide the support needed to keep our community running smoothly. This quarter, we rolled out several new partnerships and are continuing to reach further into the community

Our new website and ACARS client have put us one step ahead of the competitors in the community. vUnited 2.0 brings our members an innovative and original platform to make virtual aviation all the more fun and exciting! Our technology team continues to make minor updates to optimize all of our members’ experiences.

This quarter, vUnited held its second pilot survey and the results yielded much improvement. We received over 40 responses to the survey and were able to draw some conclusions on where and how we can make their experience more enjoyable. Most users are happy with the light and easy-to-use platform of v2 and are satisfied with customer service and communication. (More details below)

Looking forward to the next quarter, vUnited has even more in store! Our recent partnership with VATSIM has been promoted to ATO (Authorized Training Organization) status and we are creating our official training center with a comprehensive curriculum. Pilots will gain the skills needed to enhance or supplement their skills to become better pilots both virtually and in the real world.

In the month of July, vUnited is running an additional recruitment campaign for our pilots. Any new applicant will receive 10,000 vUnited Rewards Points; any member who has been on the roster for a minimum of thirty (30) days will be placed in a drawing to win the eagerly anticipated PMDG Boeing 777!

vUnited is sure to see much success as we dive into summer! This summer, our theme is Fun N’ the Sun and we will be hosting several events and competitions. These events will feature product giveaways from partners and online fly-ins. This summer will conclude with a virtual convention on our TeamSpeak server. This convention will include keynote speakers, presentations on upcoming products in the community, and a large fly-in with full ATC coverage!

We hope you have enjoyed our progress so far in building vUnited and hope to see you here for the months to come!

Iain Robb, CEO said the following:
“I am extremely pleased to finally launch our new hub at Manchester. Not only will this allow us to expand our domestic network, but also allow us to expand to more profitable destinations throughout Europe.”

“I hope that the new hub will bring great success to the airline and will become a popular choice among both pilots and passengers.”

A third and perhaps fourth aircraft are expected to be added next year.

Winter Schedules
The Winter 2012/2013 schedules have been released and published. A variety of ski and winter sun destinations are available from our hubs in Glasgow, Belfast, and now, Manchester.

New routes for November include Rovaniemi, Finland and Keflavik, Iceland, as well as the winter sun hotspots of Paphos, Cyprus and Palma, Spain.

Ski destinations include Milan, Munich, Salzburg and Geneva.

Flights to Isle of Man and Brussels have been withdrawn permanently.

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