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Prepar3d v4 64 Bit Released!

editor — Tue, 30 May 2017 18:32:55 +0000

The latest and hotly anticipated 64 bit version of Lockheed Martin’s Prepar3d Flight Simulator has been released and is available for purchase!

Prepar3D v4 completely changes the simulation landscape with a comprehensive baseline update to a 64-bit architecture. Higher resolution visuals, more objects, increased data precision, larger scenarios, and improved performance are now all possible at levels never seen before in the product’s history. The sky’s not the limit!

Additionally, the release brings dynamic lighting, rain/snow particles, global 3D trees, a fully reworked software development kit (SDK), new default vehicles, and countless improvements.

Good luck getting to it anytime soon however! www.prepar3d.com has been down because of the excessive traffic since early this morning.

Announcing the 24 Hour Flying Charity Challenge

editor — Wed, 07 Oct 2015 17:01:54 +0000

How many of you out there know someone who currently has Cancer, or has died of Cancer? I think most of the population has. Ryan Boulton-Lear with UKVirtual contacted me to see if I was interested in being a sponsor/link partner for the 24 Hour Flying Charity Challenge. The 24 Hour FlyingCharity Challenge is a Flight Simulation event benefiting Cancer Research UK. Of course I agreed to be a sponsor and link partner. I’ve lost friends and relatives including my Father and Brother to Cancer. If you have a moment, please lend yourself to this event/cause. It’s a great opportunity to do what you love which is flying virtually, while raising money for a great charity!
Thanks,
Lindle Romero – Owner/Operator VAFlash.com

Information from Ryan on the event is below..
“Afternoon all, UK Virtual will be holding a 24 hour flying challenge on November 14-15th from 7AM to 7AM UTC in aid of Cancer Research. The aim is to fly none stop for 24 hours on a set schedule. For all the information visit the following page: http://egcc.kelstenkovsky.co.uk/events/725-2/ , and if you are interested in joining then RSVP to the event here :https://www.facebook.com/events/992191574178259/

This event is open to all pilots and VA’s , if you are part of a VA or own a VA that would be interested, please contact me privately so we can get you on the partnership page and co – ordinate with you.

Ryan“

FS InFocus Show Welcomes Flight Sim Con 2014 and VATSIM’s W14!

editor — Fri, 18 Apr 2014 16:21:58 +0000

Sky Blue Radio presents another exciting edition of FS InFocus, when host Robert Touchtone welcomes Tom Guerrette from Flight Sim Con 2014 and Florian Harms from VATSIM’s W14 Global Conference!

Flight Sim Con 2014 provides a social conference format with networking and learning for enthusiasts of desktop flight simulation programs and aviation in general. If you are involved with flight simulation programs such as Microsoft Flight Simulator (FSX/FS9) or X-Plane – and especially in the multiplayer environment – this conference is for you. For more information: www.flightsimcon.com

The W14 Global Conference provides a great opportunity to meet and greet other members in person and socialize within the VATSIM community. In addition, several major players in the hardware and software industry for simulated aviation will be attending with on-going vendors stands to display new products and share details of the latest products on the market. For more information: www.w14.me

On Saturday April 19th, at 1900 Zulu, our guests will prepare you for both conferences! You cannot miss this show!

Be sure to tune in on April 19th, at 1900 Zulu for Sky Blue Radio’s FS InFocus!

FS InFocus is a monthly talk show on Sky Blue Radio. Sky Blue Radio broadcasts 24/7 around the world. Listeners can tune in to Sky Blue Radio by accessing our website at skyblueradio.com. Listeners may also tune in via their com 2 radios on 123.45 with our Free Wee Tune Beastie application available for download on our website. We are available via Black Berry, Android or iPhone phones through the TuneIn Application.

Podcasts of this show and past shows can be downloaded at www.skyblueradio.com Click on the FS InFocus banner for a list of shows.

Sky Blue Radio – Sounding great at any altitude www.skyblueradio.com
Sent from the Sky Blue Radio Network

FS INFOCUS WELCOMES WILL TUCKER AND GO FLIGHT TECHNOLOGIES!

editor — Wed, 20 Mar 2013 18:03:33 +0000

Sky Blue Radio presents another exciting edition of FS InFocus, when Lou “Scruffy” Botteon and Tom “Captain Crunch” Mathieu welcome blues musician and FS Cockpit builder, Will Tucker and Tony Verela and John from Go Flight Technologies!

On March 23rd, at 1800 Zulu, “Scruffy” and “Captain Crunch” will discuss a variety of topics related to building home simulator cockpits and the latest technologies available! We will also be on location in Hartford Connecticut LIVE at Flight Sim Con 2013 during the show so expect a few surprise guests as well!

Be sure to tune in on March 23rd, at 1800 Zulu for Sky Blue Radio’s FS Infocus!

Sky Blue Radio – Sounding great at any altitude www.skyblueradio.com

SparkJet Virtual Celebrates First Month of Operations, Still Accepting Applications!

editor — Sun, 03 Mar 2013 16:19:35 +0000

FORT LAUDERDALE, Florida — SparkJet ‘s executives and Crew Members celebrated yesterday the successful completion of the first month of operations. “We currently have 19 pilots, have logged over 118 flights adding up to over 291 hours and covering over 95,000 miles. The first month saw SparkJet finances in the black with over a million dollars in revenue for the month of February” said SparkJet CEO Zeke Elias. While there are many more plans in the work behind the scenes at SparkJet headquarters, the management is very secretive about the future strategies for SparkJet, as of last week though a rumor of services to Faa’a International Airport (ICAO: NTAA) in Tahiti has been “lying around the offices and management keeps talking about “Paradise” yet management took a trip to Montreal, Quebec, Canada for undisclosed reasons.

In the meantime, SparkJet is still accepting applications for First Officers, if you’re interested please apply at http://spark-jet.com/index.php/content/careers#close

Happy Flying! Congratulations SparkJet!

Media Contact:
505-623-5654
media@spark-jet.com

About SparkJet:
SparkJet Virtual Airline (ICAO: SPK, IATA: SK, Call-Sign: Spark) operates as an FAA part 121 scheduled air carrier serving leisure and business destinations out of our Fort Lauderdale International Airport (ICAO: KFLL) and Albuquerque International Airport (ICAO: KABQ) hubs along with on-demand charter services throughout the globe. SparkJet currently operates a fleet of 35 aircraft consisting of BAe Jetstream 41, Aerospatiale ATR72-500, Boeing 737-700, Boeing 737-800, Boeing 767-300ER, Airbus A320 and Airbus A330-200. SparkJet conducts its flying solely on the VATSIM network and uses a state of the art automated PIREP system, real-world finance reporting, flight operation center and dispatch services. SparkJet Virtual Airline trades in the vNYSE as SPKV and reports all financial activity on its website. SparkJet is managed by individuals with real world experience in the aviation industry and community.

Mirage Executive Charters VA Celebrates 1 Year

editor — Sat, 02 Mar 2013 14:32:14 +0000

As of March 1st, 2013, Mirage Executive Charters VA will celebrate 1 year of operations! In our first year we have accumulated nearly 140 pilots! Our group of pilots have flown over 4000 flights for over 5400 hours in our first year!

We celebrated this event by flying on VATSIM from Mirage HQ, KSRQ Sarasota, FL to TNCM St. Maarten in our favorite MECva jets! The event took place on March 1st at 8pm EST – 5pm PST!

I wanted to take this opportunity to give tremendous thanks to our wonderful group of pilots. Your opinions and ideas have helped shape Mirage into what it is today! Our pilots and our community is our greatest strength! I also want to think our team of managers and admins for all of their tireless hours spent on improving our web site, adding routes or helping pilots! You are the BEST! I am looking forward to many more years of good times at Mirage!

Thank you!

Jonathan Enger
CEO/Owner Mirage Executive Charters va – MECva
www.miragechartersva.com

Canadian Xpress March Fly-In: Easter Island

editor — Sat, 02 Mar 2013 05:39:40 +0000

Easter Island is one of the most remote inhabited islands in the world. The nearest inhabited land (50 residents) is Pitcairn Island at 2,075 kilometers (1,289 mi), and the nearest continental point lies in central Chile, at 3,512 kilometers (2,182 mi).

Canadian Xpress^® would like to invite all pilots to join us on Saturday, March 16^th at 20h00est (Sunday 01h00z) for our March 2013 fly-in where we fly a long haul route from Lima Peru (SPIM) to Easter Island (SCIP).

This is an open invitation to all pilots no matter what your flying experience to attend this Canadian Xpress^® sponsored event.

More information regarding this event including operational details, charts, optional add-on scenery and the Canadian Xpress SB Model Set can be viewed by visiting http://canadianxpress.ca/ or by directly downloading our Fly-In document here.

See you all on Saturday the 16th!

flyeuro.com Set and Prepared to Take on the European Market…

editor — Sat, 02 Mar 2013 05:29:06 +0000

LIVERPOOL, ENGLAND – The press has gathered at the newly refurbished building at Albert Docks in Liverpool to interview the staff of a brand new European low-cost conglomerate, flyeuro.com. The plans of the airline are very ambitious, however at the opening conference, they have announced the opening of the recruitment process for pilots and staff. The airline is set to be a direct competitor, to some of European’s biggest low-cost airlines. flyeuro’s goal is “to become Europe’s favorite commercial virtual airline.” But can they pull it off?

With two operational hubs in United Kingdom (Liverpool and London Gatwick) and one in Poland (Katowice), flyeuro.com is operating over 100 routes daily to more than 50 European destinations, with over 30 Boeing 737 family type aircraft.

“We’ve been ambitious about what we’ve been doing to create the airline, we’re full of motivation to run it and we’re ambitious to expand and go that one step further – above and beyond…” said flyeuro’s Chief Executive Officer, Kamil Bonczyk. “We want to discover new lands, and give pilots and passengers a simple and a flexible experience. Three hubs and fifty destinations is just not enough for us.” – he added. When asked about plans for the future, he said “Possibly a BAe 146 for regional operations? Or maybe even a fourth hub for the Summer Schedule? It will all depend on the growth towards our ambitious goal”.

The airline has launched an extensive recruiting campaign at their website: http://flyeurova.com. Beside pilot recruitment, qualified individuals can try managerial careers within the airline. Additionally, we have asked the CEO a final question about the possibility of online operation expansions. “Come on people, join us, then we will expand online!” – he laughed, adding “It is our main objective, however without the public support, it’s impossible…”.

Platinum Airways Revisits Peak Traffic

editor — Thu, 28 Feb 2013 13:22:00 +0000

As Platinum Airways’ Peak Traffic Destination of the Week Series, that visits airports close to the world’s highest mountains, is in its final week, the Open Skies airline announces that it is to be revisited. However, Peak Traffic Revisited will be completely different: the March series airports will take pilots to four airports that are the world’s busiest in their respective category.

Whilst the original Peak Traffic series focused on the word peak, Peak Traffic Revisited pays more attention to the word traffic. Platinum Airways’ March DOTW series will stop at four extremely busy airports that claim top spot in four different categories of traffic. The series’ first destination is Van Nuys Airport (KVNY) near Los Angeles, the world’s busiest general aviation traffic movements airport. From there, we will travel to London’s Heathrow Airport (EGLL), the world’s leading airport in terms of international passengers. The third Peak Traffic Revisited airport is Hartsfield–Jackson Atlanta International Airport (KATL), by far the world’s busiest from a general traffic movements perspective. We end the series with the world’s busiest airport during a special event: Wittman Regional Airport aka Oshkosh (KOSH), with its annual airshow, the EAA AirVenture Oshkosh.

DOTW missions qualify for a 5% bonus if completed within the allotted time span. They come with charts, links to scenery files for FS9, FSX and X-Plane if available, and a selection of YouTube videos.

About Platinum Airways:
Keen to deliver on its mission to keep the fun in the hobby, Platinum Airways is probably the only virtual airline to combine an Open Skies policy, allowing its pilots to fly any mission of their choice with the aircraft of their choice at the time of their choice, with a strategic hub network. The carefully selected hubs, Newark (KEWR), Dallas-Fort Worth (KDFW), Vancouver (CYVR), Perth (YPPH) and Brussels (EBBR), should be attractive to a global membership. In addition, Platinum Airways offers its pilots an often cheeky Destination of the Week, Relief, Military and Cargo missions and a soon to be launched Flight Dispatch division. Sticking to the KISS principle (Keep It Straight and Simple), Platinum Airways hosts an active forum and a screenshot of the week competition, with the winner providing the main picture on its home page for the next week.

For more information, please visit www.platinumairways.org or mail info [at] platinumairways.org.

NEOFLY Virtual – East European Experience

editor — Tue, 26 Feb 2013 03:11:14 +0000

Let me introduce You NEOFLY virtual airline based at Belgrade, Tivat and Sarajevo airports. Our virtual airline operates world wide route network with the variety of modern aircraft such as Boeing 737-800, Boeing 757-200, Boeing 767-300er, Boeing 777-200LR, Airbus A320, ARJ-100 and DASH-8-q400. As a special operation part of our virtual airline, We have plans to introduce the fleet of classic aircraft like DC-9, Boeing 727-200 and Boeing 707-300. because We want to attract classic aircraft pilots also. All our classic aircraft will be equipped with GPS and latest AIRAC for default FSX and FS9 navigation database will be provided to every pilot that applies to fly classic aircraft fleet.

NEOFLY connects East Europe with Middle East, Asia, Australia, Americas, Africa and the rest of Europe. In summer time We fly wide range of charter flights to Greece, Egypt, Tunis, Spain, Turkey, Caribbean and other summer holiday destinations. Our airline is the fastest growing East European Virtual airline with very innovative, obliging and kind stuff.

NEOFLY uses VAFINANCIALS system which simulates economy of an airline to the core. We fly on IVAO network , using VAFS automatic PIREP client, make virtual money and expanding according to our economical successes on VAFINANCIALS system. Some of our members are talented FS developers which produces sceneries, high quality repaints and other interesting add ons. Our airline supports not only FS9 and FSX but X-plane 10 also. All that among other things puts our VA in front of competitors in virtual skies. NEOFLY works in close cooperation with Belgrade OIF (OFFICIAL IVAO FIR) which provides high quality ATC on IVAO network, and working hard to grow into the Serbian division in nearest future.

Join us and become a part of East European experience!

Vsit our site http://www.neofly-va.com/

NEOFLY facebook page http://www.facebook.com/pages/NEOfly/105299832930719