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- Thu May 17, 2007 6:44 pm
- Forum: SunAir Express Online Events
- Topic: Virtual Airlines Concept's 15 Year Anniversary Fly-in
- Replies: 12
- Views: 21782
- Wed May 09, 2007 5:11 pm
- Forum: Announcements
- Topic: Should the MD83 Be Retired?
- Replies: 11
- Views: 14680
- Tue May 08, 2007 7:17 pm
- Forum: Announcements
- Topic: Should the MD83 Be Retired?
- Replies: 11
- Views: 14680
Should the MD83 Be Retired?
Since the SAX MD83 flights have seen very little use we are thinking about retiring the aircraft. If we do retire it we could replace the MD83 and have another aircraft fly the MD83 flights like the A320, B737 a mix of both, or maybe a new aircraft type. If you want something new to fly the MD 83 fl...
- Wed Apr 25, 2007 6:36 pm
- Forum: Check Rides & Promotions
- Topic: Dave Straw Promoted to Type B747 Left Seat Rating
- Replies: 2
- Views: 2595
Dave Straw Promoted to Type B747 Left Seat Rating
I am pleased to announce that Captain Dave Straw SAX743 has successfully passed his SunAir Express check ride and is now left seat rated for the B747. Please congratulate Captain Dave on his achievement.
Well done Dave and enjoy flying the big iron!
Keep 'em flying!
Well done Dave and enjoy flying the big iron!
Keep 'em flying!
- Sun Apr 01, 2007 9:39 am
- Forum: SunAir Express Online Events
- Topic: Virtual Airlines Concept's 15 Year Anniversary Fly-in
- Replies: 12
- Views: 21782
Virtual Airlines Concept's 15 Year Anniversary Fly-in
Tampa International Airport - KTPA Sunday - May 20, 2007 Arrival Time: 2:00 - 3:00 PM EDT (18:00 - 19:00 UTC) Help celebrate the 15 year anniversary of the concept of virtual airlines and SunAir Express Virtual Airline's 15th year of continuous service! Join SunAir Express Virtual Airlines with a VA...
- Sat Mar 03, 2007 2:03 pm
- Forum: Active Sky for FS9 & FSX
- Topic: ActiveSky v6.5 Service Update 1
- Replies: 0
- Views: 12736
ActiveSky v6.5 Service Update 1
This was posted on http://www.avsim.com/ Posted: Thursday, March 1, 2007 - 1:09 ActiveSky v6.5 is a comprehensive weather engine for FS9 and FSX that offers features such as advanced weather depiction, a private weather server system with live data or historical archives, weather planning and much m...
- Sat Mar 03, 2007 1:59 pm
- Forum: Flight Sim 2006 (FSX) and Add-ons
- Topic: FSX Service Pack 1 & New Expansion Pack
- Replies: 1
- Views: 2421
FSX Service Pack 1 & New Expansion Pack
This was posted on http://www.avsim.com/ Posted: Friday, March 2, 2007 - 20:03 Microsoft has some exiting news to share as of this afternoon! The ACES team has been busy working away on the next two updates for Flight Simulator X; Service Pack 1 and the DirectX 10 update, but they also wanted to giv...
- Sat Feb 17, 2007 11:43 am
- Forum: Frequently Asked Questions & Helpful Information
- Topic: What is a Good On-time Rating?
- Replies: 0
- Views: 3361
What is a Good On-time Rating?
SunAir Express rates its pilot using an on-time rating based on scheduled block times (gate to gate). A flight is rated on-time if the pilot’s block time is within 12 minutes +/- of the SunAir Express scheduled block time. You may be wondering, what is a good on-time rating? I am sure everyone wants...
- Mon Feb 12, 2007 3:24 pm
- Forum: Check Rides & Promotions
- Topic: New Command Captain: Bob Jones
- Replies: 3
- Views: 5660
New Command Captain: Bob Jones
I am pleased to announce that ATL hub Captain Bob Jones SAX464 has surpassed the 1,000 flight hours mark and now holds SunAir Express' highest rating of Command Captain.
Congratulations Bob and keep 'em flying!
Congratulations Bob and keep 'em flying!
- Thu Feb 08, 2007 11:27 am
- Forum: Frequently Asked Questions & Helpful Information
- Topic: Preflight Time Poll
- Replies: 7
- Views: 15478
Here's what I do for preflight: 1. Print out the flight plan form from the SAX POC. 2. Verify the route using simroute.com and fltplan.com. 3. Select a flight level using latest WX using fltplan.com. 4. Setup FS9 with the aircraft position at the gate, payload and fuel onboard. 5. Setup FS9 GPS and ...
- Thu Feb 08, 2007 11:14 am
- Forum: Frequently Asked Questions & Helpful Information
- Topic: Preflight Time Poll
- Replies: 7
- Views: 15478
Preflight Time Poll
I am just wondering about how long does it take you to preflight before you are ready for pushback and startup on your SAX flights.
Feel free to share what you do for preflight.
Feel free to share what you do for preflight.
- Mon Feb 05, 2007 6:02 pm
- Forum: Check Rides & Promotions
- Topic: Dave Straw Promoted to Type B767 Left Seat Rating
- Replies: 5
- Views: 6798
Dave Straw Promoted to Type B767 Left Seat Rating
Captain Dave Straw SAX743 has successfully passed his SunAir Express check ride and is now left seat rated for the B767.
Please congratulate Captain Dave on his achievement. Well done Dave and enjoy your new heavy call sign!
Keep 'em flying!
Please congratulate Captain Dave on his achievement. Well done Dave and enjoy your new heavy call sign!
Keep 'em flying!
- Fri Feb 02, 2007 5:25 pm
- Forum: Frequently Asked Questions & Helpful Information
- Topic: VOR nav / outbound radial
- Replies: 3
- Views: 3070
- Sun Jan 14, 2007 12:52 pm
- Forum: Check Rides & Promotions
- Topic: Anton Gergely Promoted to Type A320 Left Seat Rating
- Replies: 2
- Views: 4389
Anton Gergely Promoted to Type A320 Left Seat Rating
Captain Anton Gergely SAX754 has successfully passed a SunAir Express check ride and is now left seat rated for the A320.
Please congratulate Captain Gergely on his achievement. Well done Anton !
Please congratulate Captain Gergely on his achievement. Well done Anton !
- Sun Dec 31, 2006 4:45 pm
- Forum: Check Rides & Promotions
- Topic: Al O'Brien Promoted to Type B747 Left Seat Rating
- Replies: 2
- Views: 4502
Al O'Brien Promoted to Type B747 Left Seat Rating
Captain Al O'Brien SAX067 has successfully passed a SunAir Express check ride and is now left seat rated for the B747.
Please congratulate Captain O'Brien on his achievement. Nice going Al !
Please congratulate Captain O'Brien on his achievement. Nice going Al !
- Sat Dec 23, 2006 1:58 pm
- Forum: Flight Simulator & Computer Tips, Problems & Questions
- Topic: Running FS9 on a laptop
- Replies: 7
- Views: 18289
Re: Long Flights
Can anyone help me with saving long flights? I know how to save the flight on FS, but how do you keep FASCARS in sinc? Can FASCARS be saved or do I have to restart it? Thanks for your input. Jim Tilley Sorry Jim, FSACARS does not allow you to resume a "saved flight". You can still save a ...
- Mon Dec 18, 2006 5:53 pm
- Forum: Announcements
- Topic: Roy Brent Reaches 2000 Flight Hours
- Replies: 7
- Views: 7108
Roy Brent Reaches 2000 Flight Hours
Captain Roy Brent SAX680 has reached a major milestone as the first Sunair Express pilot to log 2000+ flight hours. Captain Brent has logged over 800 hours this year alone. Amazing!
Well done Roy! No one has to tell you to "keep 'em flying".
Well done Roy! No one has to tell you to "keep 'em flying".
- Wed Dec 13, 2006 9:46 am
- Forum: Flight Simulator & Computer Tips, Problems & Questions
- Topic: Why You Don't Need Windows Vista Now
- Replies: 0
- Views: 11973
Why You Don't Need Windows Vista Now
Here's a review from Wired News about Windows Vista.
http://www.wired.com/news/culture/revie ... =rss.index
As "good as it may be", it looks like if you don't really need Vista now the best thing to do is wait. That is what I plan to do, wait.
http://www.wired.com/news/culture/revie ... =rss.index
As "good as it may be", it looks like if you don't really need Vista now the best thing to do is wait. That is what I plan to do, wait.
- Thu Dec 07, 2006 3:54 pm
- Forum: Announcements
- Topic: Forum Avatars
- Replies: 1
- Views: 1935
Forum Avatars
Forum members may use Avatars to displays a small graphic image below your details in posts. Only one image can be displayed at a time. The image can be no greater than 100 pixels x 100 pixels in size, and the file size no more than 15 KB. If you are having trouble uploading or displaying your Avata...
- Sun Dec 03, 2006 5:04 pm
- Forum: Check Rides & Promotions
- Topic: Jim Tilley Promoted to Type B767 Left Seat Rating
- Replies: 4
- Views: 5710
Jim Tilley Promoted to Type B767 Left Seat Rating
Captain Jim Tilley (SAX741) has successfully passed a SunAir Express check ride and is now left seat rated for the B767. Please congratulate Captain Tilley on his achievement. Way to go Jim!
- Sat Nov 25, 2006 4:58 pm
- Forum: Check Rides & Promotions
- Topic: New Command Captain: Dave Vega
- Replies: 6
- Views: 9405
New Command Captain: Dave Vega
Congratulations goes out to Command Captain Dave Vega SAX702 on passing the 1000 flight hours mark! Dave has logged over 230 hours this year alone. He is the STL hub chief and a STL hub pilot. And when Dave is not flying, he is either setting up routes, painting SunAir Express aircraft or debugging ...
- Fri Nov 10, 2006 3:27 pm
- Forum: Announcements
- Topic: SunAir Express Announces New Cargo Service
- Replies: 2
- Views: 5623
The route map for the SFO Hub Alaska cargo flights has been updated to correct some errors. Check it out at http://www.sunairexpress.com/map_ksfo.html . It's the map at the bottom of the page.
- Wed Nov 08, 2006 4:59 pm
- Forum: Flight Sim 2006 (FSX) and Add-ons
- Topic: Microsoft's System Requirements for FSX
- Replies: 1
- Views: 2346
- Mon Nov 06, 2006 3:17 pm
- Forum: Flight Sim 2006 (FSX) and Add-ons
- Topic: AVSIM Release FSX Survey
- Replies: 0
- Views: 3632
AVSIM Release FSX Survey
Posted on http://www.avsim.com : Sunday, November 5, 2006 - 18:25 Now that FSX has been out a while, we thought we would do a quick and simple survey of owners of either the standard or deluxe versions. A simple 10 questions long, you can take the survey here: http://www.avsim.com/poll/fillsurvey.ph...
- Fri Nov 03, 2006 11:01 am
- Forum: Announcements
- Topic: SunAir Express Announces New Cargo Service
- Replies: 2
- Views: 5623