About Bluegrass Airlines Va

Bluegrass Airlines Va came into being in March 1999 when W (Joe) Deering and Ray Yarnell, both natives of Kentucky (KY) USA, decided to model a Va on the real Bluegrass Airlines that was started in Bowling Green KY in 1944 by a doctor and his two sons and which had its routes incorporated into the schedules of Imperial Airlines in 1946.    Imperial was eventually taken over by Delta Airlines.

Using the routes originally flown by Bluegrass Airlines, Joe and Ray started out flying DC-3's.    They were soon attracting other pilots with similar interests in flying aircraft from the "good old days" when flying was done by the seat of your pants.

It wasn't long before there were hubs in Bangor (Northern) and Alaska and with an ever increasing number of pilots coming on board, and another hub was soon established in the Southern regions.    Since then these hubs have become Divisions of the airline operating more or less autonomously and further expansion has seen other divisions opened in Texas/Mexico and Australia/New Zealand.

Each Division more or less replicates the routes and aircraft in existence during the 1940's and 1950's but is encouraged to use "artistic license" to create other flights of interest within their area of operation.

Bluegrass boasts a number of very talented people as members from people who design and paint aircraft to those who design scenery with the result that Bluegrass has a very comprehensive library of purpose-built aircraft and scenery.

Our rules are simple.    #1.  You can fly in any Division you like as long as you make 2 flights per month in your own Division first    #2.   Have fun.    We don't have strict qualifying limits.    You can fly whatever aircraft you like on whatever route you like unless the route specifies that a particular aircraft should be used.    We have a ranking structure but pay little attention to it.

Bluegrass enjoys a reputation second to none in the Virtual Airline "industry" for its attention to detail (check out the special flights available including the Berlin Airlift recreation) and its consistent approach to using aircraft that have more or less been long forgotten.    Remember the Catalina?  the Constellation?  the B314 Clipper?  the DC-3?  the DC-4?  the Convair?  our list of aircraft goes on.   If it has a prop and wasn't turbocharged we probably have it in out hangar.

This is the second in a series of flight adventures that will be brought to you over the next few years.   In February 2002 we conducted a race around Australia over a 3 week period which was a huge success.    This is our second offering to the flightsim community and one which we are appropriately proud of.

We invite you to take the Bluegrass Tour.    Stop by each of our Divisions and check out what they have to offer - every one of them is different and offers a good variety of interesting flights.    Please feel free to take a few of our flights and, if you like what you see, why not come and join us as a member of the most relaxed and down-to-earth Va in the business?

Have a great flight in your Bluegrass PBY5A Catalina as you wing your way from Miami, Florida down the east coast of South America to Buenos Aires stopping at a variety of airports and sea bases along the way.

Please remember though that if you need full throttle to taxi at any of the airports on our route you probably forgot to lower your landing gear.