November 2003 Newsletter
Welcome Aboard to Milt Chambers and Pete Chapman. Milt was also promoted to Captain.
Blueberry Pancake Fly-In in November. Fly from your home airfield or follow Capt. Bill Odell from Algeria to Seal River Lodge. Pancakes to be server on November 18th at 9:00 a.m. Check the forum for more details. Coleman Green has created a scenery package for the adventure.
First Annual Bush Pilots Toughman Challenge slated for December. Capt. Bill Odell has finished preparing the flights for this event. Links will be up in December. The Challenge is open to all from the first day of winter until midnight Dec. 31st. – So you want to be a Bush Pilot – come join us and see if you can survive what Capt. Bill Odell has cooked up for this inaugural event.
Brent Brazeel is on leave for most of November and December, but Bill Von Sennet will keep the roster updated in his absence.
From the C.E.O.
Pilots were very active in October. A total of 1057.77 were flown by Bluegrass Pilots.
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Oct-03 |
Air Mail
Pilots |
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69.01 |
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Air Mail
Visitors |
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46.35 |
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Total
Air Mail Div. Flight Hours |
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115.36 |
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Alaska
Pilots |
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399.68 |
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Alaska
Visitors |
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7.59 |
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Total
Alaska Div Flight Hours |
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407.27 |
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Australian
Pilots |
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244.10 |
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Australian
Visitors |
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45.44 |
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Total
Australian Div Flight Hours |
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289.54 |
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Northern
Pilots |
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65.48 |
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Northern
Visitors |
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175.11 |
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Total
Northern Div Flight Hours |
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240.59 |
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Southern
Pilots |
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279.50 |
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Southern
Visitors |
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57.02 |
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Total Southern
Div Flight Hours |
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336.52 |
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Turbo
Visitors |
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274.79 |
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Total
Turbo Flight Hours |
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274.79 |
Eleven Bluegrass Pilots flew in the DC-3 World Rally
sponsored by DC-3 Airways.
Hats off to Terry Howell bgad005 who finished in the eight
position.
October 17th was the release date of TrainZ 2004,
and several Bluegrass pilots have become hoggers. (slang for engineers)
You can track their activities on the forum (topic BGX), and on the BGX division web-site.
We had over 6,000 visitors to the web-site in October.
Regarding flight reports:
The vast majority are being filed properly. Occasionally a pilot will substitute an O (oh) instead of a 0
(zero) in his pilot ID or his time. Not
a major problem. Some pilots are not
clicking on the drop down box to select the division flown in and therefore the
flight doesn’t get recognized as belong to a different division (unless I
recognize the airport codes). Remember
to check the “Turbo” radio button if you’re flying a kerosene burner, and the
“Air Mail” radio button if you flying something from the 20’s or early 30’s
such as a Tri-Motor or Stinson. Also
make sure both buttons are unchecked if neither case applies.
Capt Rob Finn is busy working on the 2004 Great Aussie Air
Race.
The Division Director position is still open. Contact interim director, Bill Von Sennet to apply.
The feature this month will be the TWA Connie flights
between Los Angeles and New York.
The web-page isn’t ready yet, but the FS2002 and FS2004 hangar
pages have a link to download the aircraft, and an updated panel and
aircraft.cfg
This will be the final historical
feature this year, as December will be the Bush Pilot’s Division “Toughman
Challenge”
The Southern Division is now “hub less”. Pilots are not assigned to the Caribbean, South East, or Texas-Mexico Hubs. The web pages remain and you can continue to fly the flights posted, but due to the fact that two hub captains are inactive and the third (me) is more concerned with other things, I felt it best to make the switch.
06
November 2003
MEMORANDUM
From:
BGA Northern Division Director
To:
BGA Chief Executive Officer
Subj:
NORTHERN DIVISION STATUS REPORT - October 2003
1.
In accordance with operational requirements of Bluegrass Airlines Divisions,
the following is a summary of flight activity within the Northern Division
during the month of October 2003.
BGAN029
John Kolmos
5.90 hours
(career
total: 229.63 hours)
BGAN033
Don Hulick
24.07 hours
(career
total: 203.90 hours)
BGAN034
Perry Hayward 4.10 hours
(career
total: 30.69 hours)
TOTAL TIME BY DIVISION
PILOTS IN OCTOBER: 34.07 hours
VISITORS
BGAD011
Ed
Burke
12.86 hours
BGAD026
Norm Holman
8.85 hours
BGAD027
Adrian Hoogenbosch 2.99 hours
BGAK001
Brent Brazeel 17.96 hours
BGAK029
Pat
Daley
2.53 hours
BGAK030
Ron Jorgensen 6.90 hours
BGAK031
Ralph Prisel 2.80
hours
BGAK033
Tom Burrill
1.90 hours
BGAK036
Paul van den Berg 8.57 hours
BGAK043
Milt Chambers 1.45 hours
BGAM007
Allan Lowson 45.30 hours
BGAS041
Jim Urquhart 5.10
hours
TOTAL TIME BY VISITING
PILOTS IN OCTOBER: 117.21 hours
TOTAL TIME WITHIN
THE NORTHERN DIVISION: 151.28 hours
2.
Hours include all those received during the month of October (since the date of
the September report) and any November hours to date.
R/Sr. Capt. Bob Thompson
That’s all for this month.
I wish you and your families a Happy Thanksgiving.
To all of our pilots from around the world, I extend my best
regards, and my thanks for your participation in Bluegrass Airlines.
Bill Von Sennet