January 2004 Newsletter
Bush Pilots Division
The Toughman
Challenge is over. Eighteen pilots flew
the first leg, sixteen pilots flew the second leg, and fifteen completed the
event! I won’t be surprised if some
more pilots decide to fly it in the future.
You can read the pilots comments on the December “View Pireps with
Comments” page. My thanks to all
who participated.
This month’s feature
is from Punta Arenas (the southernmost airport on earth) to Barrow, AK (the
northernmost airport) Because of the
high elevation of some of the enroute stops, the aircraft selected is the DHC-3
TT Turbo-Prop Otter Amphibian.
Bush Pilot Div.
Pilots flew 219.82 hours in December and visitors flew 188.37 hours.
Australian Division
Capt. Rob Finn has
been busy testing a variety of aircraft on some of Great Aussie Air Rally of 2004 sectors.
This years event has
41 sectors. In order to make it easy on
“old” Capt. Bill, you will have 82 days to complete the flights. The web-site will be up by January 15th. The first flight will be on February 1st. Plan on registering Jan 15th so
you will be at the top of the roster and won’t have to page down to find your
data.
Australian Div. Pilots flew 282.34 hours in December and visitors
flew 5.43 hours.
Feature of
the Month
The feature this
month will be the Punta Arena – Barrow adventure sponsored by the Bush Pilot
Division.
Southern Division
Welcome to new pilots Bill Hendrix and A.P.
Hendrix.
Southern Div. Pilots
flew 285.76 hours in December and visitors flew 50.89 hours.
Bluegrass Express Division
Trainz 2004 Service
Pak 1 has been released. Now I can run
those steam engines using key strokes.
A great help since I could never figure out how to get the water
injectors to work.
Check out the screenshots.
Air Mail and
Turbo Division
Capt. Joe has been getting a lot of pireps from pilots flying
turb-props and jets. January is going
to be a busy month for him, as the feature of the month is using a turbo-prop
Otter. Pilots remember to check the
“Turbo” button on your pireps.
Northern
Division
Welcome to new
pilots George Leach and Brian Smith.
Northern Div pilots
flew 241.95 hours in December and visiting pilots flew 218.83 hours.
From the C.E.O.
Don’t forget to visit our forum and add your two cents.
In December, Bluegrass Pilots flew a total of
1076.33 hours.
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|
Dec-03 |
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Air Mail
Pilots |
46.46 |
|
Air Mail
Visitors |
22.00 |
|
Total
Air Mail Div. Flight Hours |
68.46 |
|
|
|
|
Bush
Pilots |
219.82 |
|
Bush
Pilot Visitors |
188.37 |
|
Total
Bush Pilot Div Flight Hours |
408.19 |
|
|
|
|
Australian
Pilots |
282.34 |
|
Australian
Visitors |
5.43 |
|
Total
Australian Div Flight Hours |
287.77 |
|
|
|
|
Northern
Pilots |
241.95 |
|
Northern
Visitors |
218.83 |
|
Total
Northern Div Flight Hours |
460.78 |
|
|
|
|
Southern
Pilots |
285.76 |
|
Southern
Visitors |
50.89 |
|
Total
Southern Div Flight Hours |
336.65 |
|
|
|
|
Turbo
Visitors |
294.15 |
|
Total
Turbo Flight Hours |
294.15 |
|
|
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Thanks to Coleman Green the FS2004 hangar now has a Connie in Bluegrass
Colors.
That’s all for this month, hope you all have a
Healthy and Happy New Year.
Bill Von Sennet – C.E.O.