October 2008 Newsletter
Feature of the Month
DC-3
Airways World Tour (Click on WR2008)
I believe the flight information will be
released on the web-site in a day or two.
As soon as available try doing some practice flights. The previous World Rally taught me a lot,
including how to make a procedure turn after flying directly over the field on
downwind. It will be worth the effort.
I just received a copy of the March 1946
American Aviation air traffic guide (forerunner of the OAG). I have updated the Historic Bluegrass
Airlines page with the 3/46 schedule. We
still don’t know what aircraft were used except “Twin engine transport” They were surplus from WWII so they were
probably Douglas C-47’s (DC-3) or Beechcraft C-45’s (D-18).
WestcoastATC time for September 2008
Don’t get excited about our 25 hour 36 minute
average this month. We are in violation
of AIM 4.6.1.
Fortunately the WestCoastATC hours police
aren’t watching us or Virtual Business Jet this month.
A reminder, You can fly all you want on the free
servers, but are limited to reporting 120 hours per month. So after you log 120
hours don’t file any flight plans. The
exception is for ATC flights, there is no limit. It must be disappointing to WCATC that our
pilots did not fly any ATC flights this month.
I’m guilty of this also, as I like to think I’m flying in the
1930’s,40’s or 50’s. I’m not interested
in SIDS or STARS, and mostly just NDB’s and VOR’s no GPS. It would be nice to have a controller at the
destination airport when we have a group of pilots.
Pilot Hours in September
ID |
Pilot |
Location |
Rank |
Last Flight |
Hours |
BGAD017 |
John Lawler |
- |
ATP Captain |
28-Sep-08 |
27.31 |
BGAD022 |
Gayngel van den Ing |
- |
ATP Captain |
11-Sep-08 |
20.17 |
BGAD032 |
Smithy |
|
Senior Captain |
31-Aug-08 |
43.16 |
BGAD035 |
Sid Knapp |
|
Captain |
28-Sep-08 |
6.58 |
BGAD039 |
Laurie Cooper |
|
Senior Captain |
30-Sep-08 |
89.02 |
BGAD042 |
Don Moore |
|
ATP Captain |
20-Sep-08 |
28.05 |
BGAD048 |
Les Smith |
|
First Officer |
21-Sep-08 |
14.73 |
BGAD056 |
Darryl Starick |
|
ATP Captain |
29-Sep-08 |
143.10 |
BGAK001 |
Brent Brazeel |
Oklahoma-US |
ATP Captain |
13-Sep-08 |
23.01 |
BGAK011 |
Coleman Green |
Maryland-US |
ATP Captain |
16-Sep-08 |
4.88 |
BGAK013 |
Edward Brunelle |
Massachussetts-US |
ATP Captain |
30-Sep-08 |
215.12 |
BGAK015 |
David R. Evans |
Michigan-US |
Senior Captain |
29-Sep-08 |
51.20 |
BGAK029 |
Patrick Daley |
- |
Senior Captain |
25-Sep-08 |
1.57 |
BGAK033 |
Tom Burrill |
- |
Senior Captain |
27-Sep-08 |
30.44 |
BGAK036 |
Paul van den Berg |
- |
Senior Captain |
15-Sep-08 |
7.75 |
BGAK056 |
Steve Sellmeyer |
Nebraska-US |
Captain |
11-Sep-08 |
4.60 |
BGAK074 |
Rickey May |
Arkansas-US |
Pilot |
27-Sep-08 |
4.37 |
BGAM007 |
Allan Lowson |
|
ATP Captain |
27-Sep-08 |
22.44 |
BGAM013 |
Alex Greig |
|
First Officer |
14-Sep-08 |
1.60 |
BGAN002 |
Joe Weber |
Indiana-US |
Senior Captain |
28-Sep-08 |
5.39 |
BGAN021 |
Luke |
|
Captain |
30-Sep-08 |
7.27 |
BGAN023 |
Guy Goddard |
Maryland-US |
Captain |
31-Aug-08 |
1.50 |
BGAN040 |
Dan George |
West Virginia-US |
Captain |
30-Sep-08 |
23.17 |
BGAN041 |
Bill Cox |
Virginia-US |
Captain |
29-Sep-08 |
16.40 |
BGAN047 |
Paul Mensch |
|
Senior Captain |
25-Sep-08 |
9.57 |
BGAN066 |
Paladin |
Washington-US |
First Officer |
5-Sep-08 |
8.62 |
BGAS003 |
Henrique Wiederspahn |
|
Captain |
19-Sep-08 |
0.92 |
BGAS031 |
Gary McCarty |
- |
ATP Captain |
29-Sep-08 |
281.94 |
BGAS041 |
Jim Urquhart |
- |
ATP Captain |
29-Sep-08 |
178.23 |
BGAS069 |
Jerry Gaallagher |
Florida-US |
Pilot |
18-Sep-08 |
1.96 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total |
1274.07 |
Welcome to New Pilots
BGAM015 |
Franco Morelli |
|
BGAK074 |
Rickey May |
Arkansas-US |
We have a new
rule. When signing up as a new pilot we
require a first and last name. It would
be super cool if pilots who previously signed up with a “handle” or first name
only would submit a new application so I could update the roster to maintain uniformity.
Why do pilots
sign up, and then never report a flight?
Is there some prestige just in belonging to BGA? Last month I didn’t list new pilots who
hadn’t flown. It wasn’t for spite, I
deleted all the pilots with zero hours and forgot to check for new pilots
before that. Before I prepare next
months newletter, I intend to delete new pilots who don’t fly any flights
within 3 months of joining. Even though
that adds work for me, it will cut down on the size of the data base for the
auto-pirep system.
If you are a
pilot who has never reported a flight, now is the time to do it. Auto-Pirep System Log in and submit a pirep. If you forgot your login name and password,
e-mail me at bill@billvons.com Please give me your name and pilots ID.
Regarding the Forum
The old forum is about to be deleted. If there is anything you want to copy from
there, let me know as I have put it in maintenance mode, thereby locking it to
everyone but mysef.
The new forum is working well.
One area of concern is that many of you have left your sign-in name to
default as your display name. That means
very few of us know who you are when you post.
To correct this, after you log-in click “Profile” then click “Modify Profile” Then 5 lines down you will see “Display
Name”. Put your name in the box and at
the bottom of the page click “Modify Profile”.
Thanks
From the C.E.O.
It has been 10
weeks since my hip replacement.
Everything is going well, except for some swelling in my legs and
feet. I am back on the road
driving. We plan to take our first
overnight trip to view the fall foliage in the Bloomsburg PA area soon.
Don’t forget to
check out the forum and add
your 3 cents.
That’s all for
now,
Bill Von Sennet
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