Delta Virtual Airlines Water Cooler - Instead of Weekend Charter: Martin 4-0-4 Added to the Hangar

Delta Virtual Airlines Water Cooler \| Airline Operations \| Instead of Weekend Charter: Martin 4-0-4 Added to the Hangar
DVA2887 Senior Captain, A320 OLP, 737-ATP, VFRADV Joined on January 30 2006 50 State Club Globetrotter Tri-Jet Triumph US Coastal Club Millennium Club DVA Fifteen-Year Anniversary US Mountaineer Club Toulouse 250 Club Online Eight Century Charlotte, NC 1,287 legs, 1,796.9 hours 841 legs, 1,048.5 hours online 1,269 legs, 1,774.9 hours ACARS 31 legs, 49.6 hours event 3 legs dispatched, 2.5 hours	Posted onPost created on October 22 2016 22:27 ET by Andrew Vane
	This weekend (Oct 21) marks the 66th anniversary of the first flight of the Martin 4-0-4. To celebrate this event, we have added the Martin 4-0-4 to the fleet in the DC-6 program. You can obtain this rating via the DC-6 program as a secondary rating. The Martin 4-0-4 was operated commercially by ASA (eventually a Delta RJ provider) and Southern Airways who eventually was acquired by Northwest. It was also flown by Eastern and TWA here in the US. FS2004 and FSX freware versions can be obtained from Calclassic.com or flyawaysimulation.com. To obtain the rating for this aircraft, request additional ratings for the DC-6 program via the Pilot Center. *Screenie courtesy of Calclassic.com
DVA5643 Senior Captain, DC-6 Joined on February 08 2008 Piston Prop Professional 50 State Club US Coastal Club Globetrotter US Mountaineer Club Flying Colonel DVA Fifteen-Year Anniversary Long Beach 500 Club "I'd rather be lucky than good" Hampton, GA USA 1,928 legs, 2,899.4 hours 5 legs, 3.8 hours online 1,921 legs, 2,889.4 hours ACARS	Posted onPost created on October 23 2016 16:58 ET by Jim Daigneau
	Not be forgotten, NWA was a launch customer for the Martin 202, a much anticipated replacement for the DC-3. Convair was a little behind with their CV240, but the M202 had a fatal design flaw. Read more here: http://www.nwahistory.org/assets/13_dec_newsletter.pdf Thanks Drew! What a great surprise!
DVA2887 Senior Captain, A320 OLP, 737-ATP, VFRADV Joined on January 30 2006 50 State Club Globetrotter Tri-Jet Triumph US Coastal Club Millennium Club DVA Fifteen-Year Anniversary US Mountaineer Club Toulouse 250 Club Online Eight Century Charlotte, NC 1,287 legs, 1,796.9 hours 841 legs, 1,048.5 hours online 1,269 legs, 1,774.9 hours ACARS 31 legs, 49.6 hours event 3 legs dispatched, 2.5 hours	Posted onPost created on October 23 2016 21:40 ET by Andrew Vane
	I'm trying to fill your hangar as fast as I can!
DVA5643 Senior Captain, DC-6 Joined on February 08 2008 Piston Prop Professional 50 State Club US Coastal Club Globetrotter US Mountaineer Club Flying Colonel DVA Fifteen-Year Anniversary Long Beach 500 Club "I'd rather be lucky than good" Hampton, GA USA 1,928 legs, 2,899.4 hours 5 legs, 3.8 hours online 1,921 legs, 2,889.4 hours ACARS	Posted onPost created on October 24 2016 17:21 ET by Jim Daigneau
	A couple more items on the Martin. The 404 was actually a very good airplane but the damage done by the 202 debacle was significant. The airlines that put the 404 into service usually tried to call it something else like Easter's "Silver Fleet". Nice. For those pilots used to the CalClassic FS9/FSX fleet, the Martin does not have a VC. The gauges are in the panel.cfg but the VC panel was never constructed in the model. That being said, the airplane flies pretty well and the Tom Gibson's NOTEPAD remains a good planning tool.

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