Delta Virtual Airlines Water Cooler - Some new historic flights coming...Guess the airport

Delta Virtual Airlines Water Cooler | Airline Operations | Some new historic flights coming...Guess the airport

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Charlotte, NC

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Posted onPost created on October 29 2018 23:03 ET by Andrew Vane

NW and Delta flew there for about 12 years after WW2 with propliners, eventually moving nearby to a bigger airport.

I found some cool flights and will be adding them tomorrow at some point.

Andrew Vane (DVA2887)

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Posted onPost created on October 30 2018 03:12 ET by Soonho Lee

Make sure you run by me first!!!

Posted onPost created on October 30 2018 07:24 ET by Andrew Vane

Sorry..wrong guess.

Just kidding. I will send u email. Thanks for checking on sim versions.

Andrew Vane (DVA2887)

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Yellowstone National Park, WY

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Posted onPost created on October 30 2018 13:47 ET by Tim Knight

Must be Midway/KMDW

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Posted onPost created on October 30 2018 15:32 ET by Andrew Vane

MDW is a pretty good guess given the runway orientation. You're in the right region.

Its actually YIP, Willow Grove airport. Delta and NW flew there before DTW got expanded. They built B-24's there and today it is the home of a few charter airlines like Kalitta and another. I will add the flights before too long.

Andrew Vane (DVA2887)

Posted onPost created on October 30 2018 15:36 ET by Tim Knight

The runway orientation got me. But after looking at some historical photos I figured it was the wrong one. Good info. Thanks.

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Posted onPost created on October 30 2018 15:51 ET by Andrew Vane

The good thing is that they're DC-4 and B377 flights. You'll feel right at home flying the old props into that airport.

Andrew Vane (DVA2887)

Posted onPost created on October 30 2018 16:16 ET by Soonho Lee

The airport exists in FSX/P3D and the X-Plane. The only issue with the FSX would be that it contains old runway that doesn't exist in the RW anymore. I do not know whether that'll create an issue with pilots landing on a runway that doesn't exist in the RW.

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Las Cruces, NM

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Posted onPost created on October 30 2018 18:09 ET by Brian Donaldson

Yahoo!

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Hampton, GA USA

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Posted onPost created on October 30 2018 18:24 ET by Jim Daigneau

Cool! Here's a short history link. In addition to building "a bomber ab hour, Willow had one of the first "paved" runways I think around 1929 or so.
https://www.willowrunairport.com/about

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Posted onPost created on October 30 2018 23:30 ET by Tim Knight

Sounds good to me. Let me get out to the hanger and let the ol' girl know we got a date to YIP.

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Posted onPost created on October 31 2018 00:54 ET by Tim Knight

I took the 2004 AFCAD and updated runways in FSX using current airport diagram. Just waiting for the flight schedule.

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