Delta Virtual Airlines Water Cooler - Fleet Installer Status (9/6/2003)

Delta Virtual Airlines Water Cooler | Airline Operations | Fleet Installer Status (9/6/2003)

DVA043
Senior Captain, MD-11
OLP

Joined on June 10 2001
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"Col. Panic"
Marietta, GA

2,347 legs, 9,466.0 hours
240 legs, 553.9 hours online
2,005 legs, 8,259.1 hours ACARS
75 legs, 196.3 hours event
2,383 legs, 9,600.9 hours total
91 legs dispatched, 66.4 hours

Posted onPost created on August 29 2003 20:04 ET by Luke Kolin

I'm posting this as a sticky to keep everyone posted on the Fleet Installers until I have a reasonably complete fleet available.

8/29/2003 Update: I've released the B777, Concorde and ERJ-135/145. I suspect the ERJ has a bug in the NC textures, but the Air France and NNC versions appear to work just great.

8/31/2003 Update: There's a backlog of aircraft waiting to be tested before release; I've got two turboprops, the 757, 767 and 737 - the workhorses of the fleet. The ATR-72 has been released.

9/1/2003 Update: The 767 installer is ready, but I am unsure if I will release it. I have one or two last tweaks to perform on the 764, and I'm testing the Modern UI functionality of NSIS to see if I can spruce up the UI of the installers.

9/2/2003 Update: I'm in the process of adding the NSIS Modern UI to the intallers, to give them a better look. Check this out:

9/6/2003 Update: We have updated

COMPLETE AND AVAILABLE
CRJ-200
MD-88/90
B727-200
B777-200/300
ERJ-135/145
Concorde
ATR-72

IN TEST
EMB-120
B737-200/300/400/800
B767-200/300/400
B757-200

BEING ASSEMBLED
DC-8-11/51/61/71

RESOURCES IDENTIFIED
MD-11
L-1011
B707-100/300

THINKING WHAT TO INCLUDE
DC-9
B747-100/400

I would caution everyone that the order of this list past the first two stages should not indicate the relative priority or likelihood of completion. Something like the EMB-120 or DC-8 may vault up the list quickly since there's a single source and less likelihood of competing resources. The ATR may be the same way.

Cheers!

Luke

Luke Kolin

Senior Captain, MD-11

DVA1306
Captain, B737-800

Joined on August 28 2003

Western United States

43 legs, 94.8 hours

Posted onPost created on August 31 2003 09:51 ET by Tony Johns

Just FYI -- certain of the fleet aircraft may not be compatible with FS9/2004. I installed the MD-90 last night and got an error message when I attempted my first test flight with it. I presume it is a conflict with FSDS-crafted models, as the GMAX models (such as the MD-88) have not given me the same error.

Just a heads up for all you FS9 users out there!

Tony Johns (DVA1306)

DVA919
First Officer, B767-300

Joined on November 03 2002
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"It's a bhoys thing!"
Western Europe

185 legs, 485.7 hours
101 legs, 306.1 hours online
4 legs, 13.6 hours event

Posted onPost created on August 31 2003 12:36 ET by Mark Lee

The installers were not run in FS2K4 to see if they were compatible. So, I am not sure if any will work in it.

Mark Lee (DVA919)

DVA1306
Captain, B737-800

Joined on August 28 2003

Western United States

43 legs, 94.8 hours

Posted onPost created on August 31 2003 16:04 ET by Tony Johns

Well, the INSTALLERS work (the MD-88 is absolutely gorgeous) but several of the planes themselves don't -- like I said before, it's a function of earlier-generation FS2002 planes not being compatible with FS9.

I picked up an absolutely gorgeous FFX GMAX 727 in Delta colors off of AVSIM today, so I'm balancing that against not being able to fly the MD-90... ;-)

Tony Johns (DVA1306)

Posted onPost created on August 31 2003 20:00 ET by Luke Kolin

Absolutely. All I can say regarding FS2004 is "your mileage may vary". Once the baby arrives next month I will probably head on down to Walmart to get FS2K4, and by then we'll hopefully have more aircraft and panels to choose from. Life on the bleeding edge can be a bit of a challenge. smile

Cheers!

Luke

Luke Kolin

Senior Captain, MD-11

DVA953
Senior Captain, B737-800
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Joined on November 17 2002
50 State Club
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"V1 means V1..."
West Lafayette, IN USA

214 legs, 376.8 hours
211 legs, 373.0 hours online
117 legs, 223.6 hours ACARS

Posted onPost created on September 03 2003 16:28 ET by James Brickell

Like the Modern UI thingy, Luke!

James Brickell (DVA953)

DVA1268
Captain, B737-800

Joined on July 13 2003
DVA Fifteen-Year Anniversary

"Huh?"
Northeastern United States

48 legs, 65.3 hours
21 legs, 29.3 hours online

Posted onPost created on September 07 2003 17:40 ET by Matt Hallihan

Luke your always doing work!! You deserve a break!! I love the MD-88/90 Installer, I'll have to check out the other ones. As Always, Happy Landings

Matt Hallihan (DVA1268)

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