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DVA3419 Captain, MD-88 Joined on July 31 2006 DVA Fifteen-Year Anniversary "Propellers keep you kewl!" Newark, DE 67 legs, 89.6 hours 61 legs, 82.8 hours ACARS	Posted onPost created on June 14 2021 17:23 ET by Norm Hare
	Was looking at some of the awards and under the Piston Prop Proffessional it lists a PA-31 as one of the airframes available. I am familiar with the Piper Navajo as a PA-31 but what aircraft does this refer to.
DVA3419 Captain, MD-88 Joined on July 31 2006 DVA Fifteen-Year Anniversary "Propellers keep you kewl!" Newark, DE 67 legs, 89.6 hours 61 legs, 82.8 hours ACARS	Posted onPost created on June 14 2021 17:38 ET by Norm Hare
	So I guess it is the Navajo. Just found it under the fleet info. Had no idea it was an approved DVA aircraft. Appears mostly under RWxxxx flights. What airline would that be?
DVA388 Senior Captain, B747-400 OLP Joined on December 14 2001 50 State Club B757 100 Club US Coastal Club US Mountaineer Club Online Century Club Stage 1 Jet Triple Century Club Globetrotter DVA Twenty-Year Anniversary Millennium Club Million Mile Club Midwestern United States 1,252 legs, 2,773.2 hours 153 legs, 178.1 hours online 1,172 legs, 2,643.0 hours ACARS 10 legs, 22.0 hours event 39 legs dispatched, 67.6 hours	Posted onPost created on June 14 2021 19:03 ET by David Vega
	Hey Norm. RW is the IATA code for Air Hughes Airwest (see here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hughes_Airwest) Per that link, they operated Piper Navajos until 1969-70.
DVA3419 Captain, MD-88 Joined on July 31 2006 DVA Fifteen-Year Anniversary "Propellers keep you kewl!" Newark, DE 67 legs, 89.6 hours 61 legs, 82.8 hours ACARS	Posted onPost created on June 15 2021 06:16 ET by Norm Hare
	Excellent. Did a little more research and it appears they may have also had a PA-23 Aztec back in the day
DVA2481 Senior Captain, A320 E-MAIL Joined on July 15 2005 Iditarod Club DVA Fifteen-Year Anniversary US Capital Club 50 State Club Online Quadruple Century Club Toulouse 250 Club Seven Century Club Madrid Spain 723 legs, 1,394.4 hours 461 legs, 924.5 hours online 621 legs, 1,110.2 hours ACARS	Posted onPost created on June 15 2021 08:54 ET by Jimmi Cranford
	It's a great way to combine GA flying with DVA. I took advantage of the Navajo back when I flew FSX. Hopefully one of our smaller planes will be available for MSFS2020 soon.
DVA3419 Captain, MD-88 Joined on July 31 2006 DVA Fifteen-Year Anniversary "Propellers keep you kewl!" Newark, DE 67 legs, 89.6 hours 61 legs, 82.8 hours ACARS	Posted onPost created on June 15 2021 09:22 ET by Norm Hare
	Agreed. I don't recall the GA stuff being available before I went on a long hiatus. I have Carenado's PA-31 for P3D and enjoy the simplicity compared to the larger aircraft. Unfortunately, I haven't been able to find a Hughes Air West or it's predecessors Air West livery for it. It would be a nice touch.

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