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DVA10252
Captain, A330-300
Joined on October 20 2011
B757 100 Club
DVA Ten-Year Anniversary
50 State Club
Globetrotter
Online Millennium Club
Million Mile Club
US Mountaineer Club
US Coastal Club
Toulouse Millennium Club
Flying Colonel
Fort Sill, OK
1,644 legs, 3,045.9 hours
1,497 legs,
2,633.8 hours online
1,606 legs,
2,908.7 hours ACARS
53 legs,
75.3 hours event
62 legs dispatched, 264.0
hours
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Posted onPost created on
February 26 2022 10:57 ET by Jonathan Pinkerton
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My work sent me to a two-week training. (The training starts on a Wednesday and ends on a Tuesday, for ... reasons. They give me the first Tuesday to travel, then on the final Wednesday to travel back home.) It's only about a 5-hour drive from my house, but I decided that I should definitely take my setup with me to have something to do while I'm not in class. So I brought my setup to the hotel!
...my wife thinks I'm nuts. I know I am.
Full-size image at the link.
Jonathan PinkertonCaptain, A330-300
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DVA10252
Captain, A330-300
Joined on October 20 2011
B757 100 Club
DVA Ten-Year Anniversary
50 State Club
Globetrotter
Online Millennium Club
Million Mile Club
US Mountaineer Club
US Coastal Club
Toulouse Millennium Club
Flying Colonel
Fort Sill, OK
1,644 legs, 3,045.9 hours
1,497 legs,
2,633.8 hours online
1,606 legs,
2,908.7 hours ACARS
53 legs,
75.3 hours event
62 legs dispatched, 264.0
hours
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Posted onPost created on
February 26 2022 10:58 ET by Jonathan Pinkerton
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I usually have a fourth monitor on my main system, and I often use it for charts / ACARS / etc., but I didn't bring that because I didn't want to go too far. The laptop is driving the other monitor.
View the full-size image here:
https://ibb.co/df5LQv0
My setup:
nVidia GeForce 3070, AMD Ryzen 9 5900X
X-Plane 11
Honeycomb Alpha yoke
Honeycomb Bravo throttle quadrant with add-on swappable mods for 737 handles and flaps settings
Saitek/Logitech rudder pedals
Saitek radio panel
Logitech G935 wireless gaming headset (with buttons I set as a PTT so I can respond to ATC while in another room!)
Microsoft LifeChat LX-3000 (backup in case I was a dummy and let the G935 die!)
VoiceMeeter Potato for audio switching (enables, among other things, two headsets I can switch between at will)
Logitech Z323 speaker system (one woofer, two tweeters)
Logitech Extreme 3D Pro joystick (not pictured) for use as an Airbus sidestick
Favorite planes: A340-600 by ToLiss; 737ng Project
Jonathan PinkertonCaptain, A330-300
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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
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Posted onPost created on
February 26 2022 11:08 ET by David Vega
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Nice setup! I'm sure the hotel personnel thinks you're an airline pilot staying current with your training. 
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DVA14023
First Officer, B767-300
Joined on August 08 2021
50 State Club
Globetrotter
US Coastal Club
B757 100 Club
US Mountaineer Club
Commuter Conquest
Everett 500 Club
Two Million Mile Club
DVA Two-Year Anniversary
Online Eight Century
Flying Colonel
"What goes up must come down, gently ..."
New Zealand
1,527 legs, 5,356.6 hours
815 legs,
1,793.1 hours online
1,486 legs,
5,170.7 hours ACARS
9 legs,
12.1 hours event
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Posted onPost created on
February 27 2022 12:49 ET by Mike Bell
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Now that's probably a first. Jonathon absolutely amazing.
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DVA610
Senior Captain, A350-900
Joined on June 16 2002
50 State Club
DVA Twenty-Year Anniversary
Kangaroo Club
Globetrotter
Summer Olympics Club
Everett 250 Club
Quincentenary Club
"Read Delta FLY!"
Boston, MA
526 legs, 1,757.7 hours
35 legs,
50.5 hours online
491 legs,
1,688.6 hours ACARS
5 legs,
9.0 hours event
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Posted onPost created on
February 27 2022 18:09 ET by Alex Schlesinger
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David Vega wrote:
Nice setup! I'm sure the hotel personnel thinks you're an airline pilot staying current with your training. ;)
First thought I had "The cleaning staff are going to be wildly confused." 
Great setup, and props to you for having the patience to tear it down, set it up and tear it down! I moved my setup to a different room of the house earlier this year and I'm good for at least the next lifetime and that was just a couple displays.
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DVA10252
Captain, A330-300
Joined on October 20 2011
B757 100 Club
DVA Ten-Year Anniversary
50 State Club
Globetrotter
Online Millennium Club
Million Mile Club
US Mountaineer Club
US Coastal Club
Toulouse Millennium Club
Flying Colonel
Fort Sill, OK
1,644 legs, 3,045.9 hours
1,497 legs,
2,633.8 hours online
1,606 legs,
2,908.7 hours ACARS
53 legs,
75.3 hours event
62 legs dispatched, 264.0
hours
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Posted onPost created on
February 27 2022 23:11 ET by Jonathan Pinkerton
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David Vega wrote:
Nice setup! I'm sure the hotel personnel thinks you're an airline pilot staying current with your training. ;)
Funny, I've actually run into a few airline pilots here! but they all fly ERJ 175s. Sadly my sim isn't terribly realistic (X-Crafts, which I had thought was one of the better ones!) But I did get a nice picture of the ERJ's really nice VNAV out of the deal!!
Alex Schlesinger wrote:
First thought I had "The cleaning staff are going to be wildly confused." :D
Actually, the cleaning staff (I saw her after she cleaned to tip her) just acted like it was nothing at all, it wasn't really in her way so she wasn't bothering about it, she's just trying to get through 47 rooms in not nearly enough time.
Alex Schlesinger wrote:
Great setup, and props to you for having the patience to tear it down, set it up and tear it down! I moved my setup to a different room of the house earlier this year and I'm good for at least the next lifetime and that was just a couple displays.
It did actually take me about 2 hours to set it all up. But that was partly because I took it down in such a hurry at home. No idea what it will be like to get it back home again, but hopefully it will work like a dream again when I get it back!
Jonathan PinkertonCaptain, A330-300
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DVA10723
Captain, B737-800
OLP
Joined on May 10 2012
50 State Club
Globetrotter
DVA Ten-Year Anniversary
Two Million Mile Club
US Capital Club
Flying Colonel
Carolina Club
Everett 1500 Club
Myrtle Beach, SC
1,551 legs, 4,996.1 hours
19 legs,
27.1 hours online
1,529 legs,
4,940.6 hours ACARS
2 legs,
4.6 hours event
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Posted onPost created on
January 30 2023 10:55 ET by Josh Martin
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Some call it crazy, i call it dedication…
Josh MartinCaptain, B737-800
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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
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Posted onPost created on
January 30 2023 14:27 ET by Andrew Vane
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That is awesome. I know a sales rep in the SE who travels a lot and he always packs his x-box. he'll take clients to dinner and then say at 7PM "I'm tired" and go back to his room and xbos until midnight ha ha.
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DVA14072
First Officer, A350-900
Joined on December 31 2021
DVA Two-Year Anniversary
"A vida é feita de escolhas e nós... Bem, nós escolhemos voar"
São Paulo Brazil
93 legs, 318.5 hours
81 legs,
297.8 hours online
92 legs,
316.0 hours ACARS
30 legs,
55.7 hours event
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Posted onPost created on
February 04 2023 16:49 ET by Eudes Malemene
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Thank you Jonathan! Posts like this make me feel less crazy about Flight Simming!
Eudes MalemeneFirst Officer, A350-900
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DVA4788
Chief Pilot, L-1011-100
OLP
Joined on August 02 2007
50 State Club
Everett Century Club
Online Double Century Club
Quatercentenary Club
DVA Fifteen-Year Anniversary
"Fly it like a Samsonite Gorilla!!"
Wichita, KS
471 legs, 884.0 hours
220 legs,
398.1 hours online
459 legs,
859.5 hours ACARS
2 legs,
5.2 hours event
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Posted onPost created on
May 21 2023 07:39 ET by Jon Michael Prenovost
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Jonathan, I was a long haul, over the road, truck driver, for some 21 years, and I had a four screen setup inside the cab of my truck(s). It was funny, because on the weekends when I would get stuck somewhere because of no, or otherwise low paying freight, I'd be flying like 10-12 hours a day. People could see me when I was parked up doing this because of the multiple monitors, and a headset. I'd get all kinds of questions like "Are you a cop?", or "Are you with the FBI or something?"... So no you're NOT nuts!! Just passionate about aviation and the hobby!!
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DVA2527
Senior Captain, B737-800
Joined on August 15 2005
50 State Club
Online Thirty Century
Everett Tri-Millennium Club
DVA Twenty-Year Anniversary
Five Millennium Club
Three Million Mile Club
"Flying Delta's Western Hub"
Salt Lake City, UT USA
5,172 legs, 10,082.1 hours
3,906 legs,
7,734.0 hours online
4,587 legs,
8,903.9 hours ACARS
22 legs,
49.5 hours event
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Posted onPost created on
May 21 2023 22:26 ET by Joe Porter
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WOW and I thought I was an extremist with my pit. . . .
Joe PorterSenior Captain, B737-800
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DVA10723
Captain, B737-800
OLP
Joined on May 10 2012
50 State Club
Globetrotter
DVA Ten-Year Anniversary
Two Million Mile Club
US Capital Club
Flying Colonel
Carolina Club
Everett 1500 Club
Myrtle Beach, SC
1,551 legs, 4,996.1 hours
19 legs,
27.1 hours online
1,529 legs,
4,940.6 hours ACARS
2 legs,
4.6 hours event
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Posted onPost created on
January 04 2025 13:31 ET by Josh Martin
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Jon Michael Prenovost wrote:
Jonathan, I was a long haul, over the road, truck driver, for some 21 years, and I had a four screen setup inside the cab of my truck(s). It was funny, because on the weekends when I would get stuck somewhere because of no, or otherwise low paying freight, I'd be flying like 10-12 hours a day. People could see me when I was parked up doing this because of the multiple monitors, and a headset. I'd get all kinds of questions like "Are you a cop?", or "Are you with the FBI or something?"... So no you're NOT nuts!! Just passionate about aviation and the hobby!!
hahaha...that's awesome!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Josh MartinCaptain, B737-800
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DVA14120
Captain, B747-400
Joined on July 08 2022
50 State Club
Globetrotter
DVA Two-Year Anniversary
US Mountaineer Club
US Coastal Club
Toulouse 500 Club
Online Eight Century
Millennium Club
Engadine, New South Wales Australia
1,077 legs, 2,237.7 hours
894 legs,
2,027.4 hours online
1,075 legs,
2,233.3 hours ACARS
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Posted onPost created on
January 05 2025 07:39 ET by George Zhukov
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Jonathan Pinkerton wrote:
David Vega wrote:
Nice setup! I'm sure the hotel personnel thinks you're an airline pilot staying current with your training. ;)
Funny, I've actually run into a few airline pilots here! but they all fly ERJ 175s. Sadly my sim isn't terribly realistic (X-Crafts, which I had thought was one of the better ones!) But I did get a nice picture of the ERJ's really nice VNAV out of the deal!!
Really nice set up and I love your dedication 
BTW, what is the best E-jet on flight sim? I am using the SSG legacy for XP11. It is OK... doesn't look nice but I feel the systems are good. Very old product, no liveries, no support
George ZhukovCaptain, B747-400
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DVA2496
Senior Captain, B757-200
OLP
Joined on July 13 2005
B757 100 Club
50 State Club
Iron Dispatcher
Black Pearl Club
Everett Millennium Club
Globetrotter
Online Fifteen Century
Two Million Mile Club
Event Half Century Club
DVA Twenty-Year Anniversary
Bi-Millennium Club
"Delta Connect - Antigua to world"
Cassada Gardens, Saint John Antigua and Barbuda
2,075 legs, 6,699.1 hours
1,978 legs,
6,435.3 hours online
1,932 legs,
6,279.0 hours ACARS
83 legs,
184.0 hours event
641 legs dispatched, 253.3
hours
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Posted onPost created on
May 26 2025 00:52 ET by Perez Howson
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welp! hey! why the heck not!!!!
Nice!
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DVA12392
First Officer, B737-800
Joined on October 10 2014
DVA Ten-Year Anniversary
Midwestern United States
12 legs, 21.6 hours
5 legs,
12.6 hours online
11 legs,
21.1 hours ACARS
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Posted onPost created on
February 08 2026 20:54 ET by Mitchell Welker
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The commitment of five monitors, the full honeycomb setup AND radio stack is astounding!
Mitchell WelkerFirst Officer, B737-800
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