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DVA043
Senior Captain, MD-11
OLP

Joined on June 10 2001
Event Half Century Club
Online Double Century Club
50 State Club
DVA Twenty-Year Anniversary
Everett 1500 Club
Bi-Millennium Club
Four Million Mile Club

"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 February 08 2004 17:20 ET by Luke Kolin

It was really fun to see a lot of you out tonight for the group flight from Houston to Dayton. It was even more pleasurable to have two DVA pilots handling my approach and tower positions.

What wasn't fun was the DC-8-61 tonight. I fired it up figuring I could fly it just as well as any other aircraft. I was wrong. I couldn't get the autopilot to work in a single axis, and ended up stalling the aircraft at 9'000 feet because of an uncommanded (well, not intentionally uncommanded) pitchup. I managed to recover at 900' AGL, only to have numerous A/P problems and fuel flows that ensured I had consumed 55% of my fuel load before 25000'.

My criteria for a groupflight checkride is "pilot is able to competently handle the aircraft in question." I clearly failed that test tonight. Back to the 732 for me.

Cheers!

Luke

Luke Kolin

Senior Captain, MD-11

DVA953
Senior Captain, B737-800
E-MAIL

Joined on November 17 2002
50 State Club
Double Century Club
Online Double Century Club

"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 February 08 2004 18:06 ET by James Brickell

Geez, I think we need Moak to teach you a thing or two smile

DVA1271
Senior Captain, MD-11

Joined on June 27 2003
Double Century Club

Central America

234 legs, 910.2 hours

Posted onPost created on February 08 2004 18:07 ET by Rolando Alvarado-Scott

jajjajajajajajaj... LOL!!!!

pura vida

Rolando Alvarado-Scott (DVA1271)

DVA891
Captain, B757-200

Joined on October 08 2002
Century Club
Online Century Club

Knoxville, TN USA

141 legs, 224.3 hours
134 legs, 208.4 hours online
4 legs, 5.0 hours ACARS
13 legs, 28.3 hours event

Posted onPost created on February 08 2004 18:17 ET by Gregory Black

Hey Luke, I have the same problem flyingthe dc-8 off line. I need a lot of practice and manual reading.

Gregory Black (DVA891)

DVA1008
Senior Captain, B757-200

Joined on December 14 2002
B757 100 Club
Everett 250 Club
50 State Club
Six Century Club
Online Six Century Club
DVA Fifteen-Year Anniversary

"Fly 'till the map turns blue"
Kokomo, IN

633 legs, 1,731.3 hours
613 legs, 1,689.9 hours online
212 legs, 792.3 hours ACARS
35 legs, 77.7 hours event

Posted onPost created on February 08 2004 18:26 ET by Matt Young

So that's why you didn't join me in flying the CV-880 the night I checked out in it. I guess it's only for us special people. smile

Matt Young

Senior Captain, B757-200

DVA613
Senior Captain, B727-200
OLP, VFRADV

Joined on June 17 2002
50 State Club
Events Century Club
Million Mile Club
US Coastal Club
US Mountaineer Club
Commuter Conquest
Globetrotter
Everett Millennium Club
Bi-Millennium Club
Online Twenty Century
DVA Twenty-Year Anniversary

"Beware of the Green Baron!"
Charlotte, NC USA

2,509 legs, 4,025.8 hours
2,328 legs, 3,644.8 hours online
2,142 legs, 3,186.8 hours ACARS
130 legs, 238.7 hours event
165 legs dispatched, 103.9 hours

Posted onPost created on February 09 2004 04:18 ET by David Keech

DC-3's out there for FS02? I have checked avsim and none tip my fancy. Will the DC3 in 04 work in 02?

David Keech (DVA613)

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