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DVA1427
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Kannapolis, NC
558 legs, 1,984.3 hours
250 legs,
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Posted onPost created on
April 23 2004 19:21 ET by Lewis Gregory
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Pulling up the weather forecast for Denver tomorrow from the Weather Service (weather.gov):
Tonight: Snow showers likely. Chance for precipitation is 60%. Cloudy, with a low near 27. Southwest wind between 6 and 8 mph. New snow accumulation of less than one inch possible.
Saturday: Scattered snow showers before 10am. Chance for precipitation is 30%. Partly cloudy, with a high around 54. South southwest wind 5 to 7 mph becoming north northwest. New snow accumulation of less than one inch possible.
So it doesn't look so bad by the time we'll get there...all we need for our frame rates, though, a detailed airport, a hundred planes crashing its airspace at once, and CLOUDS! 
BTW, is it just me, or is half of Denver's airport actually in Nebraska? Man, that place is huge. I better add some extra fuel for taxiing in...
Lewis GregorySenior Captain, MD-11
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DVA1521
Captain, B757-200
Joined on February 13 2004
Northeastern United States
76 legs, 134.3 hours
58 legs,
107.6 hours online
7 legs,
6.5 hours ACARS
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April 24 2004 01:19 ET by Michael Catalfamo
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Pretty decent WX
Looking at the diagram fofr DEN, It is humungus! They are now building a SIXTH 12,000 foot runway. All runways are 12,000 feet long Yes, I am planning to bring LOTS of taxi fuel for this flight. See you at the gate in CVG!
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DVA1521
Captain, B757-200
Joined on February 13 2004
Northeastern United States
76 legs, 134.3 hours
58 legs,
107.6 hours online
7 legs,
6.5 hours ACARS
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April 24 2004 02:06 ET by Michael Catalfamo
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Read this article about denver
http://www.flydenver.com/guide/facility/airfield.asp
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DVA1427
Senior Captain, MD-11
OLP
Joined on December 14 2003
Online Double Century Club
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"Livin' in the Dog Pound!"
Kannapolis, NC
558 legs, 1,984.3 hours
250 legs,
611.8 hours online
384 legs,
1,530.5 hours ACARS
38 legs,
82.7 hours event
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April 24 2004 03:43 ET by Lewis Gregory
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Yup, I was right, it's actually halfway to Nebraska! Then again, I'd imagine they had to go that far outside of town just to find enough usable land for a facility that massive.
Last time I flew in there during the Rocky Mountain Rumble a couple of months ago, I was getting 5 fps on final. Between the clouds, the 25+ planes on the ground, and the detail of the facility, my poor computer was really straining...I expect it'll be the same today.
Lewis GregorySenior Captain, MD-11
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DVA1521
Captain, B757-200
Joined on February 13 2004
Northeastern United States
76 legs, 134.3 hours
58 legs,
107.6 hours online
7 legs,
6.5 hours ACARS
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April 24 2004 03:57 ET by Michael Catalfamo
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did you read about the 16,000 foot long runway? (longest in N. America)
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DVA1242
Captain, MD-88
Joined on June 01 2003
Western United States
79 legs, 168.4 hours
5 legs,
9.0 hours online
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April 24 2004 06:45 ET by Darrin Abbink
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I live in Colorado Springs, and have flown out of Denver about 15 times in the last 10 years. I am no expert but it seems the runways are actually set up to allow for minimal taxi distances in most weather. For example, the most common landing runways are 35L and 35R with take-offs on 34R and 34L. If the landings are to the south, the landings are on 16R and 16L while take-offs are on 17R and 17L. The same applies to East or West runways (in my experience at least!)
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DVA1600
Captain, B757-200
Joined on April 01 2004
Midwestern United States
23 legs, 47.4 hours
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April 24 2004 07:12 ET by Brian Doney
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Kind of off topic, but, the maximum number of connections FS MP allows is 16, one of which is taken up by you, one by SB, ....so the most a/c you will ever see is 14, unless if you use FSNav to connect, AIBridge, etc., and then you will see even less.
The problem with events like this isn't frame rate, directly anyway. It is network lag. Today will be pretty rough.
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