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Congrats Adam Gaweda - newest PPL graduate! |
DVA2253
Senior Captain, DC-8-61
COMM
Joined on April 01 2005
Everett 250 Club
Online Century Club
Eight Century Club
DVA Ten-Year Anniversary
"I'd rather be flying!"
Church Hill, TN USA
862 legs, 1,344.5 hours
108 legs,
165.2 hours online
299 legs,
485.1 hours ACARS
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Posted onPost created on
September 13 2006 23:32 ET by George Lewis
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B777 Chief Pilot Adam Gaweda passed his PPL checkride in the DVA Flight Academy and with this he earns the distinction of the first DVA Staff Member outside of the Flight Academy to be awarded the PPL certificate (yes, folks, we even make the staff members work for it, no freebies here)
Adam did a great job - he hand flew the airplane very well and of course, NDB and VOR navigation was a breeze for himl. Again, great job and thanks for going through the course Adam!
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DVA1583
Senior Captain, MD-11
OLP
Joined on March 23 2004
Everett 250 Club
Online Six Century Club
50 State Club
DVA Fifteen-Year Anniversary
Seven Century Club
South America
710 legs, 1,938.2 hours
619 legs,
1,760.2 hours online
589 legs,
1,630.3 hours ACARS
16 legs,
61.2 hours event
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Posted onPost created on
September 14 2006 00:05 ET by Charly Azcue
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Congrats, good job Adameke 
Regards
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DVA3143
Captain, B767-300
Joined on May 15 2006
Little Rock, AR USA
98 legs, 293.5 hours
92 legs,
288.2 hours online
91 legs,
271.4 hours ACARS
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Posted onPost created on
September 14 2006 00:13 ET by Evan Dunn
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| Sweet, great job Adam!
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DVA1320
Senior Captain, B777-200
COMM
Joined on August 29 2003
Online Six Century Club
DVA Ten-Year Anniversary
Everett Millennium Club
Flying Colonel
Three Million Mile Club
Arlington, VA USA
1,752 legs, 7,042.0 hours
610 legs,
2,627.6 hours online
272 legs,
966.9 hours ACARS
5 legs,
12.2 hours event
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Posted onPost created on
September 14 2006 07:05 ET by Daniel Ward
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| Well done Adam!!
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DVA2086
Senior Captain, B767-300
E-MAIL
Joined on January 12 2005
Online Double Century Club
Six Century Club
50 State Club
Sharpsburg, GA USA
643 legs, 1,866.3 hours
505 legs,
1,417.9 hours online
418 legs,
1,380.2 hours ACARS
63 legs,
196.8 hours event
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Posted onPost created on
September 14 2006 08:26 ET by Chris Williams
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Mr. first staffer to get his ppl certificate.
Here's to you ole sultan of the T7.
While most T7 pilots scoff at this hand flying idea or VOR navgiation mumbo jumbo you drank the flight academy kool-aid and said to heck with FMCs and autopilots.
So crack open a cold one Mr. VOR man because tonight it's just you, a new FA, and two props.
Congrats!
Chris WilliamsSenior Captain, B767-300
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DVA2370
Senior Captain, B737-800
OLP, COMM, VFRADV
Joined on May 26 2005
Online Triple Century Club
Commuter Conquest
Six Century Club
Stage 1 Prop Triple Century Club
50 State Club
US Coastal Club
DVA Twenty-Year Anniversary
Flagler Beach, FL USA
675 legs, 726.8 hours
319 legs,
311.4 hours online
179 legs,
146.1 hours ACARS
1 legs,
1.6 hours event
0 legs dispatched, 4.0
hours
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Posted onPost created on
September 14 2006 08:43 ET by Scott Clarke
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Congrats are in order. Adam, it was a pleasure to fly with you as your flight instructor. You bring a wealth of aircraft knowledge and your attention to detail is great. Thanks for taking the course, hope you learned a few things. Also, thanks for working with us on improvements to the EMB-120 and its panel for the commercial and instrument course.....
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DVA2214
Captain, A330-300
OLP
E-MAIL
Joined on March 25 2005
50 State Club
Everett 500 Club
Globetrotter
White Knuckles Club
Million Mile Club
Millennium Club
US Capital Club
DVA Fifteen-Year Anniversary
"One takeoff and landing at a time"
Tampa, FL
1,124 legs, 2,777.2 hours
35 legs,
61.3 hours online
1,005 legs,
2,492.2 hours ACARS
1,153 legs, 2,869.7 hours total
111 legs dispatched, 90.7
hours
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Posted onPost created on
September 14 2006 09:03 ET by Anthony Katosh
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Congrats wish i had more time to take this course
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DVA1267
Senior Captain, B777-200
Joined on July 09 2003
Triple Century Club
"Tactless, Understood, Right"
Colorado Springs, CO USA
368 legs, 1,943.8 hours
47 legs,
192.9 hours online
54 legs,
217.2 hours ACARS
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Posted onPost created on
September 14 2006 11:29 ET by Matt Reamy
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hahahaha @ Chris W.
Good job, Adam.
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DVA1679
Senior Captain, A320
Joined on May 16 2004
Triple Century Club
Online Triple Century Club
"flightdeckproductions.com"
Utica, MI USA
322 legs, 620.4 hours
300 legs,
591.4 hours online
115 legs,
194.0 hours ACARS
5 legs,
11.3 hours event
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Posted onPost created on
September 14 2006 11:33 ET by Larry Foltran
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Great job Adam!
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DVA2040
Senior Captain, B757-200
Joined on December 07 2004
Online Quintuple Century Club
Six Century Club
"Still goin'"
Harrisburg, PA USA
634 legs, 1,543.7 hours
508 legs,
1,299.7 hours online
509 legs,
1,280.6 hours ACARS
33 legs,
91.1 hours event
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Posted onPost created on
September 14 2006 11:35 ET by Adam Seiferth
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WHOA, good work Adam G  I bet you don't even use all that FMC crap when you fly the 777 anyway!!! Congrats sir!!
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DVA3196
Senior Captain, MD-11
OLP, COMM
Joined on June 03 2006
Online Double Century Club
50 State Club
Six Century Club
"pitchpowertrim.com"
Anderson, MO
619 legs, 1,093.4 hours
292 legs,
503.1 hours online
580 legs,
1,026.5 hours ACARS
89 legs,
191.0 hours event
236 legs dispatched, 110.1
hours
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Posted onPost created on
September 14 2006 11:54 ET by Michael Brown
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I use a sextant and the stars above when I fly .......maybe thats why my landings are a little on the hard side :-/
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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
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Posted onPost created on
September 14 2006 12:01 ET by David Keech
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Darn, here I was hoping I would be the first. Oh well, congrats anyway.
Chris W., is there a radio or TV commercial you can't reference? And they all seem to be beer related..hm. Terry we need to discuss alcohol testing the pilots before flights LOL
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DVA2086
Senior Captain, B767-300
E-MAIL
Joined on January 12 2005
Online Double Century Club
Six Century Club
50 State Club
Sharpsburg, GA USA
643 legs, 1,866.3 hours
505 legs,
1,417.9 hours online
418 legs,
1,380.2 hours ACARS
63 legs,
196.8 hours event
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Posted onPost created on
September 14 2006 12:15 ET by Chris Williams
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Actually I'm not a big beer drinker. I'm more of a crown guy.
No drnuk I'm not occifer. Come to think of it, that might be the reason some of my landings are so bad. Wow......we really need to do testing on you then, Keech! 
Chris WilliamsSenior Captain, B767-300
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DVA3054
Senior Captain, B757-200
Joined on April 08 2006
Long Beach Century Club
Online Seven Century Club
Eight Century Club
DVA Ten-Year Anniversary
Wellington, New Zealand
840 legs, 1,948.4 hours
743 legs,
1,606.4 hours online
735 legs,
1,556.1 hours ACARS
40 legs,
91.9 hours event
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Posted onPost created on
September 14 2006 12:47 ET by Bruno Pinto
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Congrats!!!
Bruno PintoSenior Captain, B757-200
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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
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Posted onPost created on
September 14 2006 13:30 ET by Jimmi Cranford
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Good job Adam!
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DVA057
Senior Captain, B777-200
COMM
Joined on June 02 2002
Events Century Club
Six Century Club
Online Quintuple Century Club
Everett 500 Club
50 State Club
DVA Twenty-Year Anniversary
"We Are ... Penn State!"
Atlanta, GA USA
672 legs, 1,338.4 hours
531 legs,
1,076.4 hours online
392 legs,
786.1 hours ACARS
190 legs,
406.3 hours event
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Posted onPost created on
September 14 2006 15:14 ET by Terry Eshenour
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Congratulations "Wing Walker" Adam, the first staff member to complete the PPL course!
Aren't the EMB-120 wings a bit narrow for wing walking? Don't you have to look out for the spinning fan blades?
(For those who don't know Adam, he is reknown for tweaking the aircraft.cfg file while flying in Group Flights. We refer to his tinkering as wing walking.)
Terry EshenourSenior Captain, B777-200
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DVA2728
Captain, MD-11
E-MAIL
Joined on December 04 2005
Triple Century Club
Online Triple Century Club
DVA Fifteen-Year Anniversary
Tri-Jet Double Centruy CLub
Million Mile Club
"Exceeding the standard."
March Air Reserve Base, CA
343 legs, 2,038.9 hours
317 legs,
1,833.0 hours online
292 legs,
1,778.6 hours ACARS
6 legs,
27.9 hours event
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Posted onPost created on
September 14 2006 16:04 ET by Shane Olguin
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Man, Adam beat me to it! I need to get back into the PPL course and finish what I started. Congratulations, Adam!
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DVA1070
Senior Captain, B777-200
COMM
Joined on January 28 2003
Online Century Club
Double Century Club
"I believe I can fly"
Jeffersonville, IN USA
218 legs, 841.9 hours
182 legs,
778.3 hours online
108 legs,
505.1 hours ACARS
42 legs,
200.5 hours event
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Posted onPost created on
September 14 2006 17:53 ET by Adam Gaweda
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Thanks everybody. I would like to thank Scott for putting up with me throughout the course. I had so much fun I would do it all over again any time.
Terry, no wing walking this time, more of an "inflight panel fiddle" for a change.
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DVA2533
Senior Captain, EMB-120
OLP, COMM
Joined on July 27 2005
50 State Club
Globetrotter
Commuter Conquest
Dorval 500 Club
US Coastal Club
Online Fifteen Century
US Mountaineer Club
Bi-Millennium Club
DVA Twenty-Year Anniversary
Winter Springs, FL USA
2,089 legs, 2,755.4 hours
1,762 legs,
2,302.1 hours online
1,907 legs,
2,470.3 hours ACARS
29 legs,
31.6 hours event
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Posted onPost created on
September 18 2006 14:13 ET by Jim Warner
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Adam, Congratulations on the PPL completion! And yes the safety harness is required for wing walking...
Jim WarnerSenior Captain, EMB-120
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DVA1855
Senior Captain, B777-200
OLP
Joined on August 28 2004
50 State Club
Everett 250 Club
Kangaroo Club
Online Century Club
Quatercentenary Club
DVA Fleet Master
"Life Begins @ Vmc Life Ends @ Vne+1"
Philadelphia, PA
436 legs, 1,824.8 hours
113 legs,
445.8 hours online
297 legs,
1,208.2 hours ACARS
9 legs,
47.9 hours event
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Posted onPost created on
September 18 2006 22:00 ET by Andrew Rogers
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Congrats adam
BTW what is a vor? 
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DVA1778
Senior Captain, MD-88
Joined on July 06 2004
Online Century Club
Triple Century Club
"Fly Douglas Jets!"
Milwaukee, WI USA
358 legs, 1,172.8 hours
153 legs,
345.4 hours online
107 legs,
334.7 hours ACARS
18 legs,
35.0 hours event
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Posted onPost created on
September 18 2006 23:24 ET by Ali Ghasemz
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Well done my friend!
Ali GhasemzSenior Captain, MD-88
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DVA2301
Captain, B777-200
COMM
Joined on April 25 2005
Everett Century Club
Double Century Club
DVA Ten-Year Anniversary
Baltimore, MD USA
264 legs, 820.6 hours
90 legs,
221.0 hours online
234 legs,
757.3 hours ACARS
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Posted onPost created on
September 19 2006 13:11 ET by Andrew Logan
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Congrats Adam! Nice to see someone within the DVA staff to finish the course, quite the feat if you ask me! Hopefully the fellow staffers will join you very shortly!
Ps... thanks for the edits you are working on for us!
Andrew LoganCaptain, B777-200
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DVA2253
Senior Captain, DC-8-61
COMM
Joined on April 01 2005
Everett 250 Club
Online Century Club
Eight Century Club
DVA Ten-Year Anniversary
"I'd rather be flying!"
Church Hill, TN USA
862 legs, 1,344.5 hours
108 legs,
165.2 hours online
299 legs,
485.1 hours ACARS
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Posted onPost created on
September 19 2006 18:23 ET by George Lewis
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testing a panel mod by Adam now... very nicely done!
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