Delta Virtual Airlines Water Cooler - Can i use the B733 instead of 738 on some DVAs flights?

Delta Virtual Airlines Water Cooler | Airline Operations | Can i use the B733 instead of 738 on some DVAs flights?

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Posted onPost created on November 23 2007 17:57 ET by Evangelos Kagklis

The topic says it, Delta used to fly the 733

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Posted onPost created on November 23 2007 18:12 ET by Daniel Johnson

as long as you are rated in it and if it has the range, then yes you can

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Posted onPost created on November 23 2007 19:42 ET by Lewis Gregory

Evangelos, you sure can. You can substitute any aircraft on any route, provided that it can safely fly the route (no CRJs flying across the Atlantic) and you are already rated for it. Substituting a 737-300 for a 737-800 shouldn't be a problem.

Lewis Gregory

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Posted onPost created on November 24 2007 01:50 ET by Evangelos Kagklis

Ah okay thanks a lot guys for the info!

Evangelos Kagklis

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Posted onPost created on November 24 2007 02:45 ET by Alan Cluff

Something tells me our Chief Pilot would be estatic you are flying the 733. ;-)

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Posted onPost created on November 24 2007 02:48 ET by Evangelos Kagklis

lol is this good or bad? i dont want to risk evilgrin

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Posted onPost created on November 24 2007 08:38 ET by Joe Porter

She may be old but she ain't slow . . . you can fly the 733 any day as long as you are rated . . .

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Posted onPost created on November 24 2007 08:54 ET by Evangelos Kagklis

Joe ok thanks! The 737 series is very nice. I will use time to time the 733 of feelthere. I used to fly with olympic virtual and i was flying only the 733/4 and i missed it now smile

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Posted onPost created on November 24 2007 12:15 ET by Andrew Lynn

you are right Joe! I've caught myself OVERSPEEDNG on departure. Gotta be very careful with your pitch and throttle setting in that thing.

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Posted onPost created on November 24 2007 12:29 ET by Evangelos Kagklis

when not full weight 20 deg pitch up easily!!!! Very cool airplane anyway every Boeing airplane is cool!! And generally every American aircraft is awesome!

And dont forget USA invented aviation hehehehe

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Posted onPost created on December 02 2007 01:04 ET by Craig Cestari

Real-world Delta had discontinued 737-300 use for the past couple years now, so not the most realistic choice. I saw on wikipedia that Delta will begin using -700s soon, something to look forward to for baby boeing fans.

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Posted onPost created on December 02 2007 03:46 ET by Evangelos Kagklis

Yeah i know Delta used to fly the 733 so it like a historic flight hehehee

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Posted onPost created on December 05 2007 05:54 ET by Brian Braden

I miss seeing the Delta 732 and the 733 going in and out of KATL.

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Posted onPost created on December 05 2007 07:57 ET by Max Mache

I second on that one, the 732 was a classic

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Posted onPost created on December 14 2007 12:20 ET by Taras Eremenko

Regarding the phrase "And dont forget USA invented aviation hehehehe " I would say that as a russian I'm proud to tell that Tsiolkovskiy was the first to start studying aircraft from the theoretical point of view and was the first one to design the wing that is nowadays still being used, even on american planes. So, that discovery belongs to a russian scientist. Who's super now? LOL

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Posted onPost created on March 15 2008 05:34 ET by Evangelos Kagklis

I have another question about the 733. Why there are no flights in the database even history flights? I thought the B733 was a popular aircraft when it used to serve Delta. And another thing does anyone know what flights it used to do? Those which now are served by the 738? thnx in advance

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Posted onPost created on March 15 2008 05:43 ET by Andrew Kaufmann

Pick the 737-300 and click HISTORIC FLIGHTS only and this is what you get:

CO594 Leg 1 B737-300 Los Angeles CA (LAX) to Houston-Bush Intercontinental TX (IAH) 14:45 PT 20:00 CT 1,378 miles
CO752 Leg 1 B737-300 Houston-Bush Intercontinental TX (IAH) to Salt Lake City UT (SLC) 21:35 CT 23:53 MT 1,196 miles
AS164 Leg 1 B737-300 Anchorage AK (ANC) to Seattle/Tacoma WA (SEA) 22:43 ALT 03:04 PT 1,446 miles
CO1732 Leg 1 B737-300 Newark NJ (EWR) to Cancun Mexico (CUN) 18:00 ET 20:30 CT 1,551 miles
CO543 Leg 1 B737-300 Salt Lake City UT (SLC) to Houston-Bush Intercontinental TX (IAH) 07:00 MT 11:04 CT 1,196 miles
CO043 Leg 1 B737-300 Punta Cana Dominican Republic (PUJ) to Newark NJ (EWR) 15:10 ET 19:49 ET 1,569 miles
CO421 Leg 1 B737-300 Houston-Bush Intercontinental TX (IAH) to San Jose CA (SJC) 18:15 CT 20:40 PT 1,607 miles
AS064 Leg 5 B737-300 Ketchikan AK (KTN) to Seattle/Tacoma WA (SEA) 18:04 ALT 20:57 PT 680 miles
CO1576 Leg 1 B737-300 San Jose CA (SJC) to Houston-Bush Intercontinental TX (IAH) 06:15 PT 11:59 CT 1,607 miles
CO505 Leg 1 B737-300 Newark NJ (EWR) to Jacksonville FL (JAX) 15:30 ET 18:11 ET 822 miles
CO529 Leg 1 B737-300 Denver CO (DEN) to Newark NJ (EWR) 17:30 MT 23:09 ET 1,602 miles
CO1843 Leg 1 B737-300 Merida Mexico (MID) to Houston-Bush Intercontinental TX (IAH) 06:00 CT 09:09 CT 719 miles
CO231 Leg 1 B737-300 Oakland CA (OAK) to Houston-Bush Intercontinental TX (IAH) 12:15 PT 18:05 CT 1,627 miles
CO1088 Leg 1 B737-300 Houston-Bush Intercontinental TX (IAH) to Detroit-Wayne County MI (DTW) 12:48 CT 16:33 ET 1,077 miles
CO1824 Leg 1 B737-300 Houston-Bush Intercontinental TX (IAH) to Mexico City Mexico (MEX) 17:40 CT 19:20 CT 766 miles
CO1410 Leg 1 B737-300 Sarasota FL (SRQ) to Newark NJ (EWR) 10:56 ET 13:46 ET 1,036 miles
CO617 Leg 1 B737-300 New Orleans LA (MSY) to Newark NJ (EWR) 10:45 CT 14:47 ET 1,168 miles
CO764 Leg 1 B737-300 Houston-Bush Intercontinental TX (IAH) to Cancun Mexico (CUN) 15:56 CT 17:10 CT 813 miles
CO1029 Leg 1 B737-300 Denver CO (DEN) to Newark NJ (EWR) 10:45 MT 16:34 ET 1,602 miles
CO1477 Leg 1 B737-300 Tucson AZ (TUS) to Houston-Bush Intercontinental TX (IAH) 10:32 AZST 14:52 CT 935 miles

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Posted onPost created on March 15 2008 05:44 ET by Evangelos Kagklis

Thanks Andrew but my question was only for Delta not the codeshare flights.

Evangelos Kagklis

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Posted onPost created on March 15 2008 05:46 ET by Andrew Kaufmann

You can always fly these with a delta livery.

Not sure what else you can do.

I know that for the DC-6 there are not even a handful - but if there is a historic route - I will fly it with the DC-6

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Posted onPost created on March 15 2008 21:23 ET by Mark Salter

Evangelos-you are rated for the 737-300. Also, as said above when there are no Delta routes, you can always use the other carrier's flight number and still fly with Delta colors and callsign. I must admit though I only fly DAL routes for realism. But it really doesn't matter since you're dealing with a historic aircraft.

Mark Salter

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Posted onPost created on March 16 2008 02:53 ET by Evangelos Kagklis

I want to only DAL flights as well. Anyway thanks a lot for the feedback guys! :))))))))

Evangelos Kagklis

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