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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August 06 2006 01:05 ET by Terry Eshenour
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We recently added 55 DC-3 and 43 Electra-L10B historic flights to the DVA schedule database. The flights were taken from Delta Air Lines' schedules and flight reports from Feb. 1 1935 - Dec. 1, 1945.
In the early days, DL flew postal routes between ATL and FTW with as many as 8 legs with 6 - 7 min. stopovers. Even Southwest Airlines cannot turn an aircraft around in that time. But in all fairness when you don't have PAX to deal with you can move air mail bags efficiently.
The airport database was updated to include airfields used in the time period. You will now find Fort Worth Meacham Field KFTW, Tyler, TX Pounds Field KTYR, Jackson, MS Hawkins Field KHKS.
In the mid- '40's they started similar routes from MIA to Chicago with stops in Jacksonville, Brunswich, Savanah, Augusta, Atlanta, Spartanburg, Greenville Ashefille, Knoxville, Lesington Cincinnati and Midway.
Enjoy exploring some of the discontinued routes, airports and aircraft.
Thanks go to Andrew Dalrymple and Matt Creed for their research and sharing copies of old schedules.
Terry EshenourSenior Captain, B777-200
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DVA273
Assistant Chief Pilot, B777-200
Joined on September 07 2001
B757 100 Club
50 State Club
Tri-Jet Triumph
Three Million Mile Club
Stage 1 Jet Five Century Club
DVA Twenty-Year Anniversary
Ponce De Leon Club
Bi-Millennium Club
"Flying Freedom, Photography Passion" Aurora, CO
2,074 legs, 8,204.0 hours
39 legs,
247.6 hours online 1,179 legs,
4,642.0 hours ACARS 1 legs,
1.5 hours event
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August 06 2006 01:14 ET by Michael Evans
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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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August 06 2006 14:58 ET by Bruno Pinto
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DVA2569
Senior Captain, B757-200
Joined on September 12 2005
B757 100 Club
50 State Club
Everett 1500 Club
DVA Fifteen-Year Anniversary
Two Million Mile Club
Bi-Millennium Club
Midwestern United States
2,160 legs, 5,214.0 hours
77 legs,
140.5 hours online 2,112 legs,
5,093.5 hours ACARS 2 legs,
3.1 hours event
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August 07 2006 21:10 ET by Manuel Hernandez
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DVA2887
Senior Captain, A320
OLP, 737-ATP, VFRADV E-MAIL
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
1,252 legs, 1,761.1 hours
814 legs,
1,022.2 hours online 1,234 legs,
1,739.1 hours ACARS 31 legs,
49.6 hours event 3 legs dispatched, 2.5
hours
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August 08 2006 21:03 ET by Andrew Vane
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