An invitation to Globe Cargo Virtual Airlines

Jason Rivard UPS003 · Post by **Jason Rivard UPS003** » Fri Mar 09, 2007 9:17 am

"Hi all, First, a little bit about myself. I am the VP of Operations over at UPS Virtual Air Cargo. About a year ago now I guess, we did an around the world tour with the newly released PMDG B747-400F. It was a huge hit, and we are looking to relive the fun again. I am working closely with your very own Craig Applegate to come up with real world flight dispatches that would have us hitting some very interesting airports through-out our journey. (Don't want to let the cat out of the bag, but a couple of flights will separate the men from the boys (unless my better half is flying, then it will be the women from the boys <G>). I am formally inviting all of you to join us if you are interested. I am shooting to start the event a week from Saturday (March 17th) provided Craig gets me the info I need. We will be starting our around the world journey in Ontario California so if you haven't already, head to avsim.com and download the amazing KONT scenery for FS2004. I am opening it up in our VA to any heavy, so you can expect to see a mix of 744's, 742's, 763's, and MD-11's on our ramp. Departure time is tentatively set for noon eastern, 9 am pacific. This will allow our German pilots to join us as well. I apologize to you west coasters for the early morning. Flightplan to follow, and I hope to see you all there! Blue skies, Jason Rivard"

mvm · Post by **mvm** » Fri Mar 09, 2007 9:45 am

Jason sounds like a fun trip i'd love to join in but unfortunately i'm working on the 24th...i'm hoping maybe anothe time i can join in...say hi to Erica for me

rossspargo · Post by **rossspargo** » Fri Mar 09, 2007 12:55 pm

"Jason, sounds great! I may be able to join in, free on the 24th! Is it VATSIM based? Ross S"

Craig Applegate 1207 · Fri Mar 09, 2007 3:12 pm

"The flights are flown on Vatsim, but do to the locations there wont be ATC coverage for the whole trip, it's more of hit and miss. If you miss a week not to worry..there are many legs in the event. This just an ooportunity for people to fly to some different places and to build some commeradery."

Post by **nwadc10** » Fri Mar 09, 2007 3:20 pm

I will also try to make it but it doesn't look too hopeful right now. My saturdays are usually booked from 10a-6p and if something cancels I can probably make it I hope. This is a good opportunity to mingle with our freight-brothers at UPS

Justin

Jason Rivard UPS003 · Post by **Jason Rivard UPS003** » Fri Mar 09, 2007 8:08 pm

"Hey all, The first flight will actually be Saturday March 17th. It will take about 4-5 hours of your time. Jay"

Christian Alton · Post by **Christian Alton** » Fri Mar 09, 2007 8:13 pm

"Ill be there, and the one leg I flew last year was great fun"

Post by **esurfman** » Sat Mar 10, 2007 12:19 pm

I will also try to be there.

Jason Rivard UPS003 · Post by **Jason Rivard UPS003** » Sun Mar 11, 2007 5:45 am

"Hi all, Craig has sent me over a PDF dispatch for the flight. I will cut and paste what I put in our forum to save me from having to type it twice! All of the information I am listing below is found in the following document: http://www.upsvac.com/jrivard/leg1kontmroc.pdf --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Now that the route has been finalized, we can announce the first leg will depart Saturday March 17 from KONT and go to MROC. I am also going to open the flight up to any heavies this time. You may join us in your B767-300, B747-200, B747-400, and MD-11. The route is as follows: KONT JLI J93 PPE UL655 NAU UA552 AUR UG436 LIB TOMAS MROC Estimated time enroute will be 4 hours, 45 minutes. For those using the PMDG 747...you may use the load editor to match the following numbers as closely as possible to add to the realism. Cost Index: 30 ZFW: 276691 kg Fuel: 73239 kg Takeoff Gross Weight: 349030 kg Altitude: FL330 with a step-climb to FL350 later in the flight Alternate airport: MPTO (routing as follows: MROC PARAIS ISEBA UG440 TBG MPTO) KONT Charts: Airport Diagram: http://www.myairplane.com/databases/app ... 0965AD.PDF MROC charts: Airport Diagram: http://www.costaricaaviation.com/charts ... PT_DIA.PDF ILS RWY 07: http://www.costaricaaviation.com/charts ... RWY_07.PDF Departure time will begin at noon eastern, 9 am pacific. I'd like to space the departures about 5 mins or so, to prevent from bunching up and causing an ATC nightmare if at all possible. We will see you there! Jay"

Jason Rivard UPS003 · Sat Mar 17, 2007 10:20 am

"Teamspeak is available for today for when we are not in controlled airspace. It'd be nice to meet some of you! I dunno how well i'll be talking, I had some surgery on my mouth yesterday and it hurts to talk. Anyhow, the Teamspeak address is: 76.104.109.215:8767"

Post by **esurfman** » Sun Mar 18, 2007 12:13 am

"Sorry I could not be there, but I tried Vatsim a few times before and I have a problem that happens only when flying on Vatsim. Stabilizer trim seems to go out of wack by himself. Will try to reinstall Squawkbox and see how it goes."