SunAir Express Virtual Airlines Forum

Tampa International Airport - KTPA
Sunday - May 20, 2007
Arrival Time: 2:00 - 3:00 PM EDT (18:00 - 19:00 UTC)

Help celebrate the 15 year anniversary of the concept of virtual airlines and SunAir Express Virtual Airline's 15th year of continuous service!

Join SunAir Express Virtual Airlines with a VATSIM online fly-in at Tampa International Airport KTPA, the world's first virtual airline hub!

This celebration is open to all VATSIM pilots.

Fly your favorite aircraft to Tampa Airport and plan to arrive between 2:00 and 3:00 PM EDT on Sunday, May 20, 2007.

Lets give Tampa Airport the honor it deserves as the worlds first virtual airline hub!

SunAir Express Virtual Airlines was founded in May 1992 by Jim Swanson from Tampa, Florida, as the world's first virtual airline on the Prodigy Online Service when he opened SunAir Express Virtual Airlines and the Tampa Airport hub.

Jim Swanson passed away in 1995 but we believe that his spirit lives on today in every virtual airline.

Read a SimFlight article about the history of virtual airlines and the 10 year anniversary of virtual airlines.
http://www.simflight.com/modules.php?na ... e&sid=1547

Links:
VATSIM: http://vatsim.net/
Tampa Airport information and charts: http://www.flightaware.com/resources/airport/KTPA
15 Year Anniversary Fly-in web page: http://www.sunairexpress.com/tampaflyin

Remember, in the file library there is a package of SunAir aircraft for use on VATSIM.

man I was looking forward to this but now I found out I'm gona be outa town for the weekend . Anyway if I dont get home soon enough have fun all!

So, where will those taking part in the flyin to Tampa be flying from???

Marty_Becker wrote:So, where will those taking part in the flyin to Tampa be flying from???

163 flights have TPA as its destination; the selection is plenty. From a 30 minute flight to one over 10 hours.

I'm planning to fly in flight 101, STL-TPA, B767. I think I know you will be flying from BRU.

Dave Vega

Your good Dave! I am searching Flight Aware for routings.

I'm planning a flight from KORD.

Marty_Becker wrote:Your good Dave! I am searching Flight Aware for routings.

Good point. Though I couldn't find a route on Flight Aware, using FSBuild and today's NATs, I came up with this one:

DENUT UL610 LAM CPT UL9 SHA UN542 BABAN UP618 RESNO TRAKG DOTTY N111B TOPPS J581 PUT J42 GVE J75 TAY.LZARD4

with a distance of 4150

I'm not sure of the segment covered by N111B as this seems to be west-east. Unless the winds go wild, it is going to be a 10+ hour flight. I see flight 141 with B767 service at 10.1 hours.

I found an EDDF - KMCO Lufthansa flight on Flight Aware. Part of its' route shared an exit point of an EBBR SID. On the other end ORL is an entry point for a KTPA STAR. I'll be bringing VIP SunAir Express employees on the BBJ2 to KTPA.

Sorry I wont be able to make it . Enjoy, I will be thinking of you.
al sax067

Marty_Becker wrote:I found an EDDF - KMCO Lufthansa flight on Flight Aware. Part of its' route shared an exit point of an EBBR SID. On the other end ORL is an entry point for a KTPA STAR. I'll be bringing VIP SunAir Express employees on the BBJ2 to KTPA.

Just for fun, would you post the route?

dv

EBBR CIV1E UN872 PON UN872 TERPO UN461 AKEMO UN471 LAPEX UN470 SEPAL 47N015W 47N020W 46N030W 45N040W 41N050W 38N060W CLXTN A699 BURTT R513 JAINS A700 HOBEE AR6 MALET ORL ORL.LZARD4 KTPA

1E of CIV1E is for a 25R departure

The ocean crossing is south of the normal set of tracks.

SunAir Express would like to thank all the pilots that participated in the Tampa Fly-in. We would also like to thank Miami Center, Tampa Approach and Tower for their fine ATC. I'm sure Jim Swanson was smiling down at us today.