December 2005 Newsletter

 

Ron Jorgensen has released Toughman Challenge #15

 

 

Registration is open for the Great Aussie Air Rally of 2006.  Any aircraft that was flying in the 1930’s, 1940’s or 1950’s is eligible if it can land and take off from a 3,000’ runway and has a range of over 306 n.miles.

 

G.A.A.R. Registration test-flight, rules and application.

 

 

 

The DC-3 is Seventy Years Old!

 

On December 17th, 1935  the  DC-3 prototype took off from Santa Monica, California.  On April 29th, 1936 the aircraft was certified and American Airlines took delivery of the first DST (Douglas Sleeper Transport).  The first DC-3 (21 passengers) was delivered on August  18, 1936

 

In 2005 the DC-3 is still active in commercial service.  Here are a two links for active operations:

 

 

 Four Star Air Cargo  San Juan PR

 

Buffalo Airways Yellowknife N.W.T.

 

 

 

Welcome to New Pilots

 

bgan023

Guy Goddard

bgad015

Alex De Rhoter

bgas003

Matt Thomasson

 

 

Congratulations to pilots with promotions

 

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Joe Porter

First Officer

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Smithy

Sr. Captain

 

 

WestcoastATC hours for November 2005

 

ATC

Server 1

Server 2

Server 3

BGAD013

 

0 H 35 M

 

 

BGAN017

 

4 H 58 M

 

 

bgad004

 

44 H 55 M

 

 

bgad006

 

 

 

 

bgad007

1 H 38 M

12 H 51 M

 

 

bgad009

5 H 49 M

55 H 39 M

 

 

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0 H 5 M

2 H 25 M

 

2 H 24 M

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10 H 1 M

 

 

bgak002

 

38 H 10 M

 

9 H 10 M

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9 H 55 M

 

 

bgas001

 

6 H 11 M

 

 

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1 H 24 M

 

 

 

Bluegrass Hours November 2005

 

 

 

Brian Wilson

 BGAD002

11.2

graeme mckenna

 bgad004

44.3

Sid Tatton

 BGAD007

15.0

Nathen Miller

 bgad009

46.9

Ed Burke

 bgad011

11.3

alex de rhoter

 bgad015

2.5

John Lawler

 bgad017

49.2

Gayngel van den Ing

 bgad022

13.1

Norm Holman

 bgad026

7.8

Smithy

 bgad032

22.7

Frank van Tongeren

 bgad036

12.4

DON MOORE

 bgad042

11.3

Brent Brazeel

 bgak001

34.9

Ray Brann

 bgak002

65.4

Stub Persons

 bgak010

0.3

Coleman Green

 bgak011

2.2

Joe Porter

 BGAK012

18.8

Pat Daley

 bgak029

1.7

Tom Burrill

 bgak033

18.2

Paul van den Berg

 bgak036

13.6

Leo Nascimento

 bgam003

13.5

Allan Lowson

 bgam007

22.8

Joe Weber

 BGAN002

20.7

Barry Kleiber

 BGAN010

0.8

george adair

 bgan012

12.7

Michael Ahl

 BGAN013

47.6

Paul Roth

 BGAN016

5.5

Achim

 bgan019

5.6

Guy Goddard

 bgan023

4.7

Meryl D Coon

 BGAN038

1.1

GEORGE LEACH

 BGAN039

7.0

Harry Frazer

 bgan042

0.6

Paul Mensch

 BGAN047

17.5

Bill Von Sennet

 bgas001

40.3

Bill Agee

 bgas006

0.7

Lyle Hasty

 BGAS017

8.7

Arlie Dicknite

 bgas018

10.7

Charles Wert

 bgas039

6.5

Jim Urquhart

 BGAS041

91.0

Dean Johnson

 bgas044

7.5

Bill Hendrix

 bgas046

5.9

AP Hendrix

 bgas047

22.6

Tom McCoy

 bgas057

21.5

Patrick Stewart

 bgas060

34.0

 

 

Don’t forget to check out the forum and screen shot pages. 

 

That’s all for now,

 

Bill Von Sennet

 

 

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