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Aug07shield.Pdf In this issue President and COO David Klain presents his “President‟s Page”. Jason Archambeault takes us back to our roots And follows it into the present. Part 1 Bill Perry shows us a little of what it took to produce the flight planner/dispatch program. Welcome to the latest issue of the “SHIELD” This issue starts a new era in the history of this magazine as I take the helm and steer it Our new assistant editor presents part one of into the future to bring it more inline with the a new series he calls “Know your Domain” current technical trends here at United Virtual. In this issue we are using a retro theme due to the fact that the “SHIELD” has been inactive Adam Hay tells us where we started and where for quite a while and also to give us the ability we Are headed with the Saturday Scramble. to “ pick up where we left off ” so to speak. As President Dave Klain gives us an overall view of the state of United Virtual to date, we also look back at where we started and how this Virtual Airline grew, and some of the unique events that have taken place such as the article in P.C. Pilot that caused an explosion in membership. We have reached a number of major milestones here at UVA that I believe Anyone wishing to contribute to the SHIELD is more than surpasses the experience any other virtual air- welcome. Please submit all articles for review to the following line could ever provide. Personally I will never email address . Articles may include a maximum of two graph- forget when “ all of a sudden ” everything dis- ics and should be produced in Microsoft Publisher format. appeared (this would have collapsed any other Questions, comments and ideas for future issues are always VA) and how one by one we started finding welcome. one another and pulling together until Dave and the rest of the staff got everything back up and [email protected] running. This one incident indicates to me that no matter what the circumstance is “United Virtual” and it‟s members can weather the storm, and we will be here leading the way for all the other virtual airlines. We have come a long way from our humble beginning, and have accomplished much, but I believe we still have a long future ahead of us here at “ The Greatest Virtual Airline ” in existence. Cheers ! IT‟S TIME TO FLY Editor-in-Chief "From the President" Welcome back to United Virtual Airlines‟ own in-house magazine – “The Shield”! Due to a number of personnel changes and real-life demands, we had a hiatus with the magazine‟s production, but I believe we now have a team in place that will lead us to ever bigger and better things. We want to go back to making this a quarterly publication and the staff is already at work on the next issue, but they really need your contributions. This magazine will be what you put into it. With that in mind, I encourage anyone interested in writing an article or contributing to the magazine to contact the editor at editor@united- virtual.com. This issue of “The Shield” reflects some of those ideas and contributions. Based on your ideas and suggestions, we‟ve put together a unique mixture of articles. Some relate to the real world, some relate to flight simulation. Some talk about ways to improve your ability as a UVA pilot. Some are just fun. I encourage you to take the time to read through the entire magazine – rest assured there is something in here for everyone. A lot has gone on at UVA over the last year, but one thing has remained constant – the dedication of our pilots. It is your efforts that give United Virtual literally a 24/7/365 presence on the VATSIM network. The staff and I remain committed to enhancing your flight simulation experience, and we‟re always looking for feedback. If you have some suggestions for ways to improve the VA, let us know! If you have suggestions for things you‟d like to see at United Virtual, let us know! Just like this magazine, while I can‟t promise we‟ll implement all your suggestions, but they will get a fair hearing and consideration. Remember that UVA is nothing without you – the pilots who make this a living, breathing online community. As al- ways – “It‟s time to fly!” All the best, David R. Klain President and COO History of United Airlines and UVA Part 1 By Jason Archambeault UAL012 On a windy day on the beaches of Kitty Hawk, NC, Orville and Wilbur Wright ushered in a new era in history by proving to the world that man could fly in a heavier than air craft. Fifteen years later, in 1918, the United States Government found an important peacetime role for aviation; delivering mail. Originally an experimental program, within months, air mail delivery proved so successful that it became a permanent part of the US Postal Service. As a result of the success of air mail operations, many private businessmen were intrigued and saw a lucrative business opportunity. Pennsylvania Congressman Claude Kelly was enlisted and his efforts resulted in the Air Mail Act of 1925. This act allowed the carriage of air mail by private carriers under a competitive bidding system. One of the successful bidders was Walter T. Varney who launched air mail service between Pasco, Washington and Elko, Nevada on April 6, 1926. That flight was the start of true commercial transpor- tation in the United States. Because Varney was a predecessor of United, it was also the birth of United Airlines. When Leon Cuddeback flew this historic flight, it was the start of a chain of events that energized the United States from the mid-1920‟s into the mid 1930‟s. During this 10 year period, on May 10, 1927, Charles Lindbergh courageously flew a solo flight across the Atlantic Ocean. Along with Lindbergh‟s incredible solo flight, several US Aviation giants, William Boeing among them, rose to prominence. Clement Keys, Vern Gorst, and founder of the predecessor company that launched the first US commercial air transport company, Walter Varney among them. Among the aviation pioneers were adventurous travelers who were daring enough to use the new mode of transportation. With no heat during the winter and no air conditioning in the summer, these brave travelers rode in cramped cabins filled with sacks of air mail until bigger and more comfortable air transports came into service. When the Boeing and Ford Trimotors came into operation, stewardess service was born. Steve Simpson, the Boeing Air Transport traffic manager took the suggestion of nurse Ellen Church by pro- posing that nurses serve coffee, sandwiches, and reassure apprehensive flyers. May 15, 1930 one of United‟s predecessor subsidiary airlines, Boeing Air Transport, introduced the world‟s first stewardess service. This proved so successful that stewardesses quickly became an integral part of commercial air travel. Ellen Church was the world‟s first stewardess. Part II will further define the time line of United and through the next few installments will Show how our cherished United Virtual came into being and eventually paralleled its real world Counterpart. Stay tuned nlike general aviation aircraft in which fuel and passenger calculations and loading can fit onto a single sheet or follows a simple formula, balancing safety, fuel costs, and efficiency in jet aircraft is a very complex process. One of the big- Ugest steps forward we‟ve taken at UVA is the amount of realism we have taught our pilots through online sessions, fo- rum postings, and the checkride process. With a Training department staff that has a large background of real world and virtual aviation experience, we have taken many steps forward in making out pilots the best on VATSIM. The Saturday Scramble is a good example of the magnitude with which the training and experience of our pilots shines as we impress con- trollers with our abilities to correctly plan flights, follow flight planned routes, and follow clearances. The following is a few excerpts taken from the documentation that is provided with the UVA excel and online flight planner. The UVA Dispatch tool, both the online and excel version took the Training Department staff over 1,000 hours to complete. The original idea started with a simple spreadsheet similar to this: The idea included all of the UVA aircraft, and performed some very simple fuel calculations. The original version, the UVA Fuel Planner V1.0 included only fuel calculations, and it wasn‟t until V1.5a that the V-Speeds were introduced. Following the Release of the UVA FVP (Fuel and V-speed planner), the training department did extensive testing on the num- bers that were being used for fuel burn and v- speeds which were ALL based upon the most accurate real world numbers our research provided. Besides the over 1,000 hours that went into programming and completing the final version of the Dispatch Creator, there was over 100 hours of research alone for the fuel, weight, and v-speed charts and numbers that were used to form the basis of the calculations. In December 2006, version 2.01beta of the UVA Planner was released to the testers: After an extensive amount of flight testing, our figures showed that in many instances our fuel, weight, and v-speed calcula- tions were the most accurate of any freeware and several payware options available.
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