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Simple joys, little pleasures, laughter and smiles in big measure. Friends, family, togetherness, love… The choicest blessings from above. Peace, prosperity and happiness too… All these and more are our
wishes for you!
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November 2019 WestWind Hub Rankings November 2019 Flight Hours On-Line OFF-LINE 1. CYYC 1. KMIA Total WestWind Hours: 2908.7 2. KORD 2. KSEA Total On-Line Hours: 640.6 3. KMIA 3. KDEN Total Off-Line Hours: 2268.1 4. EGLL 4. KDFW 5. KDEN 5. EGLL 6. KDFW 6. KATL here are no known species of reindeer that can fly. But 7. KSEA 7. KCVG there are over 900,000 species of living organisms yet to 8. KLAX 8. YSSY T be classified, and while most of these are insects and 9. KATL 9. CYYC germs, it does not rule out the possibility of flying reindeer 10. KCVG 10. KLAX which only Santa knows of. 11. YSSY 11. EHAM 12. EHAM 12. KJFK
13. KJFK 13. KORD (All On-Line hours are verified via VATSIM/IVAO)
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- Newest WWA Pilots - WestWind Airlines November 2019 Hal Morse WWA3615, KMIA Hub November’s Top On-Line Javier Noriega WWA3616, KMIA Hub Pilots Derek Manzanares WWA3617, KDEN Hub EHAM NA KATL WWA1813 Please welcome these new WestWind Pilots and show them why CYYC WWA2894 WWA is the best virtual airline out there! KORD WWA3592 WWA KCVG WWA152 KDFW WWA3382
KDEN WWA3241 EGLL WWA3583 KLAX WWA3480 KMIA WWA2344 KJFK NA KSEA WWA2244
YSSY NA
Dec 8 Cincinnati KCVG 2200Z-2300Z The above Fly-In is setup by the WestWind Journal and is not an official WWA Corporate sponsored event but it is highly recommended!
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WestWind Journal Fly-Ins 2020 Screenshot of the Month In the year to come, beginning in the January issue of the WestWind Journal, the WestWind Journal will sponsor one fly- in each month and post all relative information in the Journal. All pilots are urged to take part and flying it off-line is fine, however these are primarily on-line events. These 12 events will be mix of WWA Hubs and way out of the way locations as well! So, if you’re up for a real nice flight each month, checkout and fly into the WestWind Journal Monthly Fly-In, you’ll be glad you did!!
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- Dwayne White WWA2741 (KSEA Hub) - Send your screenshot in and you could be next month’s WestWind Journals ‘Screenshot of the Month’ winner! Monthly FlFlyy-In > > Submit your screenshots < <
The first three (3) Fly-Ins are listed later in this issue. [email protected]
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Twas the night before Christmas all over the place, When we were suddenly confronted by an old flying ace.
There was icing reported and turbulent air, He said, “File me a flight plan, I gotta get there.”
Outside sat his aircraft already to run,
And the old man walked out to that P-51.
“bad weather’s no problem,” he silently mumbled, The prop came to life. . . that big Allison rumbled. United Airlines Pilot Pays for He eased in the throttle, the roar shook the ground, He taxied on out and he turned it around. Stranded Student’s Flight
He went through the run-up and seemed satisfied, Then he said to himself, “I’m in for a ride.”
So, he lined it up straight as he poured on the coal, The tailwheel came up as he started to roll.
Up off the runway, he sucked up the gear, And that mighty V-12 was all you could hear.
He screamed overhead with a deafening crack,
The blue flames were flying from each shiny stack.
He pulled up the nose and started to climb, Kiana, 19, was returning back to school at Pacific University in Oregon when her flight was diverted to Seattle due to bad No ice on that airframe, it didn’t have time.
On top of the weather with the levers all set, weather. “The airline had basically stuck her in a hotel room overnight He looked up above him and saw a Lear jet.
With jet fuel and turbines there just ain’t no class, and had forgotten about her,” Kiana’s father, Dave, said in an Gimmee pistons, and props and lots of avgas! interview. “At one point, I was about to go book a flight and go
Now he was approaching where he wanted to go, get her myself and by the grace of God, (the pilot, Robert But weather had covered the runway with snow. Fonte) came into our lives and helped us out.” Fonte based out
How will he land it? We just have to guess, of Houston, Texas, noticed Kiana crying alongside a TSA agent. Because the only way in was a full I-L-S. Fonte approached Kiana to see if she was OK. When he learned
Then over the marker, he started his run, that her flight had been diverted, he was reminded of his own The ceiling was zero, visibility was none. daughter about Kiana’s age. He promptly approached the
Still going three hundred and he felt the need, ticket counter to see if any arrangements could be made. For an overhead break to diminish his speed. United Airlines doesn’t fly any routes from Seattle to Portland,
Over the numbers he zoomed, along like a flash, but Fonte wouldn’t give up that easily: “I told the lobby agent Pulled into his break, we just knew he would crash. you know what? Just put it on my card,” he said. “We’re gonna
Oh, why do they do it on these kind of nights?? get Kiana where she needed to be.” Then over the threshold, we saw landing lights. “From dad to dad, there are no words that could express my
“I’m on a short final with three in the green, gratitude towards Robert for what he has done,” Kiana’s father And I see enough runway to land this machine.” said. The two dads now send each other text messages on
When he tied down that Mustang, they all heard him say. . . occasion and call each other friend. “Next year, I’m stickin’ with my reindeer and sleigh.”
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WestWind Airlines
Selected December Fly-In Events
Dec 1 X-MAS In Tahiti Underway
Dec 8 WWA Fly-In KCVG 2200Z-2300Z
Dec 14 KDCA 2359Z-0400Z
Dec 15 KDAB 2100Z-2359Z 1,000,000th Passenger Dec 27 PHNL 2359Z-0400Z n airline feel-good moment occurred when Captain
John Charles Ritchie, a Southwest Airlines pilot for 22+ Dec 28 EDDF -> KJFK Dept. EDDF 1200Z years, surprised a passenger on a Southwest flight from A Denver to Pittsburgh that he was piloting. Over that 22+ year period, Ritchie has been tracking the number of passengers he’s flown and on that flight, he carried his one millionth passenger. “Today is a special day,” said Richie, a former Air Force pilot. “Ever since I started with Southwest, I’ve kept track of the passengers I’ve flown, and today I’m flying my one millionth passenger.”
Now it might have been easy enough for Capt. Ritchie to just say thank you via that announcement from the cockpit, but he decided to take it a few steps further. “I did a little bit of snooping, and I found out how much you paid for your ticket.” and he strolled through the cabin and presented the passenger, Miriam Krieger, with a bottle of Champagne, an autographed copy of her boarding card, and an envelope of cash equaling the cost of her ticket!
If You aren’t, Why Not?
Fly On-Line and Fly
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Mission Scanner and Airborne Photographer and has spent
Getting To Know The time on disaster relief duty. Paul has 9,000+ flight hours VA West Wind time logged and has enjoyed the VA world since he first got involved in VA flying, which lead to his position as Chief Operations Officer for WestWind Airlines.
Airlines
WestWind Staff Paul Steele WWA3290
Chief Operations Officer
fter a real crusher of a landing in Phoenix, the flight attendant came on with, "Ladies and Gentlemen, please remain in your seats until Captain Crash and the Paul was drafted into the U.S. Army in February 1967 and A Crew have brought the aircraft to a screeching halt against the went thru basic at Ft. Bragg, AIT at Ft. Gordon, OCS at Ft. Knox gate. And, once the tire smoke has cleared and the warning and then his first assignment was C Troop, 4th Sqdn, 9th Cav bells are silenced, we'll open the door and you can pick your at Schofield Barracks, HI. He spent three years there serving in way through the wreckage to the terminal." cavalry and infantry units plus was on the staff of US Army
Hawaii before deploying to Tuy Hoa, RVN where he served as an Infantry Company Commander and battalion staff officer. Paul was a part of the RIF for guys like me without a college WestWestWindWind JournalJournal degree and ended up only spending 10 months there which probably saved his life since if he had stayed in country and been transferred up to the Central Highlands where most of Monthly Fly-In his friends went after their battalion stood down, half of them Monthly Fly-In died in a mortar attack two weeks after he left. Paul got into First Quarter 2020 Scheduled Fly-Ins the NCARNG and retired as an Army engineer LTC and served in a cavalry squadron, transportation battalion, engineer group Jan 19 - PAKT (Ketchikan, Alaska) and the NC Military Academy before retiring from the 30th Feb 16 – KJFK (John F. Kennedy Intl) Engineer Brigade, (TA). He has two daughters, a bunch of Mar 15 – EGLL (London Heathrow) grandkids and great grandkids and works part time at the Arrival times to come! Be there, a great time for all! Office Depot in Charlotte for a cigar money and to give me something to do. He is a Civil Air Patrol Lt Col and served as squadron commander for the 111th Search and Rescue Composite Squadron for four years. Paul is the Deputy
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system which would often take more bleed air from the engines than necessary thereby reducing performance. If engine bleed air temperature or pressure exceed limits, the BLEED TRIP OFF light will illuminate and the bleed valve will close. You may use the TRIP RESET switch after a short cooling s each goose flaps its wings, it creates an 'uplift' for the period. If the BLEED TRIP OFF light does not extinguish, it may bird following it. By flying in a "V" formation, the whole be due to an overpressure condition. Bleed trip off's are most A flock adds 71% more flying range than if each bird flew common on full thrust, bleeds off, take-off's. The reason is alone. [Cool Fact] excessive leakage past the closed hi stage valve butterfly which leads to a pressure build up at the downstream port on the overpressure switch within the hi stage regulator. The simple in-flight fix is to reduce duct pressure by selecting CLB-2 and/or using engine and/or wing anti-ice. WING-BODY OVERHEAT indicates a leak in the corresponding bleed air duct. This is particularly serious if the leak is in the left hand side, as this includes the ducting to the APU. The wing- body overheat circuits may be tested by pressing the OVHT TEST switch; both wing-body overheat lights should illuminate after a minimum of 5 seconds. This test is part of the daily inspection. The above describes the 737 system, however the basics are the same on all aircraft.
he pneumatic system can be supplied by engines, APU or a ground source. The manifold is normally split by the T isolation valve. With the isolation valve switch in AUTO, the isolation valve will only open when an engine bleed air or pack switch is selected OFF. Air for engine starting, air conditioning packs, wing anti-ice and the hydraulic reservoirs comes from their respective ducts. Air for pressurization of the water tank and the aspirated TAT probe come from the left pneumatic duct. External air for engine starting feeds into the right pneumatic duct. Ground conditioned air feeds directly into the mix manifold. The minimum pneumatic duct pressure (with anti- ice off) for normal operation is 18psi. The pneumatic bleed air system now has an electronic controller in newer aircraft. This allows the aircraft to digitally tune the amount of air that is needed in whatever flight regime you’re in. This is different to the previous "all or nothing"
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hristmas in Tahiti begins effective Thanksgiving Day each year at the WestWind Airline facility on the island C of Tahiti in French Polynesia. The airline does have scenery for the main airport on Tahiti, Faaa International Airport, Tahiti, (NTAA). Faaa is located a short distance from the Papeete (pronounced: Papy – et – tay). Pilots should be aware that the island is a French colony and the aviation regulations governing the islands are under French jurisdiction. French aviation law is modeled on US FAA requirements, uses metric information, and restricts the use of reverse thrust as its most notable differences. Tahiti's airport runway is longer than 10,000 feet and can support most any large super wide body aircraft, with the expectation that pilots will bring larger aircraft into Tahiti, the airport can support large aircraft with no real problems.
Ramp space for arriving, large body aircraft is on the Eastern side of the field providing ramp space for four to five large aircraft at one time.
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Don’t Forget To De-Ice
When Weather/Temperature Require! OOOPS! WestWind Airlines does not de-ice in the gate, de-ice plane was taking off from Kennedy Airport. After it procedures occur only on de-ice pads or were the airport reached a comfortable cruising altitude, the captain designates other than the gate! made an announcement over the intercom, "Ladies A and gentlemen, this is your captain speaking. Welcome aboard to Flight 1934, nonstop from Boston to Los Angeles. The weather ahead is good and, therefore, we should have a smooth and uneventful flight. Now sit back and relax... OH, MY GOD!" Silence followed, and after a few minutes, the captain came back on the intercom and said, "Ladies and Gentlemen, I am so sorry if I scared you earlier. While I was talking to you, the flight attendant accidentally spilled a cup of hot coffee in my lap. You should see the front of my pants!" A passenger in Coach yelled, "That's nothing. You should see the back of mine!"
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Sunday, December 8 Arrive: 2200Z-2300Z
Cincinnati-Northern Kentucky Intl Airport (KCVG)
Location of WWA KCVG Fly-In Dec 8, Arrive 2200Z-2300Z
he Department of Transportation has put such an emphasis on on-time performance that we pretty much aren’t allowed to delay a flight anymore, even if there T are 20 or 30 people on a connecting flight that’s coming in just a little late. - Delta Airlines Pilot
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A Tiny Bit Of WESTWIND AIRLINES DURING
West Wind
Airlines
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Remember The Old Original Flight Simulation Days? (Some of us do!) Microsoft Flight Simulator 1.0 (1982)
This Month The WestWind Journal Salutes The Aviators of
WWA
Compared to todays, Microsoft FSX!
WestWind Airlines
elcome aboard Flight 245 to Tampa. To operate your seat belt, insert the metal tab "W into the buckle, and pull tight. It works just like every other seat belt; and, if you don't know how to operate We’ve come a LONG way! one, you probably shouldn't be out in public unsupervised."
The Sad Loss of a WestWind Pilot It is with great sadness that we announce that WestWind Pilot William Taylor WWA944, Senior Command Captain+2, has passed away. It appears that he passed on September 26, 2019. He joined WestWind on July 3, 2004 and flew his last flight on July 31 of this year for a total of 2,001.2 hours. We send William’s family our deepest condolences, as well as wish them clear skies and favorable winds.
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pilot told a story that on a particular flight he had hammered his aircraft into the runway really hard. The A airline had a policy which required the first officer to stand at the door while the Passengers exited, smile, and give them a "Thanks for flying our airline." He said that, in light of his bad landing, he had a hard time looking the passengers in the eye, thinking that someone would have a smart comment. Finally, everyone had gotten off except for a little old lady walking with a cane. She said, "Sir, do you mind if I ask you a question?" "Why, no, Ma'am," said the pilot. "What is it?" The little old lady said, "Did we land, or were we shot down? " 2019 McLaren – Seena LL5
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Up-Coming Concerts Amsterdam Dec 2 Hot Chip: Melkweg Dec 15 Amon Amarth: Heineken Music Hall Atlanta Dec 8 Trans-Siberian Orch.: Infinite Energy Arena
Dec 21 Wyonna: Variety Playhouse Calgary Dec 2 Serena Ryder: Jubilee Auditorium Dec 10 Paul Brandt: Taylor Centre
n the United States, thirteen women were accepted into Chicago the first astronaut training program, but the rules at that Dec 2 Celine Dion: United Center I time made them ineligible. Candidates were required to Dec 10 Wilco: The Chicago Theatre have completed a military jet test pilot program, a program Cincinnati that did not accept women. And no comparable experience Dec 1 Poco: Ludlow Garage was accepted. In 1983 American Sally Ride was the first United Dec 14 Exile: Ludlow Garage States woman in space when she crewed the Space Shuttle Dallas/Ft. Worth Challenger. Kathryn D. Sullivan in 1984 was the first woman to Dec 19 Cher: American Airlines Center walk in space. Women astronauts Laurel Clark and Kalpana Dec 31 Lynyrd Skynrd: American Airlines Center Chawla died in the Columbia disaster. In total, 55 woman Denver astronauts have traveled into space, 45 of them from the Dec 9 Brian Setzer: Paramount Theatre United States. Dec 14 Snoop Dogg: Filmore Auditorium London Dec 5 Snow Patrol: Royal Albert Hall Dec 17 Rod Stewart: The O2 Los Angeles Dec 2 Beach Boys: The Lancaster Dec 21 Adam Lambert: EL Rey Casino Miami Dec 8 Tony Bennett: Seminole Hard Rock Hotel Dec 14 Smokey Robinson: Majic City Casino New York Dec 6 Bob Dylan: Beacon Theatre Dec 12 Michael Bolton: Count Basie Center Seattle
Dec 14 Ice Cube: The Showbox Dec 20 Tower Of Power: Emerald Queen Casino Sydney Dec 14 Paul Kelly: The Domain Dec 21 Elton John: ICC Sydney Theatre
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he Blue Angels 2019 performance season is now over. Some pilot and ground crew changes will take place and
T intense aircraft service will occur. The 2020 practice season begins in January 2020 and the first public performance will be March 14, 2020. As we cover their monthly performances, of course the WestWind Journal will provide you with full monthly details again beginning in March 2020.
lerion Aviation flies and manages private jets for individuals who can afford to own their own private A planes — but may or may not know how, have time to maintain them, or fly them. As CEO of Alerion, Bob Seidel does his best to keep Alerion’s clients happy. Sometimes that means honoring some unusual (pricey) requests. Take this one for example: A client’s adult daughter was living in London and feeling a bit lonely for her kitty back home in Texas during the holidays. The client was too busy to make the trip to London but not too busy to drop the daughter’s feline friend off at her trusty G-4 jet (a 13-passenger Gulfstream). From there, the flight crew flew the unaccompanied cat all the way to London and delivered the kitty into the arms of her person. WOW… must be nice!
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WestWind Holiday Special Wide Body In flight dinner service on all flights!
‘Prime Rib and Lobster’ with all the trimmings! Now through January 2, 2020
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- Boeing 737 Max - ALLAS – Southwest Airlines has once again pushed back the return of its Boeing 737 Max jets as Boeing D tries to fix the aircraft following two deadly crashes. Southwest said Friday that it will keep its Max out of its schedule until March 6, about a month longer than previously planned, citing continued uncertainty. The airline says it’s monitoring information from Boeing and the Federal Aviation Administration about software improvements and pilot-training requirements that will be part of returning the plane to flight. Without the planes, Southwest says it will cancel about 175
flights each weekday. Southwest had 34 Max planes when they were grounded in March and had expected more to be delivered this year.
Southwest Airlines Boeing 737 MAX aircraft are parked on the tarmac after being grounded, at the Southern California Logistics Airport in Victorville, California.
American Airlines announced it too would wait until March 2020 to put the plane back in service. Here is the company’s statement on the matter: “American Airlines remains in continuous contact with the
Federal Aviation Administration, Department of Transportation and Boeing. Based on the latest guidance, American anticipates that the resumption of scheduled commercial service on American’s fleet of Boeing 737 MAX aircraft will occur March 5, 2020. Once the aircraft is certified, American expects to run exhibition flights, or flights for American team members and invited guests only, prior to March 5.”
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cabin-flex version of the narrow-body’s A321 variant. The configuration allows airlines to choose between more seats or longer range by adding a new rear section and changing the door layout. The holdups come at a time when demand for the model is surging and with the rival Max idled after two fatal crashes. “We are focused on the A320neo ramp-up and improving the industrial flow while managing the higher level of complexity,” Chief Executive Officer Guillaume Faury said in the release.
That will be especially vital as the flex layout becomes standard on the A321 next year and Airbus builds more LR or long-range variants of the plane, as well as working toward production of an even further-flying XLR option. Airbus fell as much as 3.3% and was trading 2.5% lower at 122.62 euros as of 9:04 a.m. in Paris, paring gains this year to 47% and reducing the Toulouse, France-based plane maker’s market value to 96 billion euros ($107 billion). Boeing is up 8.2%. The European manufacturer’s assembly lines are being stretched as single-aisle output reaches a record 60 jets a month, rising to 63 by 2021. At the same time, the A321 has become the group’s top-seller with 81 orders through September, a third more than for the baseline A320.
irbus SE cut its full-year delivery target and said cash flow will be lower than expected as it struggles to A capitalize on the grounding of Boeing Co.’s 737 Max. The company now expects to hand over about 20 fewer jets than it previously forecast as production challenges slow output of A320neo-series aircraft, it said in a statement Wednesday. The free cash flow goal was cut by a quarter. Airbus has struggled to keep up with demand for the so-called
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Your WESTWIND Staff
President and CEO Mark Kusiak May the magic of Christmas gladden your Chief Operations Officer Paul Steele heart with the joys of the season. May the Chief Pilot & Administration Officer Sean McConnell Chief Information Officer George Forster spirit of Christmas bless you with greater Chief Maintenance Officer Mike Bergman strength. May the promise of Christmas bring Director of Online Operations & Events Chris Trott Director of IT David Ajie you and yours endless blessings. Vice President of Flight Operations -Vacant- Cargo Operations Manager -Vacant- Alaska Regional Director Scott Robison Caribbean Regional Director Braden Vonderau - Hub Managers - Amsterdam Hub Manager Jim Short Atlanta Hub Manager Al Stallaumer Calgary Hub Manager Scott Robison Chicago Hub Manager Chris Cramblet Cincinnati Hub Manager David Reason Dallas/Ft. Worth Hub Manager Jacques ‘Jay’ LeMarier Denver Hub Manager Brian Mills London Heathrow Hub Manager Ken Rotker Los Angeles Hub Manager John Oddo Miami Hub Manager Scott Williams New York (KJFK) Hub Manager Sean McConnell Seattle Hub Manager Dwayne White Sydney Hub Manager Kenneth Haynes The end of the year is a time of year for This concludes the December issue of The WestWind remembrance. We take stock of where we Journal, we hope that you have enjoyed it. We look forward to
the New Year and providing you with the latest WestWind news! came from and have a moment to think about where we are going, as we pursue the future The WestWind Journal Publisher/Editor with hope. May your new year be all that you Chris Cramblet WWA3592 hope for, and may it be sprinkled with love (KORD Hub Manager) [email protected] and friendship. Happy Holidays!
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