The Westwind Journal

WestWind Airlines The westwind journal December 2019 Issue 19-12 WestWind Airlines 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! WWA3592 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) Page 1 of 21 The WestWind Journal December 2019 Issue 19-12 WestWind Airlines WestWind AIRLINES - 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! Page 2 of 21 The WestWind Journal December 2019 Issue 19-12 WestWind Airlines est ind Journal Fly-Ins 2020 W W 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!! WestWestWindWind JournalJournal WWA2741 - 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] Page 3 of 21 The WestWind Journal December 2019 Issue 19-12 WestWind Airlines 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.” Page 4 of 21 The WestWind Journal December 2019 Issue 19-12 WestWind Airlines 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 Page 5 of 21 The WestWind Journal December 2019 Issue 19-12 WestWind Airlines 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 WestWestWindWind JournalJournal Monthly FlFlyy-In 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 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 his friends went after their battalion stood down, half of them died in a mortar attack two weeks after he left.

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