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Pilot News September 2017
We welcome the following New Pilots who have joined Cal Air in the last 2
months.
July Jesse Green Brian Sewell
August Jack Muehlbauer
Kip Bean Charles Balder Aidan Lincke TJ Satterfield Luke Bafia
Ali Hammoud
New to Cal Air
Luis Henriques 99.2
Patrick Tierney 85.6
Tony Szucs 74.8
Mark Brown 63.9
Brian Sewell 58.8
Davin Bennett 51.7
Santiago Alvarez 49.1
Emanuel Acatrinei 43.2
Doug Stewart 39.3
Brandon Kelmers 24.2
Top 10 Pilots By Hours For August
Screenshots by Scott McKillop
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Issue #: [Date] Dolor Sit Amet September Fly-In (VFR)
Screenshots by Brandon Kelmers
Greetings everyone,
As we have announced previously, September begins our trial run of the new fly-in format with 2 fly-ins per month. Here is the first of the series, the VFR Fly-In.
Come and join us as we take a leisurely jaunt down the Florida coast, overflying the Keys and landing at Key West International.
Date: Saturday, September 9th, 2017
Time: 1500z Departure Time
Departure Airport: Boca Raton Airport (KBCT)
Arrival Airport: Key West International Airport (KEYW)
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Here is the second of the series, the IFR Fly-In. To kick off our IFR series, we take one of the classic IFR flights in the flight sim world. Los Angeles to Las Vegas.
Date: Saturday, September 23rd, 2017
Time: 1800z Departure Time
Departure Airport: Los Angeles International Airport (KLAX)
Arrival Airport: McCarran International Airport (KLAS)
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September Fly-In (IFR)
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Issue #: [Date] This Months Featured BYO Aircraft
Kodiak Quest G1000
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Exceptional model by Thranda (Dan Klaue) with G1000 and many new and exclusive features. The Quest Kodiak is the bush plane of the 21st century, capable of delivering payload or passengers in any part of the world!
Special Features
• Auto updater for the duration of X-Plane 11!• Superb Reflections - inside and outside• Dynamic Livery Editor - Create your new livery from inside the plane!• Comprehensive menu with Weight and Balance Manager and many more• G1000 GPS with complete database
Aircraft Visuals • Superb Reflections via plug-in - FPS-friendly• Editable reflections, either by livery or down to individual aircraft components.• Dynamic Livery generator - generate dozens of livery varieties within minutes!• High quality, optimized 3d mesh throughout - High resolution texture (around 350 pix/m)• Window reflections that emulate sense of depth of reflections• Scroll wheel visualization (can be disabled) to aid in scroll wheel interface recognition• Numerous covers, tie-downs, chocks, caps. All accessible via menu - Modelled GPU• Custom lighting throughout (custom strobe flash pattern, custom halos, custom lighting logic)• Gimballed internal 3d lights throughout, which cast light on the surfaces they point to (HDR mode)
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Issue #: [Date] Dolor Sit Amet
Online Networks
Screenshots by Caleb Thigpen
Unfortunately No Correct EntriesFor Our
Win @ Cal Air Competition
In the July 2017 Cal Air Newsletter
The Correct Answers Were
1) Name the Airport ICAO for DarwinInternational Airport in Australia?
(Answer: YPDN)
2) VATSIM is currently organized intoregions, which cover our virtual world,
how many regions are there?(Answer: 6)
3) What is the surveyed elevation ofKDKX?
(Answer: 833.2)
4) The Fokker Fellowship is a formertwin-engine regional airliner, what was its
aircraft ICAO? (Answer: F28)
5) Name the CTAF for Mc CormackCounty Airport (S19) in South Carolina?
(Answer: 122.9)
6) When the time in New York is 3 pm(EDT), what is the time in London,
England (BST)? (Answer: 8:00pm)
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Issue #: [Date] Dolor Sit Amet
Screenshot by Caleb Thigpen (KDFW)
As there was No Winner in our last competition, so up for grabs in this edition, we are now giving away a
$ 75 Gift Certificate From the X-Plane.Org Store.
To go in the draw just correctly answer all of the following questions:
1) In which type of airspace are VFRflights prohibited?
2) During operations within controlledairspace at altitudes of less than 1,200
feet AGL, the minimum horizontal distance from clouds requirement for
VFR flight is?
3) What is the CTAF/UNICOMfrequency at Barnes County Airport?
Your answer:
4) An aircraft departs an airport in theCentral Standard Time zone at 0930CST for a 2-hour flight to an airport
located in the Mountain Standard Time zone. The landing should be at what
time?
5) When activated, an emergency locator transmitter (ELT) transmits on?
Email your answers along with your Name and Base of Ops to
All correct entries will go into the draw, the winner will be drawn and
announced in the Cal Air Pilot News, November 2017 Edition
Award-winning Universal Flight and Racing Simulation Chassis
Factory pre-drilled for popular flight and racing simulation accessories from
Logitech, Saitek, Thrustmaster, and Fanatec
For More Information
Win @ Cal Air
