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Frank, with your c-47 skills you are perfect candidate to join the fleet of pilots at www.dc3airways.net. We are heavy on Multi Play flights , training for those who wish it, and general overall comeraderie among pilots from all across the globe. From time to time we have done real life reunions, including one in 2015, when several of us gathered at the WWII Normandy Memorial. i hope you will take a look at our website. Best wishes, sherm director of PR DC 3 Airways

I agree completely about discord. It’s name fits perfectly, complete chaos and very user unfriendly. Admittedly this might be an age thing but I am normally an early adopter … but not with Discord 😡

Greetings Jean Marc, since you love bush flying, I suggest you take a look at this https://www.return.mistymoorings.com/ This is the very best spot on the internet for bush sim pilots and supports all the major sim platforms Sherm

This is a forum I check regularly for any news or comments about P3D…. not much, sorry to say… and with this week's update to P3D v5.4 there seems to be hardly any reaction here as a side note, I am traveling until the end of the month so it will be a couple of weeks until I am able install the update and give it a whirl. I wonder if this will prompt developers to get back into action. OTOH, there still is speculation, especially at the P3D and Avsim forums about whether LM will announce and release V6 T the upcoming SimExpo next month in Houston TX. LM has been saying it will have a booth. sherm

DC3 AIRLINES RECREATES WORLD WAR II AIR ASSAULT OPERATION VARSITY Varsity I Sat 25th March Varsity II Sun 26th March 13 Varsity III Tues 28th March DC3 AIRWAYS, the only virtual flight simulation airline dedicated to the DC3 and C47 aircraft is repeating its popular recreation of World War II’s last major airborne assault on Nazi Germany. This was Operation Varsity, which was staged on March 24, 1945, just months before the final surrender of Germany and the end of the war in Europe. To commemorate this historic event, DCA is inviting all interested simulator pilots to participate. As he has for previous World War II commemorative flights, DCA VP for Operations Glen Broome has designed every aspect of DCA Varsity, bringing his extensive knowledge of the war into this work, using a variety of tools available to flight sim enthusiasts to bring the project to life again. As Broome first wrote to fellow pilots while planning the project, “There are many airfields, in UK and France, from which either paratroop transports or gliders were flown. At some American bases in France the double tow was used for the first time which involved a C47 towing 2 Waco CG-4a gliders. The British used worn out 4 engine bombers to tow many of their gliders, the Horsa, using Halifax and Sterling bombers. Due to the shortage of British Dakota aircraft, the British paratroopers, as in Market Garden, were transported in American C-47's. This operation was the first use of the C-47 in front line operations [i.e. under fire] in Europe, and although it could carry far more paratroopers and could have them exit on both sides [facilitating concentrated dropping ability], it's lack of self sealing tanks caused heavy losses of these aircraft, flying as they did at low level in daylight. B24's came in 15 minutes after the gliders to drop supplies, flying low as 200 feet. 13 of these were shot down and scores of others badly shot up.” The recreation of Operation Varsity is open to all simulation pilots, regardless of platform, from FS9 up to the more contemporary ones such as P3D, XPlane and MSFS. For specific information about how to sign up and manage the various details of this project, Broome will offer personal assistance. He can be reached at glenishome@btopenworld.com. More information and an overview of the project can be found at the DCA website https://dc3airways.net/special_events/varsity/index.php Pilots who participate will be linked by voice using Teamspeak3 software, and visually by way of Swift, a server specifically designed for Virtual Flight. Details about how to download and install this and related files will be freely available to all participants.

This is one of my older screenshots, but within the past year. I especially like how the light plays off the props Click the black bar below to see on Imgur https://imgur.com/5vykNuP Sherm

DC3 AIRWAYS ANNOUNCES ITS 2022 WORLD RALLY https://dc3airways.net/wr/ DC3 Airways, a leader in the Flight Simulation Virtual Airline community, is pleased to announce its 2022 World Rally. Beginning October 1, participating pilots will have a series of 10 carefully crafted plans to test their flight and navigation skills. Plans will be created for all the major flight simulation platforms. In addition to vectors and altitude guidance, the plans will include consistent weather through each leg of any given flight plan. This means, that external weather programs will not be necessary to get maximum enjoyment from the flying experience. In addition to flight plans for each simulation platform, Rally Organizers will include plans for Little Nav Map, a freeware navigation program which has become the gold standard for thousands of simulation pilots. We recognize that not all flight sim platforms might include each and every waypoint in its data base. But, with the Little Nav Map visualization of flight plans, pilots will be able to navigate with ease by noting upcoming vectors. Registration is free and open to all simulation pilots. Applicants do not need to be a pilot for DCA. Simply email your request to https://dc3airways.net/wr/join.php Further information will be provided as we get closer to the October1 start date, so please check the World Rally link regularly. Check this link for the latest information. Fight Plan details for each simulation platform can be found in the Download section of the World Rally Page as they become available https://dc3airways.net/wr/ Additionally, you can register for the World Rally Forum by clicking the Forum hyperlink and filling out the Registration form. All questions will be answered through the Forum. Finally, we hope you will be interested in joining the DCA Pilot Roster as a participating pilot for our many activities and flight plan opportunities. Check our airline at www.dc3airways.net for full information Sherman Kaplan Director Public Relations

It was a typo, I was at 15000 feet sherm

FL ERROR DULY NOTED..the Connie is from Flight One. I have enough trouble managing that one, much less the more demanding and complicated A2A Sherm

Live and learn. I saw one at the boneyard outside Tucson a few years ago … in TWA colors….what a beauty

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Thanks, it is v3 with AS, ASCA, and ENVSHADE….runs perfectly…fps locked at 37 sherm

Thanks, it is v3 with AS, ASCA, and ENVSHADE….runs perfectly…fps locked at 37 sherm

I'll take a slow sip from a long straw any day I can CONNIE at FL15 heading to KJAC out of KSPS Sherm

Hi Tiger, If you also have an interest in the DC3, check us out www.dc3airways.net Sherm