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A few hours ago I completed my 251st flight with the Flying Tigers Group.  Joined 6-17-04.

So far:

1084.4 Hours (all done in real time)
122 Short Hauls (2 hours or less)
59 Medium Hauls (2-6 hours)
70 Long Hauls (6 hours or longer)
31 Different airlines flown for
35 Different aircraft
All flights have started where the previous one left off.
Circled the globe more times then I care to know

Anyways, wanted to make my 250th flight special, but being in Atlanta I had already flown every long haul out of there.  So my 250th ended up taking me to Washington Dulles to fly a relatively new route with United.  Flight 982 Heavy non-stop to Kuwait.  A country I have never flown in

Cruising FL350 a little over an hour before landing.  Been a long flight.

Slowly making a decent to FL210 as the sun begins to set.

Final turn towards Kuwait, decending to 11,000.

Down to 5,000 over the Persian Gulf as we prepare to turn around for our approch to runway 33R at KWI.

Cleared for landing.  Had a very smooth touchdown, arrived at the gate about 18 minutes late.  Total flight time 12.5 hours.  Next stop Dubai 8-)

And a quick look at my map.  For some reason not all the flights are showing up.  But even with 50 or so missing lines you can tell where I do most of my flying.  Covered a lot of the US and many parts of Europe.  Going to spend a little time here in the Middle East.  Waiting on a few more airlines that will be joining the FTG this year before I head back to Asia  This map only contains the 200 most recent flights.  So only my logbook shows the rest.

Congratulations on 250 safe landings Triple 7! Very impressive.

Creative angle on the last shot too! However, I would've liked to see what Kuwait looks like

Great shots.  FTG has a United VA?

I would've liked to see what Kuwait looks like

Will be flying to Dubai tonight.  Kuwait in FS2002 doesnt have much to offer, especialy after dark.  Will post a few departure shots since I will be taking a morning flight to DXB  Cant really find much scenery thats not a major FPS killer :-/

FTG has a United VA?

All together you have 62 airlines and their partners to fly for with the FTG  11 new ones joining this year and 2 going out (Aer Lingus, Varig) So by 2008 there will be over 70 airlines to choose.  You have the entire OneWorld, Star, & Skyteam alliances 8-)

You can basicaly fly just about everywhere in the world.  But heres the catch...out of 62 airlines you only have about 24 main ones that you can fly all their routes no matter where they start or end.  The rest you have to depart or arrive at a "gateway" city.  Like with United you can only choose flights that depart or arrive in ORD, DEN, LAX, SFO, or IAD.  Still you have an endless supply of routes to take.  If your like me and only depart from where you left off, which isnt required, I just find it more realistic, then you can get anywhere you want with a few hops.  

One of the only VAs I've found that I like.  Well ran, many flights to choose from, keeps growing, and unlike most your not required to fly online.  They accualy trust you enough to let you fly as you please without the hassle of Vatsim etc.  All you have to do is pass a small entrence exam

wonderful colors in number 3!