virtual Air Logistics, vAL officially opened to the virtual airline world on 1 June 2013. While I don’t have any official statistics, I know from experience most new startup VA’s struggle to make it their first year and if they do survive, active pilots may only be a small few. I’m really pleased to say that vAL continues to grow and we have many active pilots in our ranks.
Why vAL? vAL offers the virtual pilot a fun, friendly, mature and relaxed atmosphere. We fully understand that many things in life come before our hobbies. We never expect you to put your virtual aviation career ahead of family, work, school and other life commitments. We offer schedules ranging from just 30 minutes of flying time up to 1-2 hours. Our goal at vAL is to start small and grow based on the number of members and overall flight activity. Currently we have pilot bases in Colorado, Idaho and Alaska and pilots can fly from either as they desire.
Our flight schedules offer the virtual pilot a wide range of prop driven aircraft including the Piper Cub J3, DHC-2 Beaver (all variants), C185 (all variants), the C208 and for those wanting a little more power, we offer many routes on the Beech 1900D. We have also acquired a DHC-5 Buffalo and the DHC-6 Twin Otter. Have a desire to fly even older aircraft? vAL also has the DC-3 (and BT-67 conversions) along with an old Ford Tri-Motor. Of course, vAL offers some fantastic bush flying throughout the Alaska, British Columbia and Yukon region with new routes and destinations added each week.
Enjoy operating jet aircraft? Following our plans of growing the airline based on pilot activity, we have recently acquired a full fleet of jet aircraft including converted MD80’s, B737, B757, B767 and a brand new B777F. These aircraft operate from our HQ Hub of Denver, Anchorage and our latest expansion hub of London Heathrow. Speaking of London, we also have fictional agreements with British Airways to operate select flights from London City and Heathrow airports in the Airbus A318, A319, A320 and A321 aircraft.
Finally, our partnership with Return to Misty Moorings, vAL offers an opportunity for virtual pilots to really get a sense of what bush flying is all about and strengthens our “No Runway Too Short, No Airfield Too Remote” philosophy. Return to Misty Moorings is a freeware scenery site offering additional sceneries, missions and much more for the Orbx/FTX regions in the Pacific Northwest.
virtual Air Logistics, a different kind of virtual airline for a different kind of virtual pilot. Thank you for your time.
Jerry Taylor – CEO
virtual Air Logistics
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