Airways February 2010 - British Airways Virtual

The TeamEditor: Christopher ElliottContributors: Celestyn Chmielewski, Cpt. Alan Carter,Ollie Alderson, Gareth Ogden (Corsair), Mark ChapmanDesigner: Christopher ElliottEditorial ContactEmail: airway@bavirtual.co.ukWebsite: www.bavirtual.co.ukBAV DirectorsCEO: Paul SmithHR: Tim BrownOnline Flying: Florian HarmsTechnical: Adam Parnell and Alan HunterTraining: John BarnesConsultants: Rob Parker, Stephen Ellis and Graham YoungSubmissionsAirways Magazine will happily accept and review forpublication all letters, photographs, screenshots, articles, orother contributions. However, we do not guaranteepublication.Welcome to theFebruary 2010Issue of AirwaysMagazine! Has itbeen two monthstwo monthsalready?! How time...Anyway, in this issue you will findCaptain Alan Carter and OllieAlderson talking about theircareers in aviation, MarkChapman remembering Lockerbieand loads more!This month’s competition winnershave been announced. If you arethe lucky winner, please PM meand we will get your prizes to youas soon as possible.I would like to thank Just Flight,HiFi Simulation Software andUK2000 Scenery for donatingsome fabulous prizes this monthand for generously supportingAirways Magazine.Also, a huge thank you to you allat BAV for supporting themagazine and much appreciationto all of this months contributors.Without you, there wouldn’t be amagazine.Until April, happy flying...Regards,Christopher Elliott, EditorAirways Magazine is unable to return any submissions sentto us and we will not be responsible for their loss. We willtry and respond as soon as possible. Anything sent to uswill be assumed suitable for publication unless we arenotified otherwise.CopyrightThe entire contents of Airways Magazine is ©2009 and nopart of this magazine may be reproduced in any form orstored on a retrieval system without prior permission of thepublisher, BAV Publications.BAV Publications takes considerable care and attention toensure the accuracy of the information published in AirwaysMagazine; however, we cannot be held liable for any loss ordamage resulting either directly or indirectly from any erroror omission.We are pleased to recognise all trademark and copyrightholders and try to where possible. If we make a mistake oromission, let us know and we will correct it in the next bimonthlyissue of Airways Magazine.LegalAirways Magazine is produced for British Airways Virtualand is completely independent.The thoughts, views and opinions expressed herein are notnecessarily the thoughts, views and opinions of AirwaysMagazine or British Airways Virtual, it’s Directors, Managersor Pilots.Airways Magazine is produced free of charge for themembers of British Airways Virtual, and all articles are freelysubmitted. The Editor of Airways Magazine reserves theright to change articles for clarity provided that it does notalter their meaning.Airways Magazine is no official medium of British AirwaysPLC and any or all logos used herein are the property oftheir respective owners. © All Rights Reserved.Any and all aviation advice, guidance, information, tips andtechniques contained herein are for the exclusive use ofVirtual Pilots within the environment of Microsoft FlightSimulator and as such are not to be used or attempted in areal world aviation environment under any circumstances.Dear AirwaysMagazine,My first year haspassed since I joinedBritish Airways Virtualand, with this in mind,I thought I would writein reflection of thisfirst successful year...My dad found outabout VATSIM when Iwas 11 or 12 yearsold. He is member ofVATSIM. When I sawhim flying on VATSIMI said, “Dad, I want tofly this!”He said, “You have tobe a member ofVATSIM.”I wondered whatVATSIM was. Soon Ifound out VATSIMwas the network,which connected flightsimulator to theinternet so you cansee other playersflying in your ownhome, which was inGlasgow!In order to become amember of VATSIM, Ihad to be 13 yearsold, so, after I turned13, a few days later, Isigned up to be amember. I flew onVATSIM every weekand when I saw myDad had othersoftware, which Ithought might berelated to onlineflying. I asked himwhat it was."Ah," he said. "This isBritish AirwaysVirtual.”Right from this firstintroduction, I wantedto join British AirwaysVirtual. He told methat I would have totake an exam and thatI would have to be 16to join BAV. Anotherslow three years Iwaited and waited andwaited until I finallyturned 16.When I was 15 yearsold, I found out mydad had left BritishAirways Virtual as hewas very busy. Ithought I had missedan opportunity and itleft me hoping hewould return back toBritish Airways Virtualwhen he retires. I canstill see his old callsign,BAW1158,which is being used byanother member. Healso stopped flying onVATSIM for the samereasons, and he hasn'tflown since March2008. It was hard to