FuelJabber Updated

One of the most useful tools on the AeroTexas website is FuelJabber - the flight simulation fuel planner. It was designed specifically for aircraft supported at ATX, and estimates fuel use and reserves for flights between airports. FuelJabber now supports 24 different aircraft, and calculates diversion, holding and contingency fuel, estimated time enroute, and even reserve fuel time, and time-to-empty.

Connecting Flights

If you logged a flight recently you may have noticed some new information about connecting flights. Connecting flights allow active members to fly from point-to-point anywhere there is a connection. Connections may include airports in the regular schedule, as well as temporary segments created by dispatchers. This feature should really open up a lot of new places for active members. Each month our cargo and charter dispatchers issue literally hundreds of new routes that are listed only for a short amount of time - for example, new cargo routes are typically issued on an hourly basis, and new round-trip charter segments pop up daily. You can only see connections after you log a flight, so file those reports and look for new places to fly every day.

March Results

Overall, flights were down 32% from the same time last year, yet total hours
were up by 15%. We had 13 active pilots (same as last March) who flew 214 flights and
about 110,000 nautical miles.