The Alaskair Paint Shop – Cessna Skyhawks
https://i.imgur.com/dmpeheS.png Alaskair livery for the default or REP Cessna C172 in X-Plane 11 [Pete H liveries] https://i.imgur.com/VriVXMo.png Juneau Tours livery for the default or REP Cessna C172 in X-Plane 11 https://i.imgur.com/abHMV93.png Alaskair reversed...
read moreThe Alaskair Paint Shop – The Cessnarox Files
https://i.imgur.com/xDYzoRP.jpg Alaskair livery for FlightFactor B757-200 in X-Plane [Cessnarox Liveries] https://i.imgur.com/QLhCnTK.jpg Alaskair livery for the IXEG B737-300 in X-Plane [Cessnarox Liveries] https://i.imgur.com/yBf3IJN.jpg Alaskair livery for...
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Ground School: Ice Flying: Strategies or “You’re as cold as ice”
As per some previous discussions on our Discord and some very alarming PIREPs during these winter months at AKV we are happy to bring you what we can in the way of tips to avoid crashes or stalls due to icing conditions in the air. By no means is this our condoning...
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Ground School: How to taxi the DC-3 or “Gooneybird feet”
No matter how many times we have flown the airlines in real life, we would be hard pressed to recall the last time that we boarded an aircraft at the end of the runway. It’s time to expose the mystery of taxiing the flightsim DC-3, and begin or end the flights...
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ICAO flight plans will be mandatory for both VFR and IFR flight plans starting August 27th.
The FAA will transition to mandatory use of the international flight plan format for all IFR and VFR domestic and international civil flights on August 27, 2019. The change is part of an effort to modernize and streamline flight planning and supports the FAA’s NextGen...
read moreAKV Blog Returns!
We are not dead yet, sorry for the long absence but we had a few bugs and quirks to work out before the blog could return to us. Watch this space 😀
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Ground School: Seaplanes: Taxi & Takeoff, or “Get your floaties on”
Seaplanes and X-Plane Originally by Chuck Bodeen with edits for XP11 by yours truely 😉 PECULIARITIES OF SEAPLANES Once a seaplane is in the water and released from contact with a dock it is subject to weathervaning which is the tendency of the plane to face the...
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VATSIM Event PAJN – PAWG VFR Helper
This flight is fairly straightforward, starting out in Juneau, out the Gastineau Channel, Flying south along Stephens Passage into Frederick Sound, then turning southeast past Farragut Bay, then flying south past Petersburg, then following Mitkof Island to...
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Ground School: Decoding METARs
The most important factor in determining which runway to use for takeoff or landing is arguably the weather. Whether you are on VATSIM, PE or offline (pun intended) you cab obtain current and forecasted weather reports with a METAR. This Class will help you decode a...
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Lake Hood, Anchorage hot spot for floatplanes, will get three new hangars
from ADN. A $15 million project underway to build new hangars at the Lake Hood Seaplane Base in Anchorage aims to alleviate the pent-up demand for housing smaller aircraft there. A company called Lake Hood Hangars broke ground earlier this year on the first of...
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Ground School: Preflight Planning
ROLE OF PREFLIGHT PREPARATION One of the most neglected acts of a pilot contemplating flight in an aircraft is that of proper preflight planning. The facts are well supported by aircraft accident statistics. The accident and fatality/serious injury statistics indicate...
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Valdez Fly-In and Anniversary Celebration!
Hello from all of us at Alaskair! We are excited to get the events rolling over in Valdez for our Birthday and first year hosting this Fly-In. But it is quite a bit more than that this year. A Fly-In signifies that one flies their favourite aircraft from 'home' to the...
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