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You read it correct. We are going to Beatles. Beatles refer to The Beatles. A very popular popgroup in the sixties and seventies. And they came from Liverpool. In fact is Citylink-va, going to Liverpool. And by that we mean, we are going to open a new hub in Liverpool. The grand opening of Liverpool will be executed with the RJ100. The plane that was just introduced in a couple of flights in the South of Spain. Malaga was the first point of starting our new strategy:”Connecting the dots”. In fact we are connecting our future hubs with the RJ100. Liverpool is our new hub, and following Malaga, in the project “Connecting the dots”. Liverpool connects to the following dots: (LEMG) Malaga (+/- 3 hours) (LFSB) Basel (+/- 1:45 hour) (ENBR) Bergen (+/- 1:45 hour) Look at this map: http://www.gcmap.com/mapui?P=lpl-agp%3B+lpl-bgo%3B+lpl-bsl%0D%0A&R=800nm%40lpl%0D%0A&PC=red&DU=mi&SG=320&SU=kts&RS=best&RC=navy The introduction of Liverpool is all month of february long and can be flown by any pilot. After the introduction, will we take the schedules to its normal rank. And you need to have the rank of Captain in order the mini jumbo. Want to know more about citylink-va? www.citylink-va.com

Eelo, Please have a look citylink-va.com. They have a fleet that comes close. Not completely, but you can allways talk about it. They have a big load of Twinotter flights, and they start with adding the Cessna C207 to the fleet, for specific flights. Next to that do they have a PC12, And a Caravan can be used as replacement for the the Twinotter, C207 and PC12. Ok, they also have bigger planes, like the Fokker 50 (will be replaced with Q400) and Avrojets as their biggest. But if you want to remain flying smaller planes, you are allways allowed. The maincore is twinotter and Fokker. Next to that is this VA building on more hubs, as they do not have planned any really long distance flights. Also look at this post: http://www.avsim.com/topic/481117-citylink-va-news-03-jan-2015/ Greetings, RobB

At first we at Citylink-va would like to express our best wishes to you for 2016. Good health and happiness. Secondly would w like to update you on what is going on in Citylink-va.com. Menu BAE J100 Our hubs Changing the fleet Schedules more realistic Roundup BAE RJ100 We are extending our fleet, by adding the RJ100 to it. We call it the connector. As it connects all of our hubs. Due to our structure and plane choice have we decided to introduce more hubs in Europe. Our fleet consists so far ofPC12, Twinotters and Fokker 50 for our passengerservice, and a couple of BAE 146-300 for our Cargo service. These planes limit a bit our range. And therefor we need a so called connector. We have choosen the Qualitywings BAE RJ for our fleet. And even though you could do Amsterdam to Malaga in 2,5 hours, did we choose the RJ. Which takes it up to 3 hours 15 minutes. Well yeahm that is our long distance flight. Our hubs Our hubs consist of Maastricht-Aachen Airport (EHBK), as our company headquarters, Rotterdam (EHRD) for serving the west of the Netherlands and Cologne (EDDK) as our main Cargo hub. In the future will we add: Liverpool (UK) Bergen (Norway) Basel-Mulhouse (Switzerland/France) Genoa (Norther Italy) Malaga (South of Spain) Bilbao (North of Spain as our Cargo hub) Changing the fleet Next to introducing the RJ100 are we going to change our fleet a bit. Until now have we been using the PAOB Fokker 50. With some additions is this plane a nice one, but it looks a bit dated. The staff of Citylink-va has expressed that they would like to change some planes in a more quality plane. We will slowly replace our Fokker 50 fleet by Majestics Q400. In time will we also add a smaller, bushflying plane tot he fleet. Despite the Aerosoft Twinotter is very capable bushplane on its own, but it sometimes feels like a whale or Jumbo Jet on a small airport. As we as staff also expressed that we wanted to offer more bushflying we also found out that smaller planes are better. Therefor have we choosen the Alabeo C207. This plane will connect the German wadden islands to Wilhelmshaven. And the Dutch wadden islands to Groningen. We are not sure if the Caravan will return, or a Kodiak will be added on other airstrips. Schedules more realistic We also have been looking at our schedules. Though some where historically a good trip (over 2 hours) as the only bigger plane we had was the Twinotter. But by now having a Fokker or Dash8, we came to the conclusion that it is better to do those trips on the bigger planes on some some bigger airports. In short we are becoming more realistic. One example is flying with the Twinotter from Maastricht and Rotterdam to Wilhelmshaven. Now we plan a Q400 from Maastricht to Bremen. From there a Twinotter flies to Wilhelmshaven, or Sylt. And from Wilhelmshavenf flies the C207 to the islands. Nice and easy VFR flights. For those who like that. Round up If you like to fly in western Europe and like STOL planes I guess we are the place to be. Visit us at www.citylink-va.com and see if a signup is something for you. That is it, for now. Keep the blue up and happy flying. RobB. President of Citylink-va.com

A bit late, but, In case you are looking for a va, that has smaller birds like the Twinotter, Dash8 and Avro RJ, pay a visit at www.citylink-va.

For your info, I have NL2000 installed at EHBK. Freeware. In FSX original is no ILS on runway 03/04 (depending on version). NL2000 has ILS on 111.55 (03 and 21) RobB

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I was until EH309 in NAV mode and switched to Loc at that point. Setting for 270, and slower turning northward. Intercepting ILS at EH302, while having ALT+HDG+APR switched on. Around EH302 the plane switched off HDG en started to turn to 033. At D3.8 the ALT switched off. RobB

Will try it that way, and report my findings. Thank you. RobB

I switched from GPS to NAV around EH302. And used the HDG button. But maybe, I should try to go the point you say, Stupidity is, that I think, that the ILS picks up at D5.8, but after closer inspection of the image I see D3.8 as the real entry point. You are correct. Thanks, will watch this. Still learning, after many years. It is a great hobby, and you can extend your knowledge day after day. ;-) Thanks. RobB

In 2007 the ILS was different. 108.50. But that frequency does not work anymore, when I fly. 111.55 does work. As it picks up in the horizontal way. And I do not have the issue allways. 75% no issue. RobB

@duckbilled, We are looking in our VA to use the Qualitywings RJ70 as business plane. Obviously with lessor chairs then 70. It is good for a trip up to 4 hours, but not to fast either for a trip of 1 hour.. RobB

A screenshot afterwards is difficult. But I do my best, to reconstruct. In short, I was inbound EH302. And turned 360, nearly at EH302 and the ILS picked up near D5.6BKZ. Here is an Acars link to my PIREP: http://www.citylink-va.com/index.php/PIREPS/view/1355 At the bottom is the somewhat how I flew. This exact the moment when the ILS picked up lateral: [21:47] - Flaps to position 1 at 1791ft and 103kts Then a minute later, I had been at 2200 feet and corrected. Tried the Approach again around 1200 feet. Plane pulled up again. I was at that point a bit lower then the ILS shoot be. Hope this is sufficient.

I was today flying the Twinotter Extended. From EDDG/07 to EHBK/03. But I also saw this on the Qualitywings RJ series. Entry is normally 1800-2000 feet. I was always to affraid to be to high. Thanks for thinking with me. RobB

Perhaps a very stupid question, but I run into something very strange from time to time. I have set the ILS freq, and heading. Angling at a 30 degree towards the ILS. My altitude is at the given alt of 1800 feet. The ILS picks up and starts turning th plane. I can see that the altitude point is just above the 1800 feet. Suddenly the ALT light of the mcp goes out, and in stead of starting the descent, the plane goes up. And that at a pretty fast rate. Within seconds it is at 2200 feet. Climbing at 3000ft/min. I have asked fellow simmers, and most of them have that annoying issue. I mostly piick up by disabling the Autopilot and descend on hand, up to 2500ft/min. Resulting in landing a bit to fast. I wonder what causes this? Thanks ahead, RobB

Looking for a VA? We might not completely have what you are looking for, but what have is props, defenitely. AND? We do not fly the beaten track. One big plane from one big airport to another big airport. We also offer the smaller strips. And sometimes you have to fiddle out where the airstrip is ;-). We have a couple of Twinotters, and Fokker 50. We are planning BAE RJ85/100, MD83/82, and a B757-200F. In case you love smaller planes we have a King Air 200 and PC12 at your service. Where the KA 200 flies business people on a schedule to major cities, and where the PC12, lets you land at daunting airstrips in the alps. Originally located at Maastricht (Netherlands), spreading its wings mostly over Germany. With Twinotters connecting smaller airports, and with the Fokker 50 the bigger once. Even connecting the north German Islands to the mainland. You can say this is more or the less bushflying. And defenively no IFR. We opened a hub in Rotterdam, and placed a few planes at Groningen. Connecting, UK, France and Germany with its Twinotters and Fokker 50. And since a month we have a fleet of Fokker 50 entering and leaving London City. In the future we hope to open up a hub at Edinburgh and fly Twinotters northbound. Connecting the rest of the world with Fokker 50 and BAE RJ85. Future wise will we add RJ85/RJ100/MD80 and place them at Maastrich and Rotterdam. We consider holiday flights with the RJ100 and MD83. Our cargo fleet will consist of Fokker 60, BAE 146-300 and B757-200. Interested? www.citylink-va.com Before I forget it, we have a shop in which you can spend your well earned pilotpayments, for desktop images, Renting smaller planes for you own good, Buying manuals, and the Citylink Acars. Ofcourse we help you, in case you have questions. Here is an overview of the planes we have or we are planning to use. Greetings, RobB.