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Ben Chiu Certificates/Ratings/Crew Stations: "Explosion of Virtual Airlines" 05-06-01, 01:47z  ____________________ Greetings! I was over on the Zone earlier today and among the many changes there, I couldn't help noticing the huge proliferation of Virtual Airlines (VA's) over there. Now I know VA's have been very strong over the years, but I can't recall ever seeing so many of them popping up before. Can anyone shed some light on what may have caused this sudden explosion of new VA's? Ben Top

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Subject      Author      Message Date     ID      RE: Explosion of Virtual Airlines madape 05-06-01 1    RE: Explosion of Virtual Airlines Tom Hayward 05-06-01 3    RE: Explosion of Virtual Airlines Ben Chiu 05-06-01 4   RE: Explosion of Virtual Airlines Andy Moon 05-06-01 2    RE: Explosion of Virtual Airlines Ben Chiu 05-06-01 5         RE: Explosion of Virtual Airlines Andy Moon 05-07-01 6              RE: Explosion of Virtual Airlines Ben Chiu 05-07-01 7                   RE: Explosion of Virtual Airlines Andy Moon 05-07-01 8                        RE: Explosion of Virtual Airlines Ben Chiu 05-07-01 9                             RE: Explosion of Virtual Airlines Andy Moon 05-08-01 10                                  RE: Explosion of Virtual Airlines dwegner 05-28-01 11                                       RE: Explosion of Virtual Airlines Tom Hayward 05-28-01 12                                       RE: Explosion of Virtual Airlines Ben Chiu 05-28-01 13                                            RE: Explosion of Virtual Airlines fighter118 05-30-01 14

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madape Certificates/Ratings/Crew Stations: 1. "RE: Explosion of Virtual Airlines" 05-06-01, 04:06z  This could be an attempt by zoners to try and make the zone "The Place" to come if you want to have a good time in Flight Sim 98/2k, although as we all know the zone will never be like it used to be. I would also like to take this oppurtunity to say "hi" to everyone, and say how cool this site looks, its great to see somebody actually putting something promising together for Flight Simmmer's. Cheers Sam Top

Tom Hayward Certificates/Ratings/Crew Stations: 3. "RE: Explosion of Virtual Airlines" 05-06-01, 11:11z  ____________________ Thank you Sam! Welcome to FlightAdventures! _________________ Thomas S. Hayward Top

Ben Chiu Certificates/Ratings/Crew Stations: 4. "RE: Explosion of Virtual Airlines" 05-06-01, 14:58z  ____________________ Welcome, Sam! The other thing I noticed is clearly more than half of the games "on" the Zone were IP games (e.g. not even based on the Zone). So I don't think that fits with the "making the Zone the place to be" theory. Actually, IMHO, the Zone has become more like rug merchant market with all of the VA's harping their wares. It's funny how things change like that, and I'm still curious why that happened. I guess in part that's because I'd hate to see that happen over here. Thanks! Ben Top

Andy Moon Certificates/Ratings/Crew Stations: 2. "RE: Explosion of Virtual Airlines" 05-06-01, 11:06z  ____________________ On the Zone, everyone wants to own their own virtual airline. So, they are going to these free homestead/geocities site and setting up what they think is a real airline. Instead of having fun flying, they seem to be in competition with one another which causes an increase in COC violations A top VA is BAV (British Airways Virtual). I believe their address is http://www.bav.co.uk They are a superb, friendly and professional VA who i personally met last November at the European Flt Sim show whilst working for Microsoft. Cheers, Andy Moon Top

Ben Chiu Certificates/Ratings/Crew Stations: 5. "RE: Explosion of Virtual Airlines" 05-06-01, 21:48z  ____________________ "I believe their address is www.bav.co.uk" Looks like the address you posted is to "Bon Accord Venues - Hotel Booking Agents & Conference Organisers." Perhaps once we've got all of our features up and running, we could provide services to a select few VA's. We could provide links, create VA specific chat rooms, message boards, etc.. We can discuss this further when the time comes. Best! Ben Top

Andy Moon Certificates/Ratings/Crew Stations: 6. "RE: Explosion of Virtual Airlines" 05-07-01, 09:56z  ____________________ LOL! Ok, i have this time looked and found it to be "http://www.bavirtual.co.uk"; Cheers. Top

Ben Chiu Certificates/Ratings/Crew Stations: 7. "RE: Explosion of Virtual Airlines" 05-07-01, 10:21z  ____________________ Hmm, that one doesn't work either! Ben Top

Andy Moon Certificates/Ratings/Crew Stations: 8. "RE: Explosion of Virtual Airlines" 05-07-01, 13:04z  ____________________ Is working for me....... http://www.bavirtual.co.uk Try again....... Top

Ben Chiu Certificates/Ratings/Crew Stations: 9. "RE: Explosion of Virtual Airlines" 05-07-01, 14:35z  ____________________ OK, works this time. (It seems the URL is correct, but the link you posted had an erroneous " in it.) BAV certainly looks like a top notch outfit. Very impressive! In fact, many VA sites look so good that if I didn't know what I was looking at, I'd think it was the real thing! Thanks again, Andy! Ben Top

Andy Moon Certificates/Ratings/Crew Stations: 10. "RE: Explosion of Virtual Airlines" 05-08-01, 23:46z  ____________________ Sure does! No probs, Andy Top

dwegner Certificates/Ratings/Crew Stations: 11. "RE: Explosion of Virtual Airlines" 05-28-01, 09:32z  Andy, i checked out that (www.bavirtual.co.uk) site and it seems that it closed down because of the behavior of a few members, its ashame that a few unruly people have to ruin a good thing for others. Top

Tom Hayward Certificates/Ratings/Crew Stations: 12. "RE: Explosion of Virtual Airlines" 05-28-01, 10:09z  ____________________ It really is a shame that a few unruly people can disrupt such a good thing for everybody. _________________ Thomas S. Hayward Top

Ben Chiu Certificates/Ratings/Crew Stations: 13. "RE: Explosion of Virtual Airlines" 05-28-01, 10:23z  ____________________ Wow! Bummer. I wonder what happened? Ben Top

fighter118 Certificates/Ratings/Crew Stations: 14. "RE: Explosion of Virtual Airlines" 05-30-01, 04:42z  With me being a CEO of a VA (not saying which one) I can say that with VA's all it is, is compatition, I have seen sites give out awards to virtual airlines of the year and ect. ~Thomas~ Top

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