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| Denver Live! 2009 |
Posted by Kyle Weber on 2009-06-24
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Now announcing:
More details on activities, itineraries, bids, schedules, and goodies to come. We are pleased to also introduce FS2Crew and SimMarket as our latest sponsors. With nearly $200 worth of prizes to give away so far, the vZDV staff looks forward to unveiling them to you in the coming days. |
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| Controller of the Month! |
Posted by Harold Rutila on 2009-06-24
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A big congratulations goes out to David McDaniel (DD) for being May's controller of the month! David racked up an excellent 35 hours and 5 minutes.
ZDV total hours came to 288 hours and 12 minutes. You can view all of our stats here. |
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| New Mentor! |
Posted by Harold Rutila on 2009-06-09
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Congratulations to Nils Hoefnagel on his promotion to ZDV mentor! More details in the forums. |
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| Important Denver Live 2009 Information for Attendees |
Posted by Kyle Weber on 2009-06-08
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vZDVers and interested participants,
Please take a moment to visit the Events Forum for our initial roll call poll. |
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| KAPA and KDEN Runway Closures |
Posted by Kyle Weber on 2009-06-05
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Two new NOTAMs are now in effect, regarding both KAPA and KDEN. Pilot and controllers alike, please review the NOTAMs section for more information. |
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| Congratulations to vZDV's College Graduates of 2009! |
Posted by Jon Standley on 2009-05-10
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Congratulations to the following members of vZDV ARTCC completing their college education in 2009!
Kyle Weber (ZDV ATM) - Bachelor of Science in Aerospace Engineering Sciences / Minor in Economics from the University of Colorado - Boulder. Kyle starts his new job as a test engineer next week!
Casey Diers - Bachelor of Fine Arts in Lighting Design from DePaul University in Chicago, IL.
Landen Yasuda - Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering from the University of Colorado - Boulder. Landen will start work this summer for the Aviation Group of Jacobs Engineering in Durago , CO. He will be working on several runway and taxiway improvements at the Durango Airport!
Congratulations to all our 2009 graduates!!!
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| Two Events Coming Soon! |
Posted by Kyle Weber on 2009-05-06
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vZDVers,
Our ARTCC will be participating in two major events in the month of May. First, Friday Night Ops will be featuring KDEN on May 22nd and VATUSA will be hosting its Light Up America event on May 30th. Sign ups and more details will be available in the forum soon.
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| Mark Akeman Is April's Controller of the Month! |
Posted by Harold Rutila on 2009-05-02
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Congratulations to Mark Akeman, the ZDV Controller of the Month for April with a great-looking 64 hours and 36 minutes! You can view the rest of the stats here, courtesy of Noah Bryant. |
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| Nils Hoefnagel Grabs the Controller of the Month Award for March! |
Posted by Harold Rutila on 2009-04-28
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Congratulations to Nils Hoefnagel on another success as being the ZDV Controller of the Month for March with 47 hours and 55 minutes!
You can view all of the stats here. |
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| vZDV has a New DATM |
Posted by Kyle Weber on 2009-04-04
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Please join me in congratulating Scott Crafton for being appointed as the new Deputy Air Traffic Manager of the Denver ARTCC. Scott has already served Denver as ATM and has contributed tremenduously to our current organization, whether it be training students or providing feedback on existing policies and procedures. His real world leadership experience and passion for this organization have made him an invaluable asset to Denver. Let us welcome Scott to his new post and wish him the best of luck. |
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| vZDV Town Hall Meeting |
Posted by Kyle Weber on 2009-03-19
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A vZDV Town Hall Meeting will be hosted by staff this Monday evening, 23 Mar 09, at 1900 MDT. Controllers and other interested parties are encouraged to attend. Details are available here.
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| APG Fly-In This Sunday |
Posted by Kyle Weber on 2009-03-16
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The American Pacific Group (APG) will be flying into KEGE this Sunday, 22 Mar 09. Event details are available here.
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| February 2009 Stats |
Posted by Harold Rutila on 2009-03-07
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Congratulations to Tom Huben (TH), ZDV's Controller of the Month with over 52 hours on the scopes! Congratulations, Tom!
ZDV controller stats for last month looked great. A full list is available here. |
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| Rocky Mountain Rumble - Pictures, Screenshots, and Videos Now Available! |
Posted by Kyle Weber on 2009-03-05
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For those of you who missed the live-portion of vZDV's RMR 2009 in Centennial, CO, a forum thread sharing our memories is available here!
Thanks to everyone, pilots and controllers alike, for helping make this event a great success! |
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| Rocky Mountain Rumble - Friday Night Social |
Posted by Kyle Weber on 2009-02-26
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The pre-RMR Friday night social plans have been finalized and announced. Details can be found here.
Even if you have not RSVPed yet, there is still time to do so! Or, simply show up. The more, the merrier! |
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| Rocky Mountain Rumble - Controller Assignments and Information |
Posted by Kyle Weber on 2009-02-25
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Controller shifts and assignments have been posted. They may be viewed at here,
Additionally, up-to-date information, pertinent to RMR, will be posted here as the last details are finalized.
See you in two days! |
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| Controller of the Month Award - January 2009 |
Posted by Harold Rutila on 2009-02-06
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January's Controller of the Month Award goes to Nils Hoefnagel, one of ZDV's finest, at an amazing 127 hours! Congratulations to Nils! You can view all of ZDV's controller stats here. |
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| Rocky Mountain Rumble - Position Bidding Information |
Posted by Roy Evans on 2009-02-01
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The bidding is now open! Please head to the following thread located at http://www.denartcc.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=1482 to learn how to submit your bids for RMR. |
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| vZDV Town Hall Meeting |
Posted by Kyle Weber on 2009-01-30
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A vZDV Town Hall Meeting is scheduled for 31 Jan 09 at 1900 MST. Please visit: http://www.denartcc.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=1467 for details. |
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| vZDV presents ROCKY MOUNTAIN RUMBLE! |
Posted by Roy Evans on 2009-01-19
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On February 28th, 2009, from 1200-2100 MST, the controllers of vZDV are proud to present the annual ROCKY MOUNTAIN RUMBLE event! This event will highlight KASE, KCOS, and KDEN, and VFR and/or IFR flights between the three.
For this event, we are going to have around 6-10 controllers meeting up in the Denver area at a location to be determined to control this event in the highest degree of realism, with controllers working side-by-side just like you'd find at any TRACON or Enroute facility! Also, to make things even more realistic, one of our controllers, a CTI student at a prestigious Aeronautical University, will be acting as a Traffic Management Unit, ensuring all aircraft operating in our out of our sector are spaced adequately, and routed as necessary to avoid any pesky ground holds or flow times.
As we finalize more details for the event, they will be posted in the forums. Right now, we're still soliciting attendance numbers from our controllers. If you're interested in attending the event, whether live or remote, please head to this thread in the forums and add your name to the list!
Please contact events [ a t ] denartcc [ d o t ] org for further information or questions you may have! |
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| Updated Events Contact Information |
Posted by Roy Evans on 2009-01-17
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We're pleased to welcome David McDaniel, ZDV_DD, to the newly formed Events Department under the title Events Liaison. Since we're a two-man show, please use events [ a t ] denartcc [ d o t ] org for contacting the Events Department. |
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| Saturday Scramble coming to KDEN! 24 JAN 1600-2000 MST |
Posted by Roy Evans on 2009-01-14
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United Virtual Airlines, Virtual-USAairways and Virtual Air Canada are all planning to fly into and/or out of Denver International on 24 Jan 2009 between 2300-0300Z [1600-2000 MST]. We're excited to work with our UVA friends and help staff their Saturday Scramble! Please head to the following thread in the forums for more information on the event, as well as to post your bids for positions! Click here for the forum thread.
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| New vZDV Alias File Released |
Posted by Kyle Weber on 2009-01-12
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Thanks to the hard work of Andrew Heath, our new vZDV Alias File is now available for download on the downloads page:
http://denartcc.org/downloads/ZDV_Alias_file_v1.0.zip
Included are a wide variety of dot-commands for text pilots, but more importantly, many of the LOAs/SOPs/routes used within vZDV and our neighboring ARTCCs.
Thanks also to all of the controllers who tested it.
Go grab it while it's hot! |
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| Website Update |
Posted by Eric Tombaugh on 2009-01-03
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ZDVers,
At this time the denartcc.org website is back up, however email services and forums are still unavailable. I will post again when they are back up.
If you encounter any bugs with the new site, or features that did work on the old site, but now do not, please email them to Eric[dot]Tombaugh[at]transwonder[dot]com.
Thanks,
vZDV Staff |
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| Website Downtime |
Posted by Eric Tombaugh on 2009-01-02
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ZDVers,
Starting today, January 2nd, at approximately 5 p.m. MST, or 0000z, the denartcc.org website will be temporarily unavailable, and could be down for up to 72 hours. The staff will be moving the website to another web host, which will offer more customization and reliability. The following services will not be available: Forums, Website access, training materials(these will be first priority, once we are able to get links to training materials back up, we will send out another email to students), and denartcc email. During this time, any mail sent to a @denartcc.org address, may NOT be delivered at all.
All data has been backed up and saved. Once we take the website offline, we will make a copy of the databases, to transfer the most-current information to the new server. Unfortunately, until we get the new site up, we will not be able to tell if passwords can be saved/restored. In the event that passwords are not transferable, we will send out yet another email describing how to go about re-creating your password.
Our order of priority, is first and foremost getting the main denartcc.org website back up and running, and completely functional. The staff will be taking most of the weekend to sort out any problems that arise and work on getting them corrected immediately. After getting the main site back up and running, mail services will be fully restored, and then finally the training.denartcc.org website will be set back up.
As with any website and general IT task, things can always come up that prolong the time it takes, or cause additional headaches. The staff kindly asks everyone to remain as patient as possible during the next few days. Even after the websites are restored, there may still be issues that need to be worked out. Once the forums are restored, we will create a thread to track any bugs that are found and reported by controllers.
Lastly, since email services will be down for an extended period of time, I have compiled a list of emergency contact information for staff members listed below.
Kyle Weber - vZDV ATM
Email: hemisphereceo[at]aol[dot]com
AIM: av8rkw
Skype: captkorndog
Harold Rutila - vZDV Training Administrator
Email: h.rutila[at]gmail[com]com
Skype: zdv_hr
Roy Evans - vZDV Events Director
Email: nondirectional[at]gmail[dot]com
AIM: royevansii
Eric Tombaugh - vZDV Webmaster
Email: Eric[dot]Tombaugh[at]transwonder[dot]com
AIM: zdvet
Skype: transwonder
Again, the staff appreciates everyone's patience during this matter, and we will of course keep everyone up-to-date on the progress and any delays we encounter.
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| Sundays in the Springs (SITS) |
Posted by Harold Rutila on 2008-12-19
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Sundays in the Springs is a new series of events in vZDV that is focused in and around Colorado Springs. The events are taking place each Sunday at a time posted in our events forum. Controllers willing to work the event are invited to to place a position bid at this thread.
We are still looking for a few more controllers to work in the Springs this Sunday! All members certified at DEL, GND, or TWR are highly encouraged to request a position.
All pilots are invited to attend a spectacular Sunday in the Springs from 1700-2100 MST this Sunday. |
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| Roy Evans' Instructor Promotion! |
Posted by Harold Rutila on 2008-12-03
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Congratulations to ZDV events coordinator Roy Evans for successfully passing all steps required to become a ZDV instructor! Roy has obtained his I1 rating, and we look forward to having him on the training staff. Click here and give a shout out to Roy! |
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| Position Bids Open |
Posted by Harold Rutila on 2008-11-29
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Position bids for Denver's opportunity to host Friday Night Operations (FNO) have now been opened at this link. |
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| ZDV's Newest Mentor! |
Posted by Harold Rutila on 2008-11-26
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Please join me in welcoming Mr. Andrew "AJ" Heath to the mentor staff! Click here... |
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| Shelly Johnson Memorial Event Donations |
Posted by Harold Rutila on 2008-11-12
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Those wishing to make a donation to MADD (Mothers Against Drunk Driving) can do so by clicking here and selecting the Memorial Donation option.
Both MADD and the Virtual Denver ARTCC would like to thank you for your support. |
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| New Training Administrator! |
Posted by Eric Tombaugh on 2008-10-06
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Please join me in welcoming Harold Rutila to his new position of vZDV Training Administrator! |
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| Denver Live! 2008 Prize Winners -- NOTICE |
Posted by Eric Tombaugh on 2008-09-14
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Prize winners have 48 hours to claim their prizes. Winners that do not respond, will forfeit their prize! Winners have till September 16th, 2008, at 0300z to respond. |
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| Denver Live! 2008 Prize Winners |
Posted by Kyle Weber on 2008-08-03
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Congratulations to the following selected prize winners from our Denver Live! 2008 fly-in last weekend:
840381 Dexter Gray KLAX
1061975 Stephen Streiff KSYR
1002084 Christian Reuss EDDN
1060675 Ryan King - KDTW
816794 Claude Cheatwood KIAH
892954 Mark Kuebeler KSLC
956549 Brian Salmeron EIDW
831586 Ryan Buntrock KMKE
1047330 James Holland-KDEN
810922 Nikos Terizakis - EGLL
1040263 Jamie Baker KIAD
900861 Brandon Robinson KDEN
ZDV staff will be contacting our winners as soon as possible. A request for email addresses has been put in with VATSIM staff. This is also the order winners will be able to select their prizes.
Thanks to everyone, pilots and controllers, as well as our very generous sponsors, for making this a VERY successful event.
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| ZDV Presents Denver LIVE! |
Posted by Robert Cosgrove on 2008-07-19
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Our second annual Denver Live! event, will be held on July 26th, 2008,
at 1900z-0400z. For 9 hours, 15 ZDV controllers will gather in a local
Denver-area conference center, and control live together, providing an
ultra-realistic experience for controllers and pilots alike.'
Read More, and View the Prizes!
**IMPORTANT**
Departing KDEN? Want to make your departure as realistic, and smooth as possible? Check out the vZDV Pre-Departure Clearances! Documentation can be found here and the database can be located here. Please note the PDC Number in your flight plan! |
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| New Instructor! |
Posted by Robert Cosgrove on 2008-07-02
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Please help me welcome Chris James back to the ZDV training staff. Welcome back Chris! |
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| May's Controller of the Month |
Posted by Robert Cosgrove on 2008-06-08
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Congratulations to Andrew Heath, May's controller of the month with 51 hours and 49 minutes on scope. Congratulations Andrew!
More information is available here. |
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| April Statistics |
Posted by Kyle Weber on 2008-05-09
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Congratulations to Brian Stern, ZDV's controller of the month for April! A break down of hours can be found at http://denartcc.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=909 . |
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| March Statistics Are In! |
Posted by Robert Cosgrove on 2008-04-12
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Congratulations to Ed Callan, ZDV's controller of the month with 36 Hours 25 Minutes! ZDV as a whole controlled 283 Hours and 46 Minutes during the month of March.
More Information is available from http://denartcc.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=851. |
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| New EC |
Posted by Kyle Weber on 2008-03-15
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Please welcome Paul Biderman as the newest vZDV Events Coordinator! |
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| Rocky Mountain Rumble Wrap-up |
Posted by Eric Tombaugh on 2008-02-01
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Out of 406 pilots, we have our winners, and the prizes have all been claimed!
Eric Jones - PMDG MD11
Joe Pieper - HiFi Simulations
Evans Pitt - Jeppesen SimCharts
Kevin Williams - MegaScenery
Jason Sankar - Jeppesen SimCharts
Photo gallery can be located at rmr.denartcc.org |
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| New DATM and EC! |
Posted by Eric Tombaugh on 2008-02-01
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Please welcome Kyle Weber as the newest vZDV DATM, and Alex Wage as the newest vZDV Events Coordinator! |
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| New Training Administrator! |
Posted by Eric Tombaugh on 2008-01-24
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Please join me in welcoming Bobby Cosgrove to his new position as vZDV TA! |
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| NOTAM 1107-01 |
Posted by Eric Tombaugh on 2007-11-23
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All IFR operations in and out of Stapleton International (XDEN) are prohibited until a formalized policy is published. The vZDV Staff refuse to accept responsibility for any issues that arise because of lack of control and knowledge regarding the Stapleton area. Continuing to fly in and out of XDEN when we haven't even formally approved it, is unacceptable and puts other virtual pilots in 'vdanger', and also places un-warranted stress upon student controllers. All prospective IFR flights must depart VFR, and receive IFR Clearance en-route. All inbound IFR flights must cancel IFR within 30nm of the airport. Due to these restrictions, all Stapleton operations must occur during VFR Meteorological Conditions, and all aircraft must remain outside the Denver Class B. |
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| October Stats are in! |
Posted by Chris James on 2007-11-12
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Congrats to ANDREW HEATH for logging 37 hours! Keep it up chief! More information can be found by clicking HERE |
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| New Releases |
Posted by Eric Tombaugh on 2007-10-17
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Thanks to Bobby Cosgrove, ZDV Has more training material and resources available. Check out this post for more information. |
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| September 2007 Stats! |
Posted by Chris James on 2007-10-03
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September 2007 Stats are in! Give it up for Septembers controller of the month Harold Rutila for logging 44hrs!
More information can be found by clicking
Here. |
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| Iron Mic victories |
Posted by Josh Rosard on 2007-07-02
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vZDV has brought home two VATSIM Iron Mic awards in the month of June.
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