( WHERE ALL YOUR HOURS COUNT )
Universal was created by two
senior pilots with thousands of hours of FS flight time. There
are two main choices in the virtual or flight simulation
community, one choice is to fly on your own and the other is to
join a virtual airline and there are many fine airlines to
select from. Going from website to website we found that each
airline had something to offer that was either unique or
unusual, some airlines were found to be "top heavy" in
management and some had no management. Other airlines were
extremely automated and some were simple with minimum
requirements in submitting information. Some airlines are
extremely friendly and some are downright .... well, shall we
say "less than friendly" although those that are
unfriendly are very rare.
In most cases the airlines
would permit the transfer of your hours but limit you to 50 or
100 hours or perhaps slightly more but certainly less then the
accumulated hours you have earned over many years. Many of us
have been flying since the days of MSFS-1 which came out in
1984, over 30 years ago, and many of us pilots who began flying
that version, later began keeping track of their hours and find
it difficult to toss out thousands of hours because hours are
not transferable. Most of these pilots lasted longer than some
virtual airlines!
For this reason, we decided to
open Universal Airlines on behalf of those senior and
experienced pilots who have hundreds and even thousands of
flight hours who simply feel it wasn't fair that they be asked
to dump the logbook and start over. Don't get us wrong, many
fine pilots have no problem and even prefer to start over but
often many pilots just don't want to give up if the airline they
flew for either closed or they no longer wished to fly for the
virtual they were associated with and in turn are left on the
tarmac with a homeless feeling.
When we opened Universal
Airlines and ran it for 5 years, we realized that in order to
attract pilots, we had to have a "recognized" airline
name, like Lufthansa or American. No matter how much time and
effort we put into the airline, success remained elusive.
Therefore, we've turned "Universal" into a resource
that pilots can use at home, with hours kept in your Microsoft
"LOGBOOK". Here, you always receive "Full
Credit" for your flight hours. You do not have to meet
anyone's requirements, except those you set for yourself! No
joining a Virtual Airline is necessary! Explore our vast number of flight schedules designed to help you
explore the world of flight! You may download aircraft
from the many flightsim sites, and use the suggestions in our
schedules indicating what aircraft are appropriate to fly a
particular route. The included Microsoft FS2004 based learning
area should be of help to most pilots. The desire to fly and
participate in a simulation that has been around a very long
time. It is hoped that our efforts here will contribute to
future flights through the virtual world. Although most of our
aircraft will work in both FS9 & FSX systems, we recommend
sticking with FS9 (FS2004 A Century Of Flight) because of the
thousands of high quality sceneries already available for free!
As computers became more powerful, FS2004 (FS9) runs even faster
on them.
One of our unique features,
located in our schedules, is that we include hyperlinks to the
cities, states and countries as well as airports you will be
visiting. You can also enjoy learning about the places you visit
as well as flying to them! In this way, you can become an
armchair traveler as you journey around the world.
"Welcome
To Universal Airlines "
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