coronado990 Posted September 27, 2019 Share Posted September 27, 2019 Third part of 4: Info: Aero Virgin Islands began operations in the spring of 1977. The fleet was basically all DC-3s. Their route network consisted of flights to St. Thomas, and Saint Croix in the U.S. Virgin Islands, and San Juan, in Puerto Rico. Puerto Rico-based airline Prinair was the company’s main competitor until their bankruptcy in 1984. Prinair’s failure gave the opportunity for Aero Virgin to be more involved in the region. However, the airline faltered as its aging fleet of DC-3s got many problems, which led to them virtually being unusable. The final nail in the coffin was the total destruction of the DC-3 fleet when Hurricane Hugo struck in September 1989. Aero Virgin Islands DC-3 (Manfred Jahn) Ted Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ColR1948 Posted September 27, 2019 Share Posted September 27, 2019 Well I 'm glad this one survived Ted, another first class paint job, she looks nice a clean, you should do a weathered one as well. Col. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flightsimg Posted September 27, 2019 Share Posted September 27, 2019 Like at other posts, I like the approach one Gérard Guichard, Dijon, Burgundy, France. i5 Intel processor, 4 Go of Ram, Nvidia GeForce 920MX, DirectX 12.0, and FSX Gold Edition with SP1, SP2. My personal flightsim website is at http://flightlessons.6te.net Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peer01 Posted September 27, 2019 Share Posted September 27, 2019 She looks VERY good Ted!:cool::cool::cool: [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DAVIDSTRAKA Posted September 27, 2019 Share Posted September 27, 2019 Great post witht he history! :cool: Senior Rookie Bragware: FSX Gold - Acceleration | HP Omen Obelisk Desktop | Intel Core i7 3.2 Ghz |16GB | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 | 1TB HD | 256 GB SSD (Gaming Computer) REX Worldwide Airports HD AS16 + ASCA ORBX Global BASE ORBX Freeware Airports ORBX HD Trees [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coronado990 Posted September 27, 2019 Author Share Posted September 27, 2019 Thanks fellas. This airline should have been more successful as they held a monopoly in the region after Prinair's collapse. If they had attended to their DC-3s with a little more TLC they would probably have survived longer than they did. Then again, that devastating Hurricane Hugo really did a job on this airline in 1989. It just wasn't meant to be. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NMLW Posted September 27, 2019 Share Posted September 27, 2019 Haven't see a VI livery before. Look good. :cool: :cool: Larry Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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