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VATSIM Pilot Ron Oines Achieves 25,000 Virtual Flying Hours


Kyle Ramsey 810181
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Kyle Ramsey 810181
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I got an email today letting me know I had a promise to fulfill to this gentleman, Ron Oines 810755, who has just gone over 25,000 hours (25,001 to be exact) that I would make him the 25,000 hour Pilot badge when he crossed it. Ron has been a member since July 2001.

 

25,000 hours is 1,041.67 days, or 148.8 weeks, or an astounding 2.86 YEARS in the cockpit while flying VATSIM.

 

Thanks Ron, the order for the new badge is off to the design group!

Kyle Ramsey

 

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Ernesto Alvarez 818262
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and i thought i had a lot

 

congrats Ron! hope its still as fun as the first hour was. still is here

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Wygene Chong 1089621
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Congratulations Ron on this amazing milestone!

Wygene Chong

C1 Controller | Iceland | Greenland | Faroe Islands

VATSIM Scandinavia

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Scott DeWoody
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Congrats, now if we can just get those darn badges working..

 

 

Scott DeWoody

CEO - American Virtual Airlines

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Don Desfosse
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Holy crow! That's amazing! Congratulations!

Don Desfosse
Vice President, Operations

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Josh Glottmann
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Props to Ron (I would think he is more into Jets at this time though)!

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Mark Smith 1119598
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Great Job Ron. definitely a huge milestone.

Mark Smith

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Vatsim Supervisor

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Colin Schoen
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Congratulations, those are some mind boggling numbers.

Colin Schoen

VATSIM Senior Network Supervisor

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Morten Steen
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Congrats Ron, truly amazing!

 

Average of appx 5 hours a day for 14+ years, that's what I call dedication!

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Mark Richards
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Congratulations Ron, that's a huge achievement and I love your commitment to VATSIM.

 

Look forward to seeing you hit another 25000!

 

Mark

Mark Richards (811451)

Auckland, New Zealand

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Andreas Fuchs
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Wow, it's time you get paid for these flight hours!

 

PS: I am flying for real since 1990, or so. Done just 7862 hours since and I do it for a living! Is this worrying?

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Charan Kumar
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25000hrs, and it's taken him 15 yrs. Damn, that's a career in and of itself...Congratulations Ron!!

When is your next Flight||VATSIM HitSquad Member, ZOA/ZAK/GANDER/P1

 

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Martin Tornberg
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Congratulations Ron, an amazing effort!

 

Here's to the next 25k hours

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Richard Walsh
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Congrats!!! Huge Milestone.

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Cody Cochran
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Thats awesome. Wonder if the FAA accepts transfer hours from VATSIM

Cody Cochran

VATSIM Supervisor

c.cochran[at]vatsim.net

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Randy Tyndall 1087023
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Congratulations Ron! I'm right behind you, sir. Only 22,000 more hours to go...

 

Randy

Randy Tyndall - KBOI

ZLA I-11/vACC Portugal P4

“A ship is always safe in the harbor. But that’s not why they build ships” --Michael Bevington ID 814931, Former VATSIM Board of Governors Vice President of Pilot Training

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A little over 2 years later Ron reached the next milestone at 30,000 virtual flying hours. Congratulations!

   

 

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marcus holmes
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It make my 6040 hours look like chump change lol.

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Robert Shearman Jr
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This is the equivalent of 3 years, 3 months, and 13 days of *continuous* 24/7 flying time.

 

I have some leave saved up at work -- I'm taking some time off to catch up. LOL.

Cheers,
-R.

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Don Smith
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Congrats on the 25k hrs! - "You have your [Mod - Happy Thoughts]ignment - Good Luck, Sir!"

Nicely Done, Ron!

 

Hi Kyle!

Don Smith

"Tower - ASO455 - Reporting a flock of birds on short final!"

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Morten Jelle
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Thats awesome. Wonder if the FAA accepts transfer hours from VATSIM

 

I would say, they should definately consider that!

 

Congratulations Ron!

Morten Jelle

VATSIM Network Supervisor, Team Lead - Supervisor Team 1

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Charan Kumar
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5000 hrs in about 3 yrs. He is definitely keeping a steady rate. God speed!!

When is your next Flight||VATSIM HitSquad Member, ZOA/ZAK/GANDER/P1

 

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Fellow VATSIM-ers, equal recognition goes to Valeriy Krasyuk who p[Mod - Happy Thoughts]ed the incredible milestone of 25,000 hours of flying on VATSIM this month! On average, that is 4.5 hours of flying a day, every day, for over 13+ years. Congratulations!

   

 

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Robert Shearman Jr
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Fellow VATSIM-ers, equal recognition goes to Valeriy Krasyuk who p[Mod - Happy Thoughts]ed the incredible milestone of 25,000 hours of flying on VATSIM this month! On average, that is 4.5 hours of flying a day, every day, for over 13+ years. Congratulations!

VATSIM must pay him more per hour than they pay me...

Cheers,
-R.

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