Menno

Got to thank brett for that. He gave me the idea one page back.

5/6/2012 May I present... ...my 'new' airplane! After being completely overhauled and repainted at a facility in Honolulu I went to pick it up today. I flew the short distance in my trusty 172. The plan was to fly the 206 back and leave the 172 behind. Since Air Cargo International is still a one man operation and I can't fly two airplanes at the same time I decided to use the opportunity to get the 172 checked out and repainted in the new Air Cargo Hawaii livery as well. Flying the 206 really takes some getting used to. It is bigger (at least on the inside, not in overall wingspan), he

Wow, those are some big numbers. I am only on jobs somewhere between 400 and 1200 lbs with paychecks somewhere between 2500 and 11000 Dollars. Luckily because of my small airplanes damages are low too. I have to admit that up until now, I only had one rough landing costing me about 1900 and two instrument failures costing me a little over 5000 total. Big planes carry big risks, that's for sure. I don't think I will ever own a C-17. Hawaii just isn't big enough and I don't think it is efficient enough for the big hops to the continents... Respectfully, Menno

There is always the saying: It is better to beg for forgiveness that to ask for permission.

Ah, that explains a lot Going to check it out, thanks! Respectfully, Menno

Weird, I don't have that option available. Are you perhaps running a different version of Air Hauler? I am currently running 1.28 (SP3.3) It might be that I have an old version. I had Air Hauler lying around for a while now and have only started really using it recently... Respectfully, Menno

I can't find the option 'add your fleet' I only see the options page like on the bottom of page 76 in this link: http://www.scribd.com/doc/52054011/56/Flight-Options Respectfully, Menno

What exactly do you mean by 'switched on'. Is there a option in a menu somewhere I have to activate? Or do you mean, the airplane has to have an active job at the moment, loading cargo before a flight or unloading cargo after a flight or something like that? EDIT: you answered my question with an edit to your post Thanks, I am going to try that! Respectfully, Menno

5/4/2012 Developments - Part II Well, I got to my appointment.......just! I flew from Dillingham towards Princeville and had Dave, a local Dillingham mechanic, tag along to do a quick mechanical inspection of the bird. And just as we were about to land I noticed the flaps were malfunctioning.... Luckily Princeville airport is quite long and paved so a flaps up landing in a 172 is no problem. Pure luck that Dave was along for the ride, so while I was meeting with Michael he checked out the flaps on the 172. He said it was not a big problem. In the end he managed to fix it for the flight b

5/4/2012 Developments Thing are moving fast now! Just got a call from a gentleman named Michael who is manager of the privately owned Princeville Airport (HI01) on the north shore of Kauai. He heard from an airport staff member I know that I am looking for a Cessna 206 or 182. He told me there is a 206G at the airport that has been sitting there in the corner of a hangar for several years now under a tarp. It was apparently used to supply the nearby Princeville resort, but has been mothballed because of outsourcing to companies like mine. As a matter of fact I have been at Princeville Airp

epic LOL :rofl: Your corporate facilities look great. Makes me jealous with only a rented shed with a plywood walled office and a 10 year old Toyota as a corporate runabout... Keep up the good work! Respectfully, Menno

Very cool! I just HAVE to use that on my future paint scheme for my fleet! Respectfully, Menno

Still considering multiple options for a new airplane. I think I narrowed it down to a 206 or a 182. It's a matter of speed versus cargo capacity. Hope to make a decision soon Respectfully, Menno

Very cool! Is there a way to see your fleet or bases too? Respectfully, Menno

Sorry to hear about the damage to your airplane, but these things happen from time to time. Seems you bounced back rather quickly with a nice profit Thankfully I am only on a Cessna 172 right now. Much less to damage on one of those Respectfully, Menno

5/3/2012 Honolulu flyby Got to do a late afternoon cargo run from my home base at Dillingham to Lanai today. That means a flying course near Honolulu. I couldn't resist to take a few pictures along the way, of course with autopilot on! Safety first! The first picture I took on the way to Lanai flying North of Honolulu pointing south-west towards Honolulu Int. Airport. The seconds picture I took on the way back pointing towards the west. You can already see the sun is low on the horizon by the reflection of the sun of the water in the left part of the picture. I know I am not the best p

True, true. I always fly with a low amount of fuel anyway. My 172 always complains to me and gives me low fuel warnings. On short runs around the islands I usually carry only about 100 lbs of fuel. I have to admit that sometimes I overdo it a little (or underdo actually). Last week I landed at Dillingham with only 12 lbs left in the tanks There is probably a federal law somewhere that frowns upon that, so if you don't tell, I won't either I am not really a big fan of the tail-wheel configuration of the 185, but that's probably what I am used to. I have almost exclusively flown tricycle la

Thanks for the quick responses Can anyone tell me the cargo capacities of all three suggested aircraft? After some research I found the C182 can carry around 980 lbs and the C185 somewhere around 1300 if I read correctly. I guess the C206 is somewhere in between... EDIT: After some more research I found out the cargo capacity of the U206G Stationair 6 II is 1059 lbs.

5/3/2012 Decision time! Business has been good lately. I visited over a dozen Hawaiian airfields and met a lot of new people, many of whom have become friends and customers for my airline. Part of the success of Air Cargo Hawaii seems to be the general mentality of the company. Customers have told me that the flexibility and reliability of the service offered keeps them coming back to me. Flexibility includes flights on all days of the week and to and from remote and small airstrips normally not visited by the larger companies who don't find these runs profitable enough. Small cargo runs ar

Thank you all for your warm words of welcome! Much appreciated As a starting business owner I am certainly going to need some of your guidance and I am certainly going to read all of your experiences operating an air freight company. I already made an improvement to my operation by installing Route Planner 3.1.3 by RouteMan on my office computer. After inputting all available jobs available to me along with fleet information and fuel prices, it calculates the most efficient way to complete them. As a one-man operation this software is an enormous improvement and saves me valuable time that

5/2/2012 One week in. My first week flying in Hawaii has been a blur. I was over before I knew it. After my first day flying to Kauai and my second day flying to Hawaii island I have been back to both Islands and did a quadruple island hop from Hawaii all the way back to Oahu stopping at nearly all islands in between. Today I had a job flying DVD players to Hana Airport on the island of Maui. I had been there before. Still is is one of the most challenging landings I encountered so far. Landing from west tot east you approach over the hills and have to make a rapid decent to make the runwa

4/26/2012 Rough landing! Had my first real scare today! Well it was my own fault actually, as I am not yet used to my new surroundings... I was on late afternoon flight from Dillingham to the airfield of Kaupuleu on the Island of Hawaii and forgot just how quick it gets dark here. I ended up having to land at Kaupuleu in near darkness on an unlit dirt strip. Suffice to say I managed it, just......... but sustained some damage in the process. My 172's underside took some damage from rocks and debris at the edge of the runway. Luckily it could be repaired on site at the cost of nearly 1900 Do

Hello all, I am new here so let me introduce myself. My name is Menno and I am from The Netherlands. I started playing Air Hauler about a week ago, but I have been playing Flight Simulator about as long as there have been a MS Flight Simulator I am starting this topic to let you follow the progress of my Air Hauler company. I decided to have a little fun with it, so I will be telling it in the form of a story. So every post after this will be written as if I am really running the company. I will also respond to all questions/suggestions as if I were running a real company except when I exp