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Sun Chaser Air

RMA has partnered with a small operator based in Key West, Florida. Trading under the name of Sun Chaser, this operation has Galveston, Texas as a focus city, and operates the Embraer Phenom 300 for jet charter services. These jet services may involve emergency transportation for oil rig workers out of Galveston, or college football game charters within the SEC footprint. The textures and SunChaser callsign for N33040 are found within the RMA Phenom 300 download on the Fleet page. Also operated are light twin piston props, like the Beech Baron and Duke, and single turboprops, like the Piper Meridian or members of the TBM family, but these are left to the individual pilot's discretion. The smallest member of the fleet is a Lancair Legacy, used for rentals and occasional flight crew repositioning. The map below displays the Florida service area, with the piston types generally not venturing north of the Fort Meyers-West Palm Beach line. Single turboprops have been known to serve the Bahamas, as well as the Florida panhandle area. 

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Phenom 300 N54RM bases at KGLS, and is available here. N33045 is painted as if the Conch Republic had an air force, complete with "Honey Moon" nose art. 

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College Sports Airport Guide for GA

Florida FBS Schools (north to south):


FSU = KTLH
UF = KGNV
UCF = KORL
USF = KVDF  (KTPA for football until 2027)
FAU = KBCT
Miami = KTMB  (KOPF for football)
FIU = KTMB

SEC Schools (west to east):

Texas = KAUS
Oklahoma = KOUN
Texas A&M = KCLL
Mizzou = KCOU
Arkansas = KFYV
LSU = KBTR
Ole Miss = KUOX
MSU = KGTR
Kentucky = KLEX
Alabama = KTCL
Auburn = KAUO
Tennessee = KTYS
Georgia = KAHN
S. Carolina = KCUB

Other significant schools in the Southeast:

Texas Tech = KLBB

Baylor = KACT

Oklahoma State = KSWO

Tulane = KNEW
Memphis = KMEM
Georgia Tech = KATL
Clemson = KGSP
UNC and Duke = KRDU

 

For a little vintage-style fun around Florida, flights from the 1970's Air Sunshine DC-3 services form a nice kind of "feeder" network. This carrier also flew the Convair 440 Metropilitan, which National Airlines also used on Miami-Key West services. The Air Sunshine name would go on to be used by other entities, with the most recent being one largely based in Puerto Rico.

There's also Vintage Air, a DC-3-only airline owned by Richard Branson in the mid-1980s. Services linked Key West with Fort Lauderdale and Kissimmee. Both liveries are included in the RMAG download packages:

DC-3 modern cockpit

 

DC-3 (C-47) vintage cockpit 

Air Sunshine 1977 timetable

Thanks to Manfred Jahn and his team for the wonderful aircraft, and all the great livery painters (credited within the downloads) for giving her a host of civil and military liveries. 

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