Bahamas Fly-Out Roll Call

Which island do you prefer? Which Dates?

  • Andros

    Votes: 0 0.0%

  • Abacos

    Votes: 3 18.8%

  • Exumas

    Votes: 7 43.8%

  • North Eleuthera

    Votes: 5 31.3%

  • Cat Island

    Votes: 3 18.8%

  • 3/11-3/18, or any dates between

    Votes: 4 25.0%

  • Other destinations/dates… comment in thread

    Votes: 0 0.0%
  • Total voters
    16
Passport shipped and annual done today. Put me down for next year.
 
Same for us... back home
and eventful day coming out of MYEF this morning..
Got some good IMC

13.2 hours here..
Enjoyed our time, like Simtech said "new life long friends".. definitely doing it again.

Enroute from MYEF to Ft. Pierce
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Ft. Pierce to N. Myrtle at 9,000 ft.
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Dang, glad you all had fun! Im definitely interested in next year. The plane wasnt even done with annual this year, so I wouldnt have made it anyway... We might do Punta Cana for a few nights in june just to get out of PR.
 
Wrench978 said:
Dang, glad you all had fun! Im definitely interested in next year. The plane wasnt even done with annual this year, so I wouldnt have made it anyway... We might do Punta Cana for a few nights in june just to get out of PR.
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Make sure to do your annual early next year!
 
I feel like a giant wuss, living in Tampa for 20 years and never had the guts to make this trip.

Does going in a group reduce the weird noises your engine makes over water?
 
I’m interested but have more scheduling challenges than last year. So I’d like to keep my ear to the ground. Last year was a blast.

Ed Haywood said:
I feel like a giant wuss, living in Tampa for 20 years and never had the guts to make this trip.

Does going in a group reduce the weird noises your engine makes over water?
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Honestly, I was more nervous on the return than on the way down. If you’re concerned, just follow the ships below you - that’s where you’d glide to.
 
Following
Anyone know about bringing dogs ?
 
Ed Haywood said:
I feel like a giant wuss, living in Tampa for 20 years and never had the guts to make this trip.

Does going in a group reduce the weird noises your engine makes over water?
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Nope it doesn’t. Haha
Funny thing was my wife and I flew from north MS to lake okeechobee and all was good. As soon as we left and got over open water I hear a loud boom in the plane. I freaked for a second and scanned all gauges and all was fine. My wife said the popcorn bag came from together. I mean it had to wait till that moment. The prior 3 hours it couldn’t have went?.
 
Correct. I have processed them myself both in person in the Bahamas and from the states.

From the states it is around $70 by the time you send the paperwork FedEx. It also takes about a month or so if they don't misplace the paperwork.

In person from the Bahamas it took me 6 days from the time I hand delivered the permit request until they had it back in their office.
 
k9medic said:
Correct. I have processed them myself both in person in the Bahamas and from the states.

From the states it is around $70 by the time you send the paperwork FedEx. It also takes about a month or so if they don't misplace the paperwork.

In person from the Bahamas it took me 6 days from the time I hand delivered the permit request until they had it back in their office.
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I'll bet you've been waiting years for someone to ask that question.
 
My wife has been bugging me to take her on this trip for years. One of these days I’ve got to give it a go.
 
tsts4 said:
My wife has been bugging me to take her on this trip for years. One of these days I’ve got to give it a go.
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rangerz said:
A trip I want to do this year for sure!
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A trip for Florida-based pilots would be easier to organize. An easy day trip for most of us, though more of a haul from the panhandle. Instead of a $100 hamburger, it's a $200 fried conch platter.
 
Ed Haywood said:
A trip for Florida-based pilots would be easier to organize. An easy day trip for most of us, though more of a haul from the panhandle. Instead of a $100 hamburger, it's a $200 fried conch platter.
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We’ve flown down to Marathon and Key West for lunch. I think I’d want to make a Bahamas trip at least a weekend.
 
Ed Haywood said:
A trip for Florida-based pilots would be easier to organize. An easy day trip for most of us, though more of a haul from the panhandle. Instead of a $100 hamburger, it's a $200 fried conch platter.
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If timing would work out, I’d be down with flying from IND. My parents are down at PGD and the flight down is always fun
 
I would be interested in going on a future trip you all might have planned coming up to the Bahamas. I fly out of KGIF, maybe 1.5hr to grand Bahama passing over west palm.
 
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