Delivering A Cessna 206 Amphibian From Fort Lauderdale, FL to Manaus, Brazil
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- Опубліковано 15 лип 2024
- Yes I, along with my new friend Marcio, delivered a Cessna 206 Amphibian from Fort Lauderdale, KFXE to Manaus Brazil, SBEG. It was 4 days and 2200 miles.
This was the trip of a lifetime! So, your first question may be: How did I get this call to help deliver a plane from Fort Lauderdale Florida to Manaus Brazil? My advice to all new pilots is get involved. Make friends and volunteer. Just get involved with organizations that you want to be involved with and you will end up where you want to be!
When I first got my pilots certificate back in 2017 I knew I wanted to get into mission aviation, so I reached out to a few places and I got involved with a small aviation mission organization- I did a lot of video work for them, did a few flights, hung out with them and then I did their website.
Then one day a few years later and a few weeks ago I get a call asking if I would be able to help deliver a float plane from Fort Lauderdale to Brazil. That’s how it works!
This was the trip of a lifetime. I got about 5 years’ experience in 4 days, and everything went perfectly. The plane was in great shape, very well equipped with a GNC 750 and an EDM engine analyzer, the same one that’s in my plane, a new interior.
This trip was methodically planned out in advance so all the heavy lifting was done for me. I was very lucky, all I did really was show up. We split the duties and kept them for the entire trip. Marcio flew and I did the NAV, Radios and Fuel.
A few things did happen, we lost our fuel gauges, had an odd request to leave the airspace we were in, and decided to spend the night in Georgetown Guyana, which is a very interesting place. And then 6.5 hours over the rainforest at 4,500 feet to Manaus Brazil. 4 days, 2200 miles.
I have some awesome programs coming up- What you need to know to fly through the Caribbean, dodging weather over the amazon rain forest, losing your fuel gauges an hour and a half out Fort Lauderdale, and finding your way through the thickest clouds you have ever seen over the jungle.
So stay tuned! It’s all coming up in the next few weeks!
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From Guyana here and yes a very unique place it is indeed. Enjoyed the video too!
Yes! It was awesome!!!
What a mission! Looking forward to more videos 😉
I hope you enjoyed the experience of such a transfer from the United States to Brazil, I believe it was very cool.🇱🇷🇧🇷👍👍👍
And I thought flying to the Bahamas was an adventure!
Awesome!
Great trip report.
Looking forward to the content. Sounds like an amazing adventure 😎
Awesome! Looking forward to this series. :)
Looks like quite an adventure. God willing, the aircraft has many more years of very useful service in it. It is where it needs to be.
Hi good evening. Very nice video. I work ATC in the TTZP FIR (PIARCO FIR). Can you elaborate on that strange request you received about leaving the airspace? I'm curious. Maybe I can help shed some light on it also.
You know it’s been almost 2 years and I can’t remember what that request was. I remember in the middle of the islands. A controller told me that they have to charge us for going through their airspace which was really strange and I said OK and he gave me a number to call when we landed at our destination. I think that was it anyway thanks for watching!