I really enjoyed the video. As a Bahamian, I'd like to thank you and your family for visiting and sharing both your experiences and what we have to offer. Hope to see you and others visit again soon.
Great video. Very entertaining. 👍 The list of airplanes to fly over water from best to worst and let’s just say all are good MX engines, for me is 1. Jet 2. Twin or single Turboprop 3. Twin engine piston 4. Single engine piston. A twin beats a single even with a chute because excluding fuel contamination which can be avoided the second engine will allow you to continue flying. The chute will help in a water landing but the flight is over. However if I’m having this conversation with my wife while over water in a cirrus, Cessna or Piper, I would list all the reasons why it’s the number one choice because passenger comfort is important. Lastly above all, the most important thing is pilot knowledge and experience regardless of the aircraft.
Flying in Alaska is similar in that some airports have radio advisory available, and while they sound like ATC, they don't 'clear to land' etc. They simply provide traffic and weather information. When flying on an IFR flight plan, other than contacting radio, the approach is exactly like flying into a non-towered airport. Great video. Thanks!
Nicely done. At MYEF still make position reports like normal… tower is just for “advisory” info and can not “clear you to land/takeoff”. They are mainly there for the commercial traffic. Same goes for N Eleuthra.
Great video! Exuma has an AFIS, so it’s more like a flight service station than a control tower. That’s why they can’t clear anyone for takeoff / landing.
Yeah. We called them at 5500 and got them but they didn’t want to give us a clearance until 7000. Told them I wouldn’t be able to get there and remain VFR so they did give it around 6000.
I think your explanation on single vs twins was very good. A twin engine turbo prop is definitely more reliable over the water than a single. I’d also say that if you lose an engine you’re still flying and go land.
I feel safer over water in my Mooney than a fixed gear for sure. I am confident on the water, I feel like I can get out or get my kid out etc. The fixed gear I prob wouldnt make a trip like that!
Nice job with this. We had similar issues flying in and out of Exuma in February. Almost identical experience actually. Issues picking up IFR out of there, issue with comms, tower is like UNI. It's funny how similar it was.
Oh yeah! I watched your Telluride video and actually decided to start landing with flaps 50% whenever I have funky winds because of it! Makes a huge difference in the Cirrus!
Cool trip. We flew a bonanza over to Staniel key. Recommend that one on one of your future flights. Also enjoyed your breakdown of single versus twin. .
Funny you say that, because I think Staniel is where we are going next year. At 10:35 in the video, I cut to another video of Staniel Airport. Looked amazing!
@@ChaseAviation it was a really nice place. Rented a boat there to head to the beach with the pigs, then swim with the sharks and do Thunderball Grotto. Also a nice hike on the eastern shore line. Kinda rugged and different.
Maybe I'm wrong and the Cirrus is different? Landing with a parachute in the water is also quite hazardous if you cannot get rid of the chute as it will drag you down.
It would certainly suck to get entangled in the lines but the chute itself is essentially neutrally buoyant. And the plane even floats for a little while if enough fuel has been burned off. I think the bigger threat is the chute staying airborne and dragging the plane while trying to ditch and inflate the raft. There's a Cirrus training video that talks about this in depth.
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I really enjoyed the video. As a Bahamian, I'd like to thank you and your family for visiting and sharing both your experiences and what we have to offer. Hope to see you and others visit again soon.
Watching the video now. Excellent as always. Kim has become an expert on the comms!!!!!!
Haha. I’ll tell her!
Great video. Very entertaining. 👍
The list of airplanes to fly over water from best to worst and let’s just say all are good MX engines, for me is
1. Jet
2. Twin or single Turboprop
3. Twin engine piston
4. Single engine piston.
A twin beats a single even with a chute because excluding fuel contamination which can be avoided the second engine will allow you to continue flying.
The chute will help in a water landing but the flight is over.
However if I’m having this conversation with my wife while over water in a cirrus, Cessna or Piper, I would list all the reasons why it’s the number one choice because passenger comfort is important.
Lastly above all, the most important thing is pilot knowledge and experience regardless of the aircraft.
Flying in Alaska is similar in that some airports have radio advisory available, and while they sound like ATC, they don't 'clear to land' etc. They simply provide traffic and weather information. When flying on an IFR flight plan, other than contacting radio, the approach is exactly like flying into a non-towered airport. Great video. Thanks!
Nicely done. At MYEF still make position reports like normal… tower is just for “advisory” info and can not “clear you to land/takeoff”. They are mainly there for the commercial traffic. Same goes for N Eleuthra.
I agree. It's like a weird hybrid between a tower and UNICOM. But it's on a "tower" frequency. Whatever it is, Marsh Harbor needs one too!
Great video! Exuma has an AFIS, so it’s more like a flight service station than a control tower. That’s why they can’t clear anyone for takeoff / landing.
Do you happen to know if there is a way to get an IFR clearance on the ground there?
@@ChaseAviation Not as far as I know. I believe there’s no IFR clearances there until 6000, when it’s Miami’s FIR.
Yeah. We called them at 5500 and got them but they didn’t want to give us a clearance until 7000. Told them I wouldn’t be able to get there and remain VFR so they did give it around 6000.
Great video! Have fun!
Great video thank you!!
Lol omfg her voice! 😂
I think your explanation on single vs twins was very good. A twin engine turbo prop is definitely more reliable over the water than a single. I’d also say that if you lose an engine you’re still flying and go land.
Thanks! Listening to what I said while I was editing the video made it feel a lot less concise than I would have liked.
I feel safer over water in my Mooney than a fixed gear for sure. I am confident on the water, I feel like I can get out or get my kid out etc. The fixed gear I prob wouldnt make a trip like that!
So cool! Such an amazing adventure!
Thanks Mike!
love watching you guys
Thank you Jean!
Nice job with this. We had similar issues flying in and out of Exuma in February. Almost identical experience actually. Issues picking up IFR out of there, issue with comms, tower is like UNI. It's funny how similar it was.
Oh yeah! I watched your Telluride video and actually decided to start landing with flaps 50% whenever I have funky winds because of it! Makes a huge difference in the Cirrus!
Thx for share, Great crew, Awesome destination, Reliable Lil' Bird
Haha. Agreed on all!
Cool trip. We flew a bonanza over to Staniel key. Recommend that one on one of your future flights. Also enjoyed your breakdown of single versus twin. .
Funny you say that, because I think Staniel is where we are going next year. At 10:35 in the video, I cut to another video of Staniel Airport. Looked amazing!
@@ChaseAviation it was a really nice place. Rented a boat there to head to the beach with the pigs, then swim with the sharks and do Thunderball Grotto. Also a nice hike on the eastern shore line. Kinda rugged and different.
We need to go see the pigs!
Great 👍
Maybe I'm wrong and the Cirrus is different? Landing with a parachute in the water is also quite hazardous if you cannot get rid of the chute as it will drag you down.
It would certainly suck to get entangled in the lines but the chute itself is essentially neutrally buoyant. And the plane even floats for a little while if enough fuel has been burned off. I think the bigger threat is the chute staying airborne and dragging the plane while trying to ditch and inflate the raft. There's a Cirrus training video that talks about this in depth.
The single engine piston offers some protection to the crew cabin via the front engine. The twin engine not so much. 😊
Piper Arrows are not fixed gear airplanes. It’s a retract.
Arrows, Archers, all the same to me. 😂
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Did they say that? I know they called us 8178K at least once.
Nice. Altough with that beautiful girl next to you, you should AT LEAST bring her to a TBM 960 and not this toy. Just saying
Haha. I completely agree! I'm working on it.