Renting in Bahamas?

Marty Ross wrote:
Anyone know of, or have experience with, renting a plane and
instructor from any of the northwest islands in the Bahamas?

I'm planning on being there in July and would like to do some
sightseeing & flying (I'm PPL/IA). Would rather do typical
"FBO-style" instruction/checkout, but if there are none like that,
would do air tour hoping to at least get right seat view.

All the other answers set aside, nobody mentioned a rather obvious problem:
Apparently you don't have a pilot license of the Commonwealth of the
Bahamas. Do you know for certain that your license from whatever country
(your didn't say) will be accepted by Bahaman authorities and in turn by the
FBO?

I know for certain that you cannot operate an airplane with US registry in
the US unless you have a US pilot certificate (FAR 61.3(a)(1)) and I assume
that other countries will have similar regulations.

jue

If you want clean, accurate and correct answers to flying in the Bahamas,
call Premier Aviation. They rent planes from West Palm Beach Florida for
flights to the islands all the time. Ask for Mike. The phone number is:
561.432.8747

Marty




"Jürgen Exner" wrote in message
news:hafQd.18796$uc.15244@trnddc05...
Marty Ross wrote:
Anyone know of, or have experience with, renting a plane and
instructor from any of the northwest islands in the Bahamas?

I'm planning on being there in July and would like to do some
sightseeing & flying (I'm PPL/IA). Would rather do typical
"FBO-style" instruction/checkout, but if there are none like that,
would do air tour hoping to at least get right seat view.

All the other answers set aside, nobody mentioned a rather obvious
problem:
Apparently you don't have a pilot license of the Commonwealth of the
Bahamas. Do you know for certain that your license from whatever country
(your didn't say) will be accepted by Bahaman authorities and in turn by
the
FBO?

I know for certain that you cannot operate an airplane with US registry in
the US unless you have a US pilot certificate (FAR 61.3(a)(1)) and I
assume
that other countries will have similar regulations.

jue

"Jürgen Exner" wrote in message
All the other answers set aside, nobody mentioned a rather obvious
problem:
Apparently you don't have a pilot license of the Commonwealth of the
Bahamas. Do you know for certain that your license from whatever country
(your didn't say) will be accepted by Bahaman authorities and in turn by
the
FBO?

Most single-engine planes operating in the Bahamas maintain their US
registration. Quite a few twins also maintain their US registration. It
makes resale much easier.

D.

On Wed, 16 Feb 2005 02:03:54 GMT, "Capt.Doug"
wrote:

"Jürgen Exner" wrote in message
All the other answers set aside, nobody mentioned a rather obvious
problem:
Apparently you don't have a pilot license of the Commonwealth of the
Bahamas. Do you know for certain that your license from whatever country
(your didn't say) will be accepted by Bahaman authorities and in turn by
the
FBO?

Most single-engine planes operating in the Bahamas maintain their US
registration. Quite a few twins also maintain their US registration. It
makes resale much easier.

D.


You might like to look at this website:
http://www.stellamarisresort.com/privatepilots.htm

When I last visited Stella Maris, some yeathe US. May still be worth
an e-mail. At that time the resort was run by a pilot and a scuba
diver but I've no idea if it's changed.

David
G-BHJO, Scotland UK

On Wed, 16 Feb 2005 02:03:54 GMT, "Capt.Doug"
wrote:

"Jürgen Exner" wrote in message
All the other answers set aside, nobody mentioned a rather obvious
problem:
Apparently you don't have a pilot license of the Commonwealth of the
Bahamas. Do you know for certain that your license from whatever country
(your didn't say) will be accepted by Bahaman authorities and in turn by
the
FBO?

Most single-engine planes operating in the Bahamas maintain their US
registration. Quite a few twins also maintain their US registration. It
makes resale much easier.

D.

REPEAT POST as I deleted some of my last message ;-(

You might like to look at this website:
http://www.stellamarisresort.com/privatepilots.htm

When I last visited Stella Maris, some years ago, they had a 172 for
rental but more expensive than the US. May still be worth an e-mail.
At that time the resort was run by a pilot and a scuba diver but I've
no idea if it's changed.

David
G-BHJO, Scotland UK