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Old December 21st 05, 07:31 PM posted to rec.aviation.ifr
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from: http://www.cnn.com/2005/US/12/19/miami.crash.ap/

"One of its airplanes was hijacked to Cuba in 1974. Since then, the
company has had a policy of not carrying enough fuel to reach Havana."

Now Havana is not that far from Miami. I have a hard time believing
they would be within legal IFR (or even VFR) reserves if they really
take off without enough fuel to reach Havana. I wonder if they were
just saying that to discourage hijackers?

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Old December 21st 05, 08:25 PM posted to rec.aviation.ifr
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Bimini is approximately 50 nm from Miami. Havana is considerably farther
away.

Best regards,

Steve Robertson
N4732J 1967 Beechcraft Musketeer

xyzzy wrote:

from: http://www.cnn.com/2005/US/12/19/miami.crash.ap/

"One of its airplanes was hijacked to Cuba in 1974. Since then, the
company has had a policy of not carrying enough fuel to reach Havana."

Now Havana is not that far from Miami. I have a hard time believing
they would be within legal IFR (or even VFR) reserves if they really
take off without enough fuel to reach Havana. I wonder if they were
just saying that to discourage hijackers?


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Old December 21st 05, 11:08 PM posted to rec.aviation.ifr
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"xyzzy" wrote in message
oups.com...
from: http://www.cnn.com/2005/US/12/19/miami.crash.ap/

"One of its airplanes was hijacked to Cuba in 1974. Since then, the
company has had a policy of not carrying enough fuel to reach Havana."

Now Havana is not that far from Miami. I have a hard time believing
they would be within legal IFR (or even VFR) reserves if they really
take off without enough fuel to reach Havana. I wonder if they were
just saying that to discourage hijackers?


I'm not so sure they file IFR very often.

--
Scott



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Old December 24th 05, 04:22 AM posted to rec.aviation.ifr
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They're an air carrier, aren't they? All such operations are conducted
under IFR.

tscottme wrote:
"xyzzy" wrote in message
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from: http://www.cnn.com/2005/US/12/19/miami.crash.ap/

"One of its airplanes was hijacked to Cuba in 1974. Since then, the
company has had a policy of not carrying enough fuel to reach Havana."

Now Havana is not that far from Miami. I have a hard time believing
they would be within legal IFR (or even VFR) reserves if they really
take off without enough fuel to reach Havana. I wonder if they were
just saying that to discourage hijackers?



I'm not so sure they file IFR very often.

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Old December 24th 05, 04:27 AM posted to rec.aviation.ifr
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Paul Folbrecht wrote:
They're an air carrier, aren't they? All such operations are conducted
under IFR.


No, they're not.

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Old December 24th 05, 12:43 PM posted to rec.aviation.ifr
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"Paul Folbrecht" wrote in message
...
They're an air carrier, aren't they? All such operations are conducted
under IFR.



I've been leaving KFLL when I was IFR, getting a clearance, and when Chalks
was ready to depart with passengers, and I know they departed VFR. Now
granted that was early '90s, and things may have changed since. Sometimes
they departed VFR and sometimes they departed IFR, at least from the airport
I flew from and worked at.

--
Scott

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