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Another International Adventure!!!!!
Well all I am going to try and enjoy my last few days of rest before
Ferrying a bird to Managua, Nicaragua will try and post some photos yea should be lots of VFR and lots of land to take photos this time. I was really wanting to bounce my poor lonely Cessna 150 off the runway a few times but the weather here has been just awful. I really wanted to enjoy some VFR flying but no joy she can sit on the ramp for a little longer she may end up rotting away just sitting there lets hope not! I will post my route maybe I will cross paths with a few of you along the way if your at any of my stops. Here is the link to a VFR plot with flitestar I always file IFR if aircraft is equipped but this will give you all a round about routing less all the IFR stuff that clutters up the Screen. http://flitestar.aircraftdelivery.net/ksjt-mnmg.jpg About a 200K file 1024 X 768 I will update my acutal routing!!!! |
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Another International Adventure!!!!!
NW_Pilot wrote: Well all I am going to try and enjoy my last few days of rest before Ferrying a bird to Managua, Nicaragua will try and post some photos yea should be lots of VFR and lots of land to take photos this time. OK, NW_Pilot, I want to be you when I grow up. Unfortunately, I'm 56 already. I envy your spirit of adventure. Do you speak the languages of the countries you fly to/over? If not, how much hassle is it to make arrangements and deal with the issues that frequently occur when flying (mechanical issues, fuel availability problems, sudden illness like food poisoning)? How about dealing with law enforcement and government functionaries? I know they can sometimes be arrogant and power-crazy in some of latin american countries (well, I guess in this country, too, sometimes...). Have you had any dangerous encounters? |
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Another International Adventure!!!!!
Yeah... all that Grumman said plus how much cash of US and local currency do
you carry with you for smoothing out problems along the way? Jim "Grumman 236" wrote in message oups.com... NW_Pilot wrote: Well all I am going to try and enjoy my last few days of rest before Ferrying a bird to Managua, Nicaragua will try and post some photos yea should be lots of VFR and lots of land to take photos this time. OK, NW_Pilot, I want to be you when I grow up. Unfortunately, I'm 56 already. I envy your spirit of adventure. Do you speak the languages of the countries you fly to/over? If not, how much hassle is it to make arrangements and deal with the issues that frequently occur when flying (mechanical issues, fuel availability problems, sudden illness like food poisoning)? How about dealing with law enforcement and government functionaries? I know they can sometimes be arrogant and power-crazy in some of latin american countries (well, I guess in this country, too, sometimes...). Have you had any dangerous encounters? |
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Another International Adventure!!!!!
In article .com,
"Grumman 236" wrote: NW_Pilot wrote: Well all I am going to try and enjoy my last few days of rest before Ferrying a bird to Managua, Nicaragua will try and post some photos yea should be lots of VFR and lots of land to take photos this time. OK, NW_Pilot, I want to be you when I grow up. Unfortunately, I'm 56 already. I envy your spirit of adventure. Do you speak the languages of the countries you fly to/over? If not, how much hassle is it to make arrangements and deal with the issues that frequently occur when flying (mechanical issues, fuel availability problems, sudden illness like food poisoning)? How about dealing with law enforcement and government functionaries? I know they can sometimes be arrogant and power-crazy in some of latin american countries (well, I guess in this country, too, sometimes...). Have you had any dangerous encounters? The above are taken care of by "handlers". There are a couple of companies in the United States that, for a fee, will take care of all the arrangements you would require for such a trip. Many corporate flight departments routinely contract for these services when their aircraft travel outside the United States. Universal is one such company... http://www.universalweather.com/ |
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Another International Adventure!!!!!
In article ,
"Jim Burns" wrote: Yeah... all that Grumman said plus how much cash of US and local currency do you carry with you for smoothing out problems along the way? Jim "Grumman 236" wrote in message oups.com... NW_Pilot wrote: Well all I am going to try and enjoy my last few days of rest before Ferrying a bird to Managua, Nicaragua will try and post some photos yea should be lots of VFR and lots of land to take photos this time. OK, NW_Pilot, I want to be you when I grow up. Unfortunately, I'm 56 already. I envy your spirit of adventure. Do you speak the languages of the countries you fly to/over? If not, how much hassle is it to make arrangements and deal with the issues that frequently occur when flying (mechanical issues, fuel availability problems, sudden illness like food poisoning)? How about dealing with law enforcement and government functionaries? I know they can sometimes be arrogant and power-crazy in some of latin american countries (well, I guess in this country, too, sometimes...). Have you had any dangerous encounters? US dollars only in copious quantites will make everything you want everything happen. |
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Another International Adventure!!!!!
"Grumman 236" wrote in message oups.com... NW_Pilot wrote: Well all I am going to try and enjoy my last few days of rest before Ferrying a bird to Managua, Nicaragua will try and post some photos yea should be lots of VFR and lots of land to take photos this time. OK, NW_Pilot, I want to be you when I grow up. Unfortunately, I'm 56 already. I envy your spirit of adventure. Do you speak the languages of the countries you fly to/over? If not, how much hassle is it to make arrangements and deal with the issues that frequently occur when flying (mechanical issues, fuel availability problems, sudden illness like food poisoning)? How about dealing with law enforcement and government functionaries? I know they can sometimes be arrogant and power-crazy in some of latin american countries (well, I guess in this country, too, sometimes...). Have you had any dangerous encounters? Read the article in the latest AOPA Pilot, they have a ferry flight in a Caravan to Guatemala (I think) in there. Pretty much covers everything, very cool. -------------------------------------------- DW |
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Another International Adventure!!!!!
"Grumman 236" wrote in message
oups.com... snip Hey David... Nice to see another Cheetah owner on the newsgroup... -- http://grumman581.googlepages.com N581 -- AA5A -- AXH |
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Another International Adventure!!!!!
"john smith" wrote in message ... In article .com, "Grumman 236" wrote: NW_Pilot wrote: Well all I am going to try and enjoy my last few days of rest before Ferrying a bird to Managua, Nicaragua will try and post some photos yea should be lots of VFR and lots of land to take photos this time. OK, NW_Pilot, I want to be you when I grow up. Unfortunately, I'm 56 already. I envy your spirit of adventure. Do you speak the languages of the countries you fly to/over? If not, how much hassle is it to make arrangements and deal with the issues that frequently occur when flying (mechanical issues, fuel availability problems, sudden illness like food poisoning)? How about dealing with law enforcement and government functionaries? I know they can sometimes be arrogant and power-crazy in some of latin american countries (well, I guess in this country, too, sometimes...). Have you had any dangerous encounters? The above are taken care of by "handlers". There are a couple of companies in the United States that, for a fee, will take care of all the arrangements you would require for such a trip. Many corporate flight departments routinely contract for these services when their aircraft travel outside the United States. Universal is one such company... http://www.universalweather.com/ If you notice the routing I will be in Mexico depart Tapachula, MEX stay on A317 Airway to Managua where the customer will have a boned hanger waiting. Should be a really nice flight. |
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Another International Adventure!!!!!
"Grumman 236" wrote in message oups.com... NW_Pilot wrote: Well all I am going to try and enjoy my last few days of rest before Ferrying a bird to Managua, Nicaragua will try and post some photos yea should be lots of VFR and lots of land to take photos this time. OK, NW_Pilot, I want to be you when I grow up. Unfortunately, I'm 56 already. I envy your spirit of adventure. Do you speak the languages of the countries you fly to/over? If not, how much hassle is it to make arrangements and deal with the issues that frequently occur when flying (mechanical issues, fuel availability problems, sudden illness like food poisoning)? How about dealing with law enforcement and government functionaries? I know they can sometimes be arrogant and power-crazy in some of latin american countries (well, I guess in this country, too, sometimes...). Have you had any dangerous encounters? I no I do not speak the languages of the countries I fly to/over most have really good English some places that have heavy accents and should not be speaking English we just tell them to spell it using phonetics and usually works out well. It is usually not much a of a hassle to deal with mechanical issues or fuel availability problems if you use good flight planning tools or a handler. However sudden illness like food poisoning I have not dealt with I try and eat places that look clean and if in doubt I will find something that is packaged. Nope no dangerous encounters and hope that there never is |
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