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  1. Shorrick Mk2

    Departure Citation jet from tiny uphill Alp strip.

    Tyrolean Airways used to fly Dash-7s in there. Like this...
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    The most expensive weapon ever built

    B2 first saw action in Kosovo / Serbia (most noticed target - the Chinese embassy in Belgrade...), then Iraq, Afghanistan and Libya.
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    POA Caribbean Adventure Caravan

    Again I have only good things to say about Atlas - my trip in their plane last year went absolutely as planned, with perfect support when we did hit a minor snag (dead battery). Re Turks and Caicos I remember the tech stop en route to Puerto Rico being fairly expensive in terms of fees O.o -...
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    Supercharging

    1049s used TC from version C onwards.
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    Supercharging

    There's a flying 1049 based in Switzerland :)
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    Pictures from 1500 ft from a Piper Warrior

    As others said, taking photos out of Pipers isn't really that complicated. This is Venice, from FL 080.
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    Looking for Bahamas AIM

    There is indeed a Bahamian AIP. To get hold of it you have to get in touch with the Bahamian aviation services unit (long, tedious, slow). I have managed after weeks of to and fro to eventually get a CD rom copy. PM for more.
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    What is good to know before doing a BFR ?

    Class B works exactly the same - no entry without clearance (sorry about that, Miami approach...ahem). Not a lot of difference in VFR charts, but I recommend getting familiar in advance with the ones you will use. One thing i found sorely missing was the VACs we use in Europe. Phraseology...
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    First time flying in the United States

    Pas de souci, je peux te briefer en français...(mais pas en vlaamse :D )
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    First time flying in the United States

    And as people said before, a more expensive ticket with a set return date that can be changed free of charge is perfectly acceptable for the CBP officers. I'll say it again if you didn't understand - your ticket WILL have a defined return date which you can change as opposed to having a...
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    First time flying in the United States

    It "should" - just as I "should" have had 85% of VFR weather in May in the Caribbean, and only had about 50%... But what if it isn't? Remember, one or two days of MVFR or IFR are enough to screw up your schedule. "Get-there-itis" in itself is bad enough - I don't know what your flight...
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    Visual aerodrome charts & transitions

    Okay - so following my Caribbean adventure I have a couple of questions. Flying in/out of San Juan Isla Grande TJIG, you have to transit to San Juan Int'l TJSJ C class airspace along a number of preset "transitions". Now, neither in the AF/D nor on the TAC could I find these transitions. I...
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    Transitioning to HSI - Any good tutorial recomendations?

    If you have the database that is... the GPS I had didn't have the Caribbean database.
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    POA Caribbean Adventure Caravan

    Give it time... let's talk again once you'll walk through the brushes between the Club Med beach and the road :D Oh and don't miss fish fry on the beach in GHB. Great ambience. (actually our ride was a decrepit tan Chevy Malibu now that i think about it).
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    POA Caribbean Adventure Caravan

    Not a tan Nissan perchance :) ? You can do the afternoon at the Club Med beach and then dine at Tippy's. Beware of mosquitoes - stock up on DEET (though at some point I was craving a canister of Agent Orange).
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    POA Caribbean Adventure Caravan

    Tippy's is very cool. You need a ride to get there tho. Cocodimama - great location, but overpriced for the service. How can you bring COLD racks of lamb to a customer?!
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    Transitioning to HSI - Any good tutorial recomendations?

    Except of course if you're departing runway 28 Curacao and the Tower instructs you "left turn after takeoff, join left downwind, intercept PJG radial 035 outbound, report radial and distance when crossing 3000ft". The moving map is worth exactly zero in that case.
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    POA Caribbean Adventure Caravan

    Where are you staying in Eleuthera? If around Governor's'Harbor I can recommend you a great bar / restaurant (and another one that I'd avoid next time).
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    First time flying in the United States

    I probably didn't explain correctly - your ticket WILL have a return date on it, not just an OPEN remark. However it will be in a tariff that allows you to change the return date freely having to pay only the processing fee. Having a deep discount ticket you MIGHT be able to change it but...
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    First time flying in the United States

    You can pay the 150 fee if the ticket is "open" which means being in a tariff category that allows changes up to the intended day of travel, as opposed to open as in "no defined return date". ie a Y, W, E or S booking that can be amended only for the date change fee whereas a V, L Q etc class...
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