caribbean

GA trends in the Caribbean Survey - help appreciated! Hello Pilots of America. I'm an MBA student from the Caribbean (not a pilot unfortunately!) and I'm doing a research project on General Aviation trends. The project is focused mostly on the motivations for North American GA Pilots to fly to...

In Part 3 of this short series we revisit an IFR handoff for a fun visual approach into Canefield on the beautiful, mountainous island of Dominica -- as it actually occurred IRL, and recreated on a home simulator. This video captures every button push and knob twist for flying the Visual 19 at...

Finishing touches to a great adventure… seascapes, the mechanical, some weather, and a debrief. In this final episode of the series we depart the Bahamas, clear customs in Florida, and continue westbound for California, with overnights in Texas and Arizona. Trip totals… 18 days, 63 flying...

When words fail... beauty speaks. Today we overfly the US Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico, make a fuel stop in the Dominican Republic, and spend the night in the Exumas chain of the Bahamas. Thoughts, questions, and suggestions? I'd love to hear from you. Thanks for your insight and enjoy the...

A lovely one hour flight Dominica to Nevis. Takeoff to spec and awesome scenery. With the airfield at Dominica a bit on the short side and the largest rocks on the southend, we had a concern for a southerly wind... fortunately, winds were calm this day. Still made sure to check the 70%/50%...

A simple two-hour flight from BVI to Dominica. A few broken cloud layers and a short field with terrain at each end await us. Rather than the 4-to-8 flight-hour days of previous episodes, this time we get to devote more video time to in-cockpit details and decision making. I had practiced the...

On to the British Virgin Islands, awesome scenery, warm waters, and great food... but a sketchy moment where on-board traffic and eye balls overruled a Tower clearance. Controllers... if you're working a non-radar environment, why wouldn't you bring a laptop to work (or whatever) so that...

A short update on how the Weather is looking for our departure mid-January 2020 for the Caribbean. What's your strategy for dealing with storm fronts... is eastbound travel different than westbound? Is 1 week before departure too soon to look at weather forecasts? Pros/cons? What tools do...

I am located in St. Thomas U.S. Virgin Islands, I own a Mooney M20E I need a cfi to get me trained for my ppl. Currently using King school online and jeppesen books for ground school studying. Have some flight time, 10hrs. My offer is, I will supply room and board, and a vehicle and your hourly...

Hello everyone! We just came back from the Caribbean Air Rally 2017 (April 3rd - 16th) and it was a blast! 19 aircraft from the USA, Europe and Canada departed from Fort Lauderdale Executive on April 3rd to fly across the Caribbean. You can see pictures and videos on our Facebook page...