Innholdsfortegnelse for July 2015 i Plane & Pilot

Survival Gear Caution The products mentioned in Marc Lee’s article, “Getting Out Alive: It’s In The Gear” [May 2015] are miraculous in their ease of use and technological advance. But most survival experts will agree that even the best-equipped individuals can die or suffer badly if they are not trained, but even more so if they lack the mental toughness and discipline to survive. In the plane crash examples the author gives, those individuals survived because they were determined and sought creative solutions to work with what they had. No high tech was involved at all. Readers should be warned that they can’t buy survival off the shelf. More is required than a credit card. —Wings Ludlow Locator Technology The technology Budd Davisson ponders in his Grassroots column “Disappearing Airliners”…

1. File inter-island flight plans when traveling between islands. In case of ditching, someone will look for you. Also, in many areas, you can be out of reach of radar, so if you go down, nobody will know. 2. Purchase the Bahamas Pilot's Guide and Bahamas VFR charts. These contain frequencies, fuel and runway information, phone numbers and much more. This has been the Bahamas “bible” for decades. 3. Call ahead for fuel. Fuel in The Bahamas comes to airports via barges. Restocking can sometimes take weeks or longer. Even if an airport is supposed to have fuel, they may not, so call before you fly to make sure they have avgas. Also, fuel is about $1 more per gallon in The Bahamas. 4. Crosswind technique.…

FROM U.S. TO THE BAHAMAS: File a VFR or IFR Flight Plan File an eAPIS manifest (do outbound and inbound at same time) Must have a Coast Guard-approved life jacket for each person onboard Activate Flight Plan with FSS before leaving Florida Prior to landing in The Bahamas, close your flight plan with Nassau radio on 124.2 or 128.00 or by phone with Nassau at (242) 377-7176. Must land at a Bahamian airport of entry (AOE) to clear customs Need to turn in three copies of the C7A declaration form and Bahamas immigration card for each person Must pay “Customs Processing Fee” of $50/aircraft on entry TO RE-ENTER THE U.S.: File eAPIS manifest for return (if not already filed) File a Flight Plan (DVFR or IFR) Call U.S. Customs at…