Happy Thanksgiving everyone! Enjoy part 3. Where is everyone spending the holiday today? Somewhere cold or somewhere tropical? Wherever you are, from our family to yours; have a safe and Happy Thanksgiving🍗
@anthonyhawn3767
Жыл бұрын
Awesome Place! My wife and I stayed in the same cottage! Great people on the island! Can't wait to go back!
@diamondd1234
Жыл бұрын
Your wife looks thrilled!
@OneEightyTwoFlyer
Жыл бұрын
She was! Just a lot of water for her on her first major water crossing. She watched a lot of tv on the iPad or read on her iPad to take her mind off all that water…🤣
@sky-11
2 жыл бұрын
Nice 182RG great flight reminds me when i took a 172sp to Normans cay a few years back.
@DrJohn493
2 жыл бұрын
Enjoyed the virtual flight and all the great scenery! Been 20 years too long since I've been to the Islands.
@OneEightyTwoFlyer
2 жыл бұрын
Glad you enjoyed it!
@Culturelifestyletravel
2 жыл бұрын
what a great video so much goes into the water crossing but well worth the trip i do love the small airstrips on the islands
@OneEightyTwoFlyer
2 жыл бұрын
MR. CLT here on the channel!! Thank you brother for watching. The planning process is the most tedious but the rewards of the smaller airstrips on the out-islands....so worth it. Thanks for the comment!
@valerieforsyth992
2 жыл бұрын
I’m in Maine and it’s cold but a nice sunny day. That water was so blue! Amazing. Thanks for sharing. Happy Thanksgiving.
@OneEightyTwoFlyer
2 жыл бұрын
Thank you Valerie for the comment. Hope you had a great holiday.
@tombrotherman7838
2 жыл бұрын
Happy Thanksgiving! Awesome scenery. I don't dive, so if you had ditched the plane it would be a place to fish for me. Glad you made it fine.
@OneEightyTwoFlyer
2 жыл бұрын
LOL!! Happy Thanksgiving Tom!
@Marilynlovesebiking
2 жыл бұрын
Beautiful. The water was very unusual right toward the end. Looks like it was shallow with sand under it? Love hearing the radio talk. I fly with my son in his Cessna 172.
@OneEightyTwoFlyer
2 жыл бұрын
Those turquoise colors and blues were just spectacular!! I agree probably very shallow water. I'm glad you enjoy listening to the radio. I like to edit with full air traffic control audio. Adds that extra layer of immersion for all of you viewing and following us. Tell your son we said hello, safe flying in his C-172. Cheers!
@GeezerGeekPilot
2 жыл бұрын
I just came upon our channel... and very much enjoyed this episode of your Bahamas trip. Thanks for posting! Wayne (DA40 KSBA)
@OneEightyTwoFlyer
2 жыл бұрын
Welcome to the channel and thank you for the subscription. Glad you enjoyed this episode. We have a couple more episodes to post from the Bahamas trip once we get them edited. Enjoy that DA40! Excellent bird!
@SusheePerumal
2 жыл бұрын
Excellent video!
@OneEightyTwoFlyer
2 жыл бұрын
Thank you!! Glad you enjoyed it.
@Parr4theCourse
2 жыл бұрын
Good job, so jealous, didn't know Governors Harbor had AWOS now, that helps and forgot about that LOOONG displaced threshold! Technology, gotta love it - HA!
@OneEightyTwoFlyer
2 жыл бұрын
They do but as you heard almost all of the information was unavailable. But having wind speed/direction and an altimeter setting was good enough. That threshold was soooooo long!! Earco Elite and Mr. McClane who runs the place were super. Highly recommend them for your customs clearance. Happy Thanksgiving!!
@Parr4theCourse
2 жыл бұрын
@@OneEightyTwoFlyer Yea I used “Windy” when we were there so we would have some clue….
@RealLifewithAdrianRuth
2 жыл бұрын
Great channel great footage. I live in south Florida so familiar with the area. We just started our channel not long ago. I will pass your link around. I’m still hoping one day to fly myself after being in the NAVY. Keep the videos coming
@OneEightyTwoFlyer
2 жыл бұрын
Thank you Adrian & Ruth!! Appreciate the kind words. Thanks for subscribing and following along!
@MRJSWORKSHOP
2 жыл бұрын
Awesome video👍🏻🤠
@OneEightyTwoFlyer
2 жыл бұрын
Thank you!! Happy Thanksgiving!!
@mikeshort3838
Жыл бұрын
Great video! I'm going to be making a very similar flight in April. One question, what altitude did you fly from Eleuthera to Staniel? and were you able to get flight fallowing from Nassau on that leg? Thanks!
@OneEightyTwoFlyer
Жыл бұрын
To talk to Nassau if I remember correctly you need to be above 8,000 MSL. And no we flew below 8k. Just look at my Aspen display to fact check me. But I believe we just flew on our own monitoring island unicom for 20-25 min flight to Staniel.
@bdschaaf
2 жыл бұрын
I really enjoyed this video. I did the Bahamas a few years ago, but would like to do it again now that I'm more familiar with my airplane. What was the most challenging part for you? Thanks for sharing!
@OneEightyTwoFlyer
2 жыл бұрын
Thank you glad you enjoyed it Brian. The most challenging part in my opinion was making sure I had good weather information. The Out-Islands have very limited radar coverage and even more scarce weather information. In our next videos that we share we go island hopping and checking the weather on Staniel Cay was literally walking outside and looking up....LOL! For the most part we had perfect weather so it was not that difficult. Coordinating fuel can be a little challenging. We had enough to go all the way to Staniel Cay and Long Island. Took on some fuel at Stella Maris on Long Island to get us by till we headed back to Gov's Harbour. Just plan on paying south Florida/Florida Keys prices. Gov's Harbour was the cheapest though for us. Join us on our FB Page or Instagram page and share with us your travels when you go. We'd love to see it. Cheers!
@stanurquhart1542
Жыл бұрын
Great video though why do you fly wit cowl flaps open
@OneEightyTwoFlyer
Жыл бұрын
Thanks for the comment! Summer temperatures and low altitude really heats up the O-540 engine. I fly by CHT/EGT temperatures. With the cowl flaps open I can lean back to 13.5 to 14gph which gives me right around 380 degrees on the CHT’s and around 1370/80 on the EGT’s. It’s all about preserving that engine and taking care of the cylinders.
@stanurquhart1542
Жыл бұрын
@@OneEightyTwoFlyer as an old engine guy and very familiar with the 0-540, maybe try playing with the cowl settings as sometimes less is more meaning you may have better air flow with a lower cowl setting. You are probably losing 3-5 MPH with the cowl flaps in the full open position. Just my thoughts.
@mark8172
Жыл бұрын
Question…? Did you forget to close your cowl flaps?
@OneEightyTwoFlyer
Жыл бұрын
Thats a great question! But, no. I fly CHT temperatures. I like to keep my cylinders around 380 degrees and with the ambient heat out there I prefer to leave them open so I can lean back to 380 degrees which gives around a 14.0 - 14.5 gallon per hour burn. If I close them I would have to enrich my mixture and that would bring my fuel burn up to 16 - 17 gallons per hour. With the cowl flaps open I save fuel, and keep the cylinders at the temps I want. I’m only sacrificing a couple of knots of ground speed. Thanks for watching, and subscribing. Thanks for the great question.
@deusradix
6 ай бұрын
How come you called clearance delivery to request VFR flight following? Is that the procedure if you're requesting FF from the ground? Could you have asked ground?
@OneEightyTwoFlyer
6 ай бұрын
Thanks for the question! KFLL is a class C airport and a call to Clearance Delivery is required before calling ground. It has been my experience when departing class B and C airspace; clearance delivery is the best way to get the ball rolling for what you want to do or put on request when not grabbing an IFR clearance. In my case on this flight we are departing on a Defense VFR flight plan crossing the ADIZ. To legally cross the ADIZ you must be on an IFR flight plan or DVFR flight plan with a discreet squawk code. You need to have FF to get that code and be communicating with ATC if you are not on an IFR plan. If you are not communicating hence FF and without the transponder code you’re going to get intercepted if you cross the ADIZ. So, the easiest way to get that code going DVFR is have flight following. Since this was my first crossing to the Bahamas I believe I just wanted all my ducks in a row. (Forgive me but I’ve slept a few nights over the last two years since this vlog was published…LOL). Once you have your clearance to depart the class C it’s time to call ground and taxi. If you call ground at a class C or B airport without an IFR clearance or VFR departure clearance they will just say we don’t see your clearance and remind you to call clearance delivery first then call them back. So to answer your question I presume I called Clearance Delivery and got squared away to depart DVFR with flight following to make my intentions known, so I have the squawk I need and each ATC handoff have been pre-coordinated from the start to have FF. Remember this is a DVFR flight and requires a DVFR flight plan to be filed and opened. As well as filing an APIS report with customs since it’s an international flight. DVFR is just a little bit different than going on a normal VFR flight. Now I suppose I could have told Clearance Delivery I’m departing VFR to the east climbing to whatever altitude I chose. Then got my taxi clearance from ground. Take off clearance from tower and ask departure for FF before getting handed off to Miami Center. However, before you cross the ADIZ you will have to contact FSS to open the DVFR flight plan and get a code from them. If memory serves me correct I believe I called FSS just to make sure my DVFR was opened by clearance and the code I was on was in fact the code that I needed. Again it was my first time and I didn’t want any issues. So I treated my DVFR flight plan like an IFR flight plan. Hope your questions were answered. Thanks for watching!
@deusradix
5 ай бұрын
@@OneEightyTwoFlyer Ohhh that makes sense! For some reason I thought you were coming out of KFXE, but that makes sense in a class C. Thanks!
@henry-joepasarell566
Жыл бұрын
10 WEST of Pompano?
@OneEightyTwoFlyer
Жыл бұрын
I apologize, but I have not watched this video in a while and I don’t understand your question. This was filmed nearly 2 years ago.
@MalachiWhite-tw7hl
8 ай бұрын
What if the engine quits?
@OneEightyTwoFlyer
8 ай бұрын
It always amazes me that this video is still being watched and commented on. So thank you for watching and adding a comment. To address your question, yes that is always a concern flying single engine over the vast open ocean. There are a lot of factors to plan when choosing to do this kind of trip. Altitude, glide ratio, weather, winds, etc. Can I glide back to land? Are we ditching in the ocean? For my wife and I it was always in the back of our head but a calculated risk that we had contingency plans for. Leaving Ft Lauderdale we chose the most direct route and altitude to follow the coast lines of each island in the Bahamas chain. That way if we lost an engine we could glide back to land. Leaving Gov’s Harbour after clearing customs enroute to Staniel Cay in the Exuma chain was the longest over water crossing of around 20-30 mins I think. I had it planned that if we lost the engine at a certain point that we would do a 180 turn and glide as far as we could back to Gov’s Harbour. Beyond a certain point we would glide straight ahead as far as we could toward Staniel Cay. If we had to ditch in the ocean my plan was to ditch near a shallow sand bar which you could see many from the air. The USCG requires that each occupant has an approved life vest; which you can see we wore. As an added element of safety we also had an approved USCG life raft and survival supplies on board. My wife and I briefed that if we had to ditch she would be in charge of the raft. And we briefed how we would get out of the plane if this was necessary. If we were away from sand bars we would look for sailing vessels, boats, cruise ships, or freighters and ditch near any of those for the fastest pick up and rescue. If we made it beyond a certain point we had it planned to be able to glide to Staniel Cay. All of that was planned behind the scenes off camera. Thanks for watching! Appreciate the comment. Consider subscribing. I hope to have another video out again soon.
@MalachiWhite-tw7hl
8 ай бұрын
@@OneEightyTwoFlyer You know, the modern "Bermuda Triangle Mystery" largely began with the loss of those 5 Navy torpedo bombers in December 1945. I think people underestimate the difficulty of surviving that. Planes lost, out of fuel, landing at night on the open sea in the rough and chilly waters of December, and so on. It would be more of a surprise were they in fact rescued. Many planes have been lost between the South Florida coast and the Bahamas, on a trip by air which might only take 20-30 minutes.
@bagremoval6123
2 жыл бұрын
Nice I have a house on Long Island bahamas 🇧🇸 it's better in the bahamas
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