Renting in Bahamas?

I was just in Marsh Harbour, which is a non-towered field served by
three airlines and about the same number of air-taxi commuter
services! I was astounded by the number of GA operations--half a mile
of hangars, including one east of the terminal and at least three to
the west. A lot of the planes on the tarmac (and it was tarmac!) were
twins.

The runway is in fairly rough shape, pavement-wise.

Have a great time! Won't the sand be bloody hot in July?


-- all the best, Dan Ford

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The FBO where I rent in South Florida has a lot of pilots who fly to the
Bahamas. So many they have a 'Bahamas' ground school course. You may want to
just fly into West Palm Beach, hang out a few days, then fly yourself to the
Islands.

In my experience, the Bahamas is very expensive (fuel, food, rentals, etc).
It may be worth your while contacting Premier Aviation in Florida and
exploring the idea of flying yourself, or having a CFI fly over with you.
It's a very short, pleasant hop over the ocean.

I rent from Premier frequently and the equipment is always in great shape!
The owner's name is Michael, and the office has a real 'down south' flavor,
even though half the crew are transplants from NY.

FWIW,

Marty
ps. Their website is http://www.beanewpilot.com




"Cub Driver" wrote in message
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I was just in Marsh Harbour, which is a non-towered field served by
three airlines and about the same number of air-taxi commuter
services! I was astounded by the number of GA operations--half a mile
of hangars, including one east of the terminal and at least three to
the west. A lot of the planes on the tarmac (and it was tarmac!) were
twins.

The runway is in fairly rough shape, pavement-wise.

Have a great time! Won't the sand be bloody hot in July?


-- all the best, Dan Ford

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Thanks guys.

I also found www.flying.bahamas.com on a big fold-out ad in my new AOPA
Airport Directory. I just viewed a fantastic video on that site about
flying there from Florida. No mention of rentals or GA flights originating
from the Bahamas, however... :-(

I don't want to worry about flight planning from the USA on this trip. I
just want to rent a CFI & plane once I'm there if my sightseeing schedule
allows - that's why I asked specifically about renting there.

I'd like to fly there from the mainland someday, however.


"Marty from Sunny Florida" wrote in message
...
The FBO where I rent in South Florida has a lot of pilots who fly to the
Bahamas. So many they have a 'Bahamas' ground school course. You may want
to
just fly into West Palm Beach, hang out a few days, then fly yourself to
the
Islands.

In my experience, the Bahamas is very expensive (fuel, food, rentals,
etc).
It may be worth your while contacting Premier Aviation in Florida and
exploring the idea of flying yourself, or having a CFI fly over with you.
It's a very short, pleasant hop over the ocean.

I rent from Premier frequently and the equipment is always in great shape!
The owner's name is Michael, and the office has a real 'down south'
flavor,
even though half the crew are transplants from NY.

FWIW,

Marty
ps. Their website is http://www.beanewpilot.com




"Cub Driver" wrote in message
...

I was just in Marsh Harbour, which is a non-towered field served by
three airlines and about the same number of air-taxi commuter
services! I was astounded by the number of GA operations--half a mile
of hangars, including one east of the terminal and at least three to
the west. A lot of the planes on the tarmac (and it was tarmac!) were
twins.

The runway is in fairly rough shape, pavement-wise.

Have a great time! Won't the sand be bloody hot in July?


-- all the best, Dan Ford

email (put Cubdriver in subject line)

Warbird's Forum: www.warbirdforum.com
Piper Cub Forum: www.pipercubforum.com
the blog: www.danford.net

Marty Ross wrote:

I don't want to worry about flight planning from the USA on this trip.

Eh? "Flight Planning"? What, is the FPL button on your GPS sticking?

- Andrew

"Cub Driver" wrote in message
The runway is in fairly rough shape, pavement-wise.

Shucks, that runway is good compared to some others. It's the pine trees
surrounding the runway that kill people.

Won't the sand be bloody hot in July?

It depends on the content of the sand. Some beaches are very low in silica
content and high in calcium carbonate. The calcium carbonate beaches don't
heatsoak near as much as the silica beaches. Your head will burn before your
feet will.

D.