For those of you who are curious about the aviation details, our flight tomorrow will be conducted under an international (ICAO) IFR flight plan. I chose IFR because it makes all the airspace issues around Miama and Ft. Lauderdale go away, it facilitates the border crossing, and because we will likely run into clouds for most of the route.
The Bahamas requires the General Declaration (C7A) form to be filled out in triplicate (which I have), as well as weight & balance, pilot's license & medical, aircraft registration and airworthiness certificate, and passports for all aboard.
Once we cross the US coastline, we'll be over water for about 35 minutes, and out of sight of land for about 20 minutes. I have briefed everybody on ditching procedures in case we need them, and we'll all be wearing life vests for the over-water portion of the flight.
Once we land in Grand Bahama International, we'll taxi over to Customs and complete the entry formalities, then taxi over to parking and go enjoy Freeport. "It's better in the Bahamas!"
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Amazing Jim, I could never pull this off.
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