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201er

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International Mooney Flight  

37 members have voted

  1. 1. Have you flown your Mooney outside the US (or your country)?

    • No and I don't plan to
      3
    • No, but I plan to
      12
    • Only overflight outside US
      1
    • Yes, full stop international flight
      21

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jetdriven Grand Master

jetdriven

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Went to Canada two years ago. No big deal, really. Just file the eAPIS and CANPASS is nice to have.

 

Avgas is hellishly expensive up there, and it's not easy tankering fuel in a 54 gallon airplane.

jlunseth Grand Master

jlunseth

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Bahamas three times on purpose, Canada once not meaning too. It is not at all difficult. The biggest issue in going to the Bahamas is a matter of timing. Flight is prohibited after sunset, and in many places it is necessary to clear customs by 4:30 or 5, when they close. The problem of clearing customs usually means a night over in FL at Ft. Pierce (where you pick up your required vests and life raft), and departure the next morning. My last time there I went to Nassau where customs is open until 11, got great treatment and was out of Nassau in time to land at my destination at sunset. Get your CBP sticker and eAPIS account. Always check to make sure your fuel stop has fuel before you go. Just because it is on the chart does not mean anything in the Bahamas.

carusoam Grand Master

carusoam

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I always wanted to...

Used to drive to Montreal annually, before kids. 12 hour drive.

Tried to fly to Toronto, once. Came up short because of IMC. Low clouds generated by the Lakes. I was not IFR rated. Rental car finished the trip. M20C with all four seats filled...

Then I got a handy dandy Ovation and a nifty IR. Ready to start traveling...

Then a few other things had gotten me side tracked.

I'm looking forward to getting back on the line. The Bahamas is looking better every year.

Cuba is not that far in the future, is it?

Best regards,

-a-

Awful_Charlie Mentor

Awful_Charlie

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Bit of a cheeky reply for me.  I live in Switzerland, keep the aircraft just over the border in France.  For those people who like to fly big W..I..D..E circuits, downwind in in Germany, and base or crosswind is in Switzerland!

JBahnsen Newbie

JBahnsen

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Hello Guys,

 

I have done a fair bit of international flying in mooneys over the years.

 

2002/03 RTW in a 1988 M20J (VH-JDY)

2009 Ovation from Texas to UK, lots of europe flying (N371AG)

2010 UK to Singapore, spend the next two years flying around Malaysia/Thailand(N371AG)

2012 Singapore to Canada (N371AG)

 

Happy to provide any assistance to those planning international trips.

 

Cheers

OR75 Veteran

OR75

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to be honest, if i was planning a trip to the Bahamas, it would not be the $50 fee that would break the deal. the island is very expensive to visit anyway.

however, i am sure the island will loose some of the Floridians who used to visit the island for that $100 hamburger or weekend hop.

Ned Gravel Grand Master

Ned Gravel

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Full international for me.  I fly to the US all the time.  But since that is not one of the options -  I guess it wasn't really considered.

flyboy0681 Grand Master

flyboy0681

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however, i am sure the island will loose some of the Floridians who used to visit the island for that $100 hamburger or weekend hop.

 

Me being one of them. I already had a problem with the new $25 per person departure tax and this only exacerbates things.

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