Single Engine Piston, Caribbean Flying Advice

[swisspilot]

If it were me id probably be pretty stressed out over the course of the flight.

I guess over land you avoid any sort of mountainous terrain, lakes, cites and just constantly fly over runways?

 

[FlyingPoke]

I guess over land you avoid any sort of mountainous terrain, lakes, cites and just constantly fly over runways?

Nope, in a single piston I was equally stressed over the mountains, in every other scenario you listed there's likely some kind of option if things go bad. I haven't spent any time over the Great Lakes, but you'd be equally F-ed there too. I also had a healthy amount of anxiety over my first Pacific crossing, just because of my unfamiliarity with it. There's nothing wrong with respecting the amount of risk you are putting yourself in, in my mind it helps to stay sharp and keeps from getting complacent.

Maybe I just don't make a clanging noise when I walk like you...

 

[elmetal]

I haven't spent any time over the Great Lakes, but you'd be equally F-ed there too.

equally? I think you'd be a little more F'ed in the great lakes. You'd die of hypothermia pretty damn fast

 

[swisspilot]

equally? I think you'd be a little more F'ed in the great lakes. You'd die of hypothermia pretty damn fast

Well you can get hypothermia at the tropics too....

 

[elmetal]

Well you can get hypothermia at the tropics too....

True, but the time it takes in the great lakes for the majority of the year is less than 2 minutes in the water if I recall correctly

Sent from my Nexus 4

 

[Vector4Food]

If I had to ditch in the great lakes this time of year, I think id prefer a crash axe to the side of the head

 

[FlyingPoke]

I was more referring to the fact that you probably won't survive a ditching attempt (head trauma, unconsciousness, or just inability to get out and drowning).

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