Flying to
the Bahamas in light sport aircraft, Flying to the Bahamas
in experimental lightsport aircraft, Light Sport Aircraft Pilot News
newsmagazine.
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Flying to the
Bahamas in light sport aircraft, experimental
lightsport, amateur built aircraft.
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The U.S. Lightsport Aircraft industry now has an
"Ambassador" to the Bahamas. Mike Z from Breezer Aircraft
U.S.A. who operates out of his base in Plant City Florida
was recently appointed by Greg Rolle from the Ministry
of Tourism and Aviation in the Bahamas
as an aviation Ambassador.
Mike is now one of three pilots in the United States with
the "Ambassador" title. Mike's is there to help any pilots,
general aviation, or light sport with questions, or problems
that they may have on flying to the Bahamas.
As Mike explains it the Bahamas government wants a few more
"touch points in the U.S." so that pilots with concerns,
questions, or comments can talk to Mike and then he can
relay them, looking for solutions and improvements in the
system. Mike has a "direct line" into
the government so that problems and concerns can be
addressed fairly quickly.
When the Bahamas government became the first country to allow
lightsport aircraft and their pilots to fly in their
airspace, Mike decided to be one of the first to do it.
So in September of 2010 he made his first flight down in a
Breezer to the Bahamas.
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That first trip has given him a unique perspective of what
is necessary for a lightsport aircraft pilot to fly to the
Bahamas. Mike who lived on his boat for
many years in the Bahamas, has now flown down three times
(January 2011). From Mike's
home base in Plant City the flight to the Bahamas is just
over 2 hours. In 2010 at Airventure the Bahamas
government announced that they were going to allow Sport
Pilots to operate in their airspace without a medical, and
invited all interested to make the flight. Mike says "I was really excited to be able to
go back to a beautiful country, with some great people in
it, "making it a great weekend getaway for anybody in
Florida."
He then used that knowledge to
assist a group of Lightsport Aircraft pilots to fly down to
the Bahamas in December 2010. Seventeen aircraft flew down
as a group. Fifteen in the group had never been to the
Bahamas before.
So it was quite an experience for them when
they were met "on the ramp with rum punch and com-fritters,
before even going into customs.
"During this flight Mike met
an old friend of his who was now "a councillor for the
island, sort of like a mayor" invited me down for New Years
so we flew back down the first of the year. " It is just so
easy to go over there, and the weather is always great."
For more information on
Flying to the Bahamas you can get in touch with Mike Z at
Breezer Aircraft USA, LLC
4007 Airport Rd
Plant City, FL 33563
Office: 813-474-1337 813-474-1337
www.breezeraircraftusa.com |
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In picture, (left to right) Pete Van
Spronsen, Mike Z, Breezer Aircraft USA, Greg Rolle Bahamas
CAA,
Elizabeth Vance Bahamas Aviation Council, Darrell Hamilton
Breezer Aircraft USA |
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