Bahamas Trip Report 2011
It's been 2 years in the making and the next flying adventure to the Bahamas has been flown!!!!! You can go to the Van's Air Force website for a blog with pictures that I tried to update every day. My pictures start near the bottom of page 2. Tuppergal and I departed California on Saturday morning, May 21st visting friends along the way. We arrived home on Sunday afternoon, June 12th flying 49.7 hours and +6600nm. We had 12 RVs and 2 non-RV making the trip to Great Exuma in the Bahamas. Here are the pilots and crew flying with us this year; Alpha Flight Jim & Vicki Baker (Kansas: RV-6) Chris & Indira Kleen (Washington: RV-6) Gary & Carolyn Zilik (Colorado: RV-6A) Bravo Flight Bryan & Sherri Wood (California: Bonanza) Charlie Flight Paul & Victoria Rosales (California: RV-6A) Mike Brewton & Denice Nicol (California: RV-7A) Dave & Alina Buono (Texas: RV-7A) Mercedes Eulitt & Jeff Brooks (California: RV-6A) Delta Flight Scott & Deb Mills (Colorado: RV-9A) Scott & Tanya Card (Texas: RV-9A) Andrew Brandt (California: RV-9A) Echo Flight Gene & Janet Larsen (Iowa: RV-9A) Mark & Debbie Bantam (Kansas: T-18) Here's our itinerary that was changed due to weather (the Joplin tornado on May 22nd to be exact): Saturday (5/21): Departed SoCAL for Cleveland (OK) to visit friends Sunday (5/22): Departed Cleveland for Grove (OK) to visit friendsMonday (5/23): Depart Grove for lunch with Geno & Robin Jezek in Ozark (MO) to Lambert's then to Osage Beach (MO) to visit friendsTuesday (5/24): DepartedOsage Beach for Kokomo (IN) to visit friendsGrove for Asheville (NC) then visited downtown Asheville. Wednesday (5/25): Visited the Biltmore Estate in Asheville Thursday (5/26): DepartedKokomoAsheville (NC) tosee the Biltmore Estate on Friday.to Louisville (GA) to see Pierre Smith
                 in the morning then into Atlanta to visit Mike "Kahuna" Stewart. Friday (5/27): Spent the day touring Atlanta with Michael "Moose" White Saturday: (5/28):Departed Asheville to ???? (my original plans just changed so not sure what to do)Spent the day with Team RV Sunday (5/29): Departed??? to ??? Not sure where we will be but we planAtlanta to Cedar Key (FL) for lunch then into Clearwater (FL)
               to visit friends Tuesday (5/31): Departed Clearwater to Venice (FL) for fuel/meet up with four other RVs who joined us to Key West for lunch                 then flew back along the Keys to Homestead (FL) Wednesday (6/1): Departed Homestead for the island of Great Exuma (ICAO MYEF), ~280nm, 2-hr flight to the Palm Bay Beach Club Wednesday (6/8): Departed Great Exuma, landing Fort Pierce (FL), clear customs continue toFoley (AL)Pensacola (FL) Thursday (6/9): DepartedFoley (AL)Pensacola, landing Addison (TX: near Dallas) to visit friends Saturday (6/11): Departed Addison for Stephenville (TX) for lunch then landing Pecan Plantation in Granbury (TX) to visit friends Sunday (6/12): Departed Grandbury, landing SoCAL around 1530 local time Here is our ground track to the Bahamas: Here's our progress to California having landed in Dallas after an overnight in Pensacola, FL; Here's the last leg we flew home from Dallas to SoCAL on Sunday, June 12, 2011;
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