THE CALM BEFORE THE STORM! - Baron Flight to Freeport, Bahamas

this flight in video was filmed right before Hurricane Dorian impacted the Bahamas as a cat 5 hurricane linked in the description below is the web site set up by the Bahamian government to help with relief efforts please feel free to go down and check it out today we're going to fly the Baron 58 TC from antiquers aerodrome Delray Beach to Grand Bahamas Freeport but first we need to get steve-o [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] all right welcome aboard everybody today we have a special treat for you it's a hot summer day here in South Florida we have Captain Valerie on board today with us she's gonna be flying us over and Baron here with Eric at the back Eric hey guys how are you we're gonna go IFR out of an uncontrolled airfield here it's a private airfield pick up Rio far they've air and we'll be proceeding on over to Freeport all right copilot I'll be the P I see you'll be the co-pilot you'll be doing the radio all right and I will need you to give me all the frequencies and now I will need to fly plan and we'll be taking off from Niner Roger we have the flight plan I'll put the system here for you thank you so we're at the fuel ramp here and antiquers I'll do a call out here that teachers you have a baron we're gonna be back to taxi and rollin Niner any trafficking area antiquers all right clear to the left and clear to the right doesn't sound like anybody's coming in to land or take off here this is a grass strip a little over 5,000 feet long making sure we have our yoke back want to keep that pressure off the nosewheel in the grass yeah I don't do any soft field takeoffs or landings so this is pretty new to me Valerie okay yeah that's all we do here and with flaps on this you take off with the flaps up ah no flaps so well if you look on the poh for the 5080 sea grass takeoff no flaps you would think it would require flaps but it doesn't yeah Eric's got the VIP treatment back there today I'm gonna I'm gonna set up my poker table back here and play some Yahtzee all right so we're coming to the end of the runway here Valerie will do a run-up and then we'll announce their takeoff but line up really good okay [Music] at sea because you know Baron were taking off throwing I hope you'd be a part of the East antiquers traffic and we'll wait until we get the turbo kicking excited to feel these turbos yeah back in release brakes alright here we go Freeport Bahamas feel that pull oh yeah that's surreal for a big airplane that's on a grass runway - yeah there we go uh and that's a real that's no flap 100 degree day alright my pants we're slippery it's a very hot day uh-huh you guys probably um even understand it's like a hundred thirty degrees inside this cabin and we're airborne got the brakes and gear up for blue line here is that's a fast gear transition oh yeah that's quick it gets three or four seconds and kickers traffic you know Darren we just said that rowing iron that part nice thought Antigua traffic and your check for traffic if I'm looking very looking good 78 miles to Freeport that's straight shot alright we'll go over to Palm Beach and check on Palm Beach good afternoon Baron November 1 8 7 9 I like to pick a variety four six seven zero alright so we got our squawk code okay you're staying out at Palm Beach's airspace which is right to the north of us we got four six seven zero says the transponder now they're just looking at their radar scope to try to find us and they'll come back with our radar identification our clearance you have the beach down there it's so beautiful absolutely gorgeous now one eight seven nine and Alima say l stood there altimeter seven one eight seven nine early no Roger reaching 1500 you're clear to the Freeport Airport the array no vectors two turfs bomber six three Victor Freeport via direct and comma maintain 5,000 Roger out of 1,500 clear two three four they are vectors chirps Mohammed six three Victor Freeport vor direct and then we'll climb a 5,000 won 8-7 Irena meddling Rebecca Creek when they will clear direct the Terps chirps and we're already at direct herbs there are it Terps Silvernail we Clement aim 5000 and we have our clearance now we're gonna do a climb of a heart between 130 135 oh no no one ever quit Detroit little Romeo Victor to join the victor three this is a guy can see a little airplane there we want direct Turks and 506 three Victor right over to Freeport this plate is actually just showing just under a half hour so it's not too long with a plate at all yeah flying over to the Bahamas from South Florida it's not as hard as a lot of people think it's very simple yeah you know it's quick and easy Bahamas government makes it pretty easy to clear in and out all right like today we took off from an airport without customs out of the United States it's not necessary we filed early a piss online and we filed our flight plan and that's really all you need to do once we get over to Freeport Bahamas we'll fill out a few little pieces of paper or during your term and will be clear Daniel you're clear how long have you been a pilot started after Eric Eric became my private pilot's defect in 2012 and we've got a warning remember four and five minutes better maintain 3000 wanted to make sure that I was going to be able to land up the remember one eight seven nine Lima contact Miami Center one three three point four five three four one eight seven I know 5,000 check chirps right there 3.0 over there three zero zero effect that's cool hey that's really cool you know your multi-engine rating Valerie yep your instrument rated yep yeah that's uh that's kind of how it gets I got started but because you're actually you're part of the epithelia ground school actually we're lifetime members with them zero a how did you feel about the program is it what's awesome they have all some online programs across school I've been partnered with Jason Shepherd for a while now stuff is all been linked in the description below as online ground school alright so if we come down and look at the iPad here go over to the airport tab right there we go up to 3d view I'll take a look at the Freeport area here that 3d view and that is Grand Bahama Island we'll zoom in a little bit there's our airport spin around and look at it all right now we are out of gliding this is of land we do have two engines today which is a little bit more comforting compared to if you're just one long yeah we do have a raft on board right behind us and the life vest I'm gonna do a quick little are leaning already gonna be on almost there when I have to enrich those we're gonna bring it to on 23 yeah sure Eva Wyndham resort that's exciting they are all windows though yeah I'm gonna keep the right and a little bit richer because my temperature was rising a little so I'm just gonna keep it there okay heavenly lacrosse shall be maintain 4,000 Sophia four thousand eight I am sure one in seminary my radar service terminated contact Roberta first one to six point five six five one eight seven I only like it alright so he'll be he's gonna be coming up about another seventeen miles I forget across that at 4,000 feet get up in November one eight seven I know five thousand four thousand over healthy one eight seven nine name of three four Roger clear two three four theologia Hobby Bahama is 6-3 Victor Freeport maintain four thousand feet report stopping house II they expect the are now run away to 450 aren't had a few floor approach we're the direct hope you'll report that four thousand feet if the hundred 6-3 victory Fleur Keeler and under-18 799 all right so we got all that right back so we're down to four thousand going through the clouds and now little energy in those clouds but a bit all right we're over healthy oh they give a call I know we're here reports over 187 our limo we're over healthy fourth us shake it yeah not there that's West Bend right over there one eight seven nine Mr on the side passing Holly you send out a 2004 the re-plug me come on to me well it's really nice having a cope Alec I'm glad you have a some more here today Valerie okay look at the a was here for Homer International Airport information P no time one seven zero zero expect Arnav approach to for departure to only 11 miles away now or a PC clear is all departing aircraft contact ground control one to one decimal seven prior to taxi wind one a seven Niner Lima can you give me a crossing radio log to three part video overdue hey we got the information let's see what he wants a crossing radio let me see here for the crossing radio we're on a320 radio third number 187 island would you thank you I don't know that turn what is crossing radial he wants to know what radio we are three four three part from Freeport the airport or the velar and open and if we look down here at the approach plate you'll see there we are the little airplane is blinking and we're going towards gig me over there and then what's going baba and Lester I went right in for the iron have two four seven nine elimi do the iPod in sight hey ferme will get the field site 7i all Emma would you like the original approach there I reckon we going to if grant will take the visual 707 I know Lima Roger Rica for the vision approach automating too far apart for miles right Dave all right put a four mile rate base for only two for for the visual nuri one nine one eight seven Irina dumping in this new airplane for me the hardest part is all you remember the call sign okay so it's a provisional there you walk through your Inc airports right over there looks like we're about a beaten the numbers right it's straight over there it's over there we're like entering base right now all right Valerie no pressure but the whole world's gonna be watching this landing yeehaw I have faith she's a greaser I've seen a lot of your landings from Eric filming on Instagram I'll link your Instagram into the description below all right now we are on your adventures around we love sharing our adventures what are those creatures that look like poles in the water you see little Android all right now are you it clear to land all right we have one set of flat we have a little bit of a wind coming off you guys on the left side of the runway hello I'm 16 I'll get my gear down you're in transition be brave sorry don't like I'm sitting it goes up and down fast the TVI boy takes three times as long to go up and down we got the airport out there put two o'clock it's a runway it's a nice long runway here so we took off a grass runway and we come in and land on a real big well on paved runway the complete opposite of what we took up completely the opposite you can feel all the thermals - from going from water to land the water to land ah very hot yeah when you're flying over the ocean you can pretty much keep this flight really smooth you get over land that's when you get all those journals so what hires be will you be pitching for others Valley uh right now I just want to get my blue line and then it's gonna be full flap it o labs where are able to sew my aiming is 105 on short okay big rains three grand confirm there's a lot of thermals I tell you oh yeah it is a hot day out there route through green hot so energy [Music] there you can see your wit saw - right there yeah and we can feel the wind slightly gonna correct there you got your crab and still which is all right huh very go 105 very cool and we have full flaps three grains but the size of that runway it is big fill those dust perfect nice nice job captain Valerie thank you thank you welcome to Freeport Bahamas guys perfect perfect we'll pick it up at that next taxi when I had that 21.7 for your ground right here okay perfect chill bumps on this rent just texted where it'll take us right into the ramp oh it's going to slow down a lot more I'm so used to a our grass but it slows you down a lot quicker yes I see you down a lot quicker seven ninety Yankee hold Shaw gave way to would be ember attack you know shall i groan 121 seven they're gonna hold short over the ground will give way to that a temporary 180 to the Naima growling good afternoon November 1 8 7-iron little jerk in with my 2 4 7 idle a mirage f1c mbar is a taxi to general aviation for customs Roger behind the young variable go into general education customs thanks alright so welcome to three poor guys I hope you enjoyed that flight don't go anywhere because we're gonna go have some fun here in the Bahamas and after we cleared customs here comes that Embraer western air I didn't know they had Emperor's it's a it's a new thing for western air as far as I'm concerned I've never even heard a western air that's interest they usually have Saab 340 s but I guess stay over there upgrade ice sorry we're clear to taxi into the customs ramp and then we'll know reporting time from the southeast leaving six Miami is on one three four point two all right we'll shut down this engine go to clear customs and we'll be on our way [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] 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Length: 21min 20sec (1280 seconds)

Published: Fri Sep 27 2019