Flying to The Bahamas and Back in our Cirrus SR-22 [MYEF-Exuma]

Join us on our journey back to The Bahamas in our Cirrus SR-22!
Clearance from Ft. Pierce - 01:19
Fast forward to Freeport - 03:40
Talk on FlashPass App - 05:37
How to buy our Merch - 08:15
Approach and Landing at MYEF - 10:09
Our time on the ground - 12:09
Using the FlashPass App for Customs - 14:00
Departing Exuma - 15:44
Picking up IFR Clearance - 20:00
Discussion on Over Water Flying - 24:13
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[@ChaseAviation]

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[@dglmy1]

Great video! Have fun!

[@jamesrankin1041]

Great video! Exuma has an AFIS, so it’s more like a flight service station than a control tower. That’s why they can’t clear anyone for takeoff / landing.

[@ChaseAviation]

Do you happen to know if there is a way to get an IFR clearance on the ground there?

[@jamesrankin1041]

@@ChaseAviation Not as far as I know. I believe there’s no IFR clearances there until 6000, when it’s Miami’s FIR.

[@ChaseAviation]

Yeah. We called them at 5500 and got them but they didn’t want to give us a clearance until 7000. Told them I wouldn’t be able to get there and remain VFR so they did give it around 6000.

[@tinstarshootingrange66]

Great video thank you!!

[@Matt.Jernigan]

Watching the video now. Excellent as always. Kim has become an expert on the comms!!!!!!

[@ChaseAviation]

Haha. I’ll tell her!

[@HuffmanRealty]

Nicely done. At MYEF still make position reports like normal… tower is just for “advisory” info and can not “clear you to land/takeoff”. They are mainly there for the commercial traffic. Same goes for N Eleuthra.

[@ChaseAviation]

I agree. It's like a weird hybrid between a tower and UNICOM. But it's on a "tower" frequency. Whatever it is, Marsh Harbor needs one too!

[@MikeJohnson-rs3yk]

So cool! Such an amazing adventure!

[@ChaseAviation]

Thanks Mike!

[@jeanfrancois7344]

love watching you guys

[@ChaseAviation]

Thank you Jean!

[@stealhty1]

Thx for share, Great crew, Awesome destination, Reliable Lil' Bird

[@ChaseAviation]

Haha. Agreed on all!

[@bkrichmd]

I think your explanation on single vs twins was very good. A twin engine turbo prop is definitely more reliable over the water than a single. I’d also say that if you lose an engine you’re still flying and go land.

[@ChaseAviation]

Thanks! Listening to what I said while I was editing the video made it feel a lot less concise than I would have liked.

[@Goody2414]

I feel safer over water in my Mooney than a fixed gear for sure. I am confident on the water, I feel like I can get out or get my kid out etc. The fixed gear I prob wouldnt make a trip like that!

[@Elivate.]

Nice job with this. We had similar issues flying in and out of Exuma in February. Almost identical experience actually. Issues picking up IFR out of there, issue with comms, tower is like UNI. It's funny how similar it was.

[@ChaseAviation]

Oh yeah! I watched your Telluride video and actually decided to start landing with flaps 50% whenever I have funky winds because of it! Makes a huge difference in the Cirrus!

[@kiltedpiper98]

Cool trip. We flew a bonanza over to Staniel key. Recommend that one on one of your future flights. Also enjoyed your breakdown of single versus twin. .

[@ChaseAviation]

Funny you say that, because I think Staniel is where we are going next year. At 10:35 in the video, I cut to another video of Staniel Airport. Looked amazing!

[@kiltedpiper98]

@@ChaseAviation it was a really nice place. Rented a boat there to head to the beach with the pigs, then swim with the sharks and do Thunderball Grotto. Also a nice hike on the eastern shore line. Kinda rugged and different.

[@ChaseAviation]

We need to go see the pigs!

[@michaelgill7248]

Maybe I'm wrong and the Cirrus is different? Landing with a parachute in the water is also quite hazardous if you cannot get rid of the chute as it will drag you down.

[@ChaseAviation]

It would certainly suck to get entangled in the lines but the chute itself is essentially neutrally buoyant. And the plane even floats for a little while if enough fuel has been burned off. I think the bigger threat is the chute staying airborne and dragging the plane while trying to ditch and inflate the raft. There's a Cirrus training video that talks about this in depth.

[@gainesmartin4949]

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[@ChaseAviation]

Did they say that? I know they called us 8178K at least once.

[@dichesari]

Nice. Altough with that beautiful girl next to you, you should AT LEAST bring her to a TBM 960 and not this toy. Just saying

[@ChaseAviation]

Haha. I completely agree! I'm working on it.