This is hop 1 of 4 in this region.
Summary
With the completion of all states of the USA and provinces/territories of Canada, we move our way south. With the lack of density and airport infrastructure in some of the places we will be flying, a lot of the group flights will be featuring faster, more versatile aircraft, otherwise some legs may be too long.
[from wikipedia]
The Caribbean is a region that consists of the Caribbean Sea, its islands (some surrounded by the Caribbean Sea and some bordering both the Caribbean Sea and the North Atlantic Ocean), and the surrounding coasts. The region is southeast of the Gulf of Mexico and the North American mainland, east of Central America, and north of South America.
Situated largely on the Caribbean Plate, the region comprises more than 700 islands, islets, reefs, and cays. These islands generally form island arcs that delineate the eastern and northern edges of the Caribbean Sea.[3] The Caribbean islands, consisting of the Greater Antilles on the north and the Lesser Antilles on the south and east (including the Leeward Antilles), are part of the somewhat larger West Indies grouping, which also includes the Lucayan Archipelago (comprising the Bahamas and Turks and Caicos Islands) north of the Greater Antilles and Caribbean Sea. In a wider sense, the mainland countries of Belize, Guyana,and Suriname – may be included.
Geo-politically, the Caribbean islands are usually regarded as a sub-region of North America and are organized into 30 territories including sovereign states, overseas departments, and dependencies. From January 3, 1958, to May 31, 1962, there was a short-lived country called the Federation of the West Indies composed of ten English-speaking Caribbean territories, all of which were then United Kingdom dependencies. The West Indies cricket team continues to represent many of those nations.
Time-zone BreakDown: Friday, January 10th, 2014 at:
9PM Eastern
8PM Central
7PM Mountain
6PM Pacific
Flight Plan:
Starting Airport: TTCP
Stops: TBPB, TGPY, TGPZ, TVSU, TVSC
Ending Airport: TVSC
Skyvector link (Build the hops if some are missing.)
Entire Hops List:
http://skyvector.com/?ll=12.00242796366019,-59.88500976992715&chart=301&zoom=5&plan=A.TT.TTCP: A.TB.TBPB:A.TG.TGPY:A.TG.TGPZ:A.TV.TVSU:A.TV.TVSC: A.TV.TVSM:A.TV.TVSB:A.TV.TVSV:A.TL.TLPL:A.TL.TLPC: A.TF.TFFF:A.TD.TDPD:A.TF.TFFM:A.TF.TFFA:A.TF.TFFR: A.TR.TRPG:A.TA.TAPA:A.TA.TAPH:A.TK.TKPN:A.TK.TKPK: A.TN.TNCE:A.TF.TFFJ:A.TN.TNCM:A.TQ.TQPF:A.TU.TUPA: A.TU.TUPJ:A.TI.TIST:A.TJ.TJVQ:A.TI.TISX
TTCP - TBPB - TGPY - TGPZ - TVSU - TVSC - TVSM - TVSB - TVSV - TLPL - TLPC - TFFF - TDPD - TFFM - TFFA - TFFR - TRPG - TAPA - TAPH - TKPN - TKPK - TNCE - TFFJ - TNCM - TQPF - TUPA - TUPJ - TIST - TJVQ - TISX
(This is the order in which we will be going, from hop to hop.)
Preferred Aircraft:
Executive Jets/Turbo Props. I will be flying the TBM 850, Piper Malibu, or B200 King Air, cruising at or around 220kts.
Preferred Scenery:
No preferred scenery for this flight.
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