The Caribbean Jaunt

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Paradise Island – Exuma – Great Inagua

June 3rd, 2004

This is page 2 of the June Feature of the Month. If you haven’t flown from Dinner Key to Paradise Island, go to page 1first.

Exuma web-site

Paradise Island to Exuma, Click on Thumbnails for larger image.

Date	From	To	Heading	Distance	NavAid
June 3 7am	Paradise Isl MYPI	Exuma MYXM	145 deg	120 nm	320.0

Note: Exuma is on Daylight time, so you I arrived at 6:47am.

Date	From	To	Heading	Distance	NavAid
June 3 7:15am	Exuma MYXM	Inagua MYIG	147 deg	197 nm	376.0

This leg is mostly over water, and the Inagua NDB only has a 75nm range. Exuma is on Standard time.

I arrived in Inagua at 9:13 am (daylight time) and the NDB became active just after passing Spring Point.

On Great Inagua Island the largest employer is the Morton Salt Company.

Inagua web-site

June 5^th, 2004

Great Inagua – Providenciales – Grand Turk

Provo web-site

Date	From	To	Heading	Distance	NavAid
June 5 7:00am	Inagua MYIG	Providenciales MBPV	67 deg	93 nm	387.0

After we take off we will pass over the salt gathering ponds. Soon after leaving Great Inagua behind, West Caicos will come into sight, and just beyond it Providenciales. In recent years Provo has become a tourist hot spot.

My flight time with the PBY Catalina was 51 minutes.

Now we are off to the Grand Turk SeaBase

Grand Turk web-site

Date	From	To	Heading	Distance	NavAid
June 5, 10:00am	Providenciales MBPV	Grand Turk MBGS	113 deg	64 nm	320.0

As you are approaching Grand Turk, you may notice a blue arrow painted on the ocean!

Not very “as real as it gets”, I placed it there to enable night landings for an earlier adventure.

Rest up and enjoy the beach, we will leave for the Dominican Republic on June 7^th.

Grand Turk – Puerto Plata – Punta Cana

June 7th, 2004

Puerto Plata web-site

Date	From	To	Heading	Distance	NDB	VOR
June 7, 7:00am	Grand Turk MBGS	Puerto Plata MDPP	171 deg	110 nm	450.0	115.10
June 7, 11:00am	Puerto Plata MDPP	Punta Cana MDPC	129 deg	144 nm	425.0	112.70

For this flight, I have selected Mike Stones Grumman Goose.

Now we are off to Punta Cana

Punta Cana web-site

Punta Cana – San Juan – St Thomas

June 9th, 2004

Puerto Rico web-site

Date	From	To	Heading	Distance	NDB
June 9, 10am	Punta Cana MDPC	San Juan Sea Base TJSM	104 deg	130 nm	320.0

Date	From	To	Heading	Distance	NDB
June 9, 2:00 pm	San Juan Sea Base TJSM	Charlotte Amalie Float Base TISM	107 deg	66 nm	320.0

St Thomas web-site

St Thomas – St John – Road Town – Anguilla

June 11, 2004

Date	From	To	Heading	Distance	NDB
June 11, 7am	Charlotte Amalie TISM	Cruz Bay TIJM	82 deg	11 nm	322.0

St John web-site

Date	From	To	Heading	Distance	NDB
June 11, 9:00am	Cruz Bay TIJM	Road Town TUPM	84 deg	11 nm	321.0

British Virgin Islands web-site

British Virgin Islands Map

Date	From	To	Heading	Distance	NDB
June 11, 11:00 am	Road Town TUPM	Anguilla Isl TQPF	111 deg	89 nm	209.0

Anguilla web-site

We have arrived to the northern most of the Leeward Islands. From here we will head south stopping at several islands on the way to Trinidad-Tobago.

Continue to page 3 of the Caribbean Jaunt