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| Subject: | Re: Pictures of our 4th annual trip from Florida to Puerto Rico |
THAT is good to know. But I always try to prepare for the worst, and hope
for the best. :)
On Mon, Jan 6, 2014 at 8:34 PM, Mark Kettering <mantafs@earthlink.net>wrote:
>
> A TR-1 ditched in the Gulf about 10 miles off of the coast of FL about 12
> years ago. The pilot clung to the overturned aircraft for hours before he
> was rescued. The TR-1 stayed afloat until it was salvaged.
>
> Mark
>
> -----Original Message-----
>
> From: Galin Hernandez
>
> Sent: Jan 5, 2014 8:34 PM
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> To: "kis-list@matronics.com"
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> Subject: Re: KIS-List: Pictures of our 4th annual trip from Florida to
> Puerto Rico
>
>
> We flew from Florida to Provo, to the Dom Rep then across to PR. This way
> we minimized the amount of time over "Blue water". We recommend wearing a
> good life preserver, not one of the cheap airline ones, from the time you
> get in to the airplane until you land. Also having a PLB, a Marine VHF
> radio and a good strobe light all strapped to the life preserver is also
> recommended. Finally, a small bag with water dye marker, signaling mirror,
> rope, knife and a bottle of drinking water finishes the survival gear.
>
> I personally don't carry a life raft since it will probably go down with
> the airplane if we have to ditch. There is a saying within survival
> experts: If it is strapped to your body it is survival gear. Everything
> else is camping gear.
>
> Galin
>
>
> On Sunday, January 5, 2014, Scott Stearns wrote:
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> Hopefully our uber cruiser will be ready for the 2015 trip! What route
> did you take? We took a friends old cessna 310 down to st thomas last
> december. Lots of blue water between turks and caicos and st thomas. Did
> you hug the coast of the dominican republic or just go blue water? What
> kind of safety equipment did you bring?
>
> Thanks,Scott
> On Jan 5, 2014, at 3:58 AM, Galin Hernandez <galinhdz@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>
> It was. Hopefully you will be able to join us on one of the future trips.
> :)
>
> On Sat, Jan 4, 2014 at 9:14 PM, Robert Reed <robertr237@att.net> wrote:
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>
> Galin,
>
>
> I can't speak for the rest of the group but I am green with envy. That
> looked like a great trip.
> Thanks for sharing,
> BOB REED
>
>
> From: Galin Hernandez <galinhdz@gmail.com>
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> To:
> "kis-list@matronics.com" <kis-list@matronics.com>
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> Sent: Friday, January 3, 2014 8:40 PM
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>
> Subject: KIS-List: Pictures of our 4th annual trip from Florida to Puerto
> Rico
>
>
> For the past 4 years a friend of mine and I have been coordinating a trip
> with our airplanes from South Florida to Puerto Rico and the Caribbean
> during the cold days of December. This is the type of adventure the KIS
> airplanes are tailor made to do. As always we had a blast and are already
> thinking about a December 2014 trip.
>
>
> Here is a link to pictures of the entire flying trip:
> http://s1175.photobucket.com/user/Puertoricoflyer/library/4th%20Annual%20Puerto%20Rico%20Fly%20In
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