Nevis here we come

[AA717driver]

Ty--My friend is from Purdue so he may be a "back-ender"... TC

 

[Capt1124]

You can't land at Nevis at night without a checkout from the local aviation authority. I found that out the hard way. I asked Jeppesen to provide me with *all* the information on the airport but all they had was text info, which didn't include this tidbit. I had planned to land during the day, but late passengers, etc. Bradley sent us to St. Kitts but the boss wasn't really upset.

We went by the airport and it seems to have an upslope to the center and then a downslope. So you might think you have no runway left.

We stayed at the Oaulie Beach Resort which was nice. People are friendly. Sunshines has good food.

 

[cosmotheassman]

Yeah and there is no weather reporting either on Nevis. Did anyone see the crashed learjet in Nevis?? I've got some pictures of it. They hit the fence at the end of the runway and the airplane hit the runway so hard the left engine came nearly off its mount! OUCH. To boot, it was a med flight to pick someone up. I hear the guys were out of florida??

If I had a choice, I would elect to go to St. Kitts and take the slow boat over but, we make it in there fine.

 

[Tommy Boy]

Definately a beautiful place to go. People were very friendly and typical laid back island. Great snorkeling in the bay up by the little hill on final. St. Kitts is an easy ferry like everyone says also.

 

[Hugh Johnson]

Did you get in with the EX?

 

[Godfather]

Ooh the ol' Florabama...

Well, if you ever get down around the ol' Florabama, drop me a line. Of course, the Florabama is still digging out from hurricane Ivan:

http://www.florabama.com/images/Ivan Pictures/Disc 2/MVC-010S.JPG


For anyone who hasn;t been there before, the sand used to be on the outside of the building . . . .

I've tossed a mullet there on that beach with Kenny "The Snake" Stabler. Love the Place. It's the inspiration for Jimmy Buffett's Bama Breeze.