Huh, only 10 flaps on that approach? don't need the extra drag, landing long-for-an-Otter? Love the on-screen checklists. And this has gotta be one of the best ways to have fun and get paid for it...
Beautiful plane! Trying to learn the basics of how to fly it in Xplane 12. It's crazy how you have to use each engine to turn when moving slowly on the water. You can see this quite well at the end of this video as the pilot ramps up the left prop to initiate that sharp turn to the right.
Great video for memories. Grand Case can be surprisingly 'interesting' when the Tradewinds pick up. Used to love those short jumps. Always tried to keep the props 💯 synced until short final. I found it worried many pax to hear the wawwaw. Personally I also kept my hand on the throttles all through the landing.
I fly this route regularly in Microsoft Flight Simulator and I find that the hill in front of the runway makes the landing difficult. In real life, do you sometimes get strong downdrafts before the hill only to be lifted up after you passed it?
@@mrmisterno1 Jajamänsan. Very much so and due to the funnel effect the wind did not need to be 'strong'. The runway is towards the general wind (Tradewinds) so the direction is mostly within 10-20 degrees off the runway direction. I found summers 'worse'. Winter has a constant 15-20 knots easterly (unless a strong cold front manages to push down), this can reduce significantly with occasional light westerly wind during the summer months. A light head wind was surprisingly tricky as you'd still get the up draft, yet not much reduction in groundspeed making a tailwind approach to 28 necessary. Our BN2 with wing tip tanks was particularly 'bad' as the extended wing made it into a bit of a glider 😂
This plane design has outlived many lesser designs. the defender and islander with improved wing profiles and engines is really very impressive machine in a global time of austerity.
Think ours all had the old (early nineties). Youngest being early eighties if memory serves me right. One had tip tanks though that really turned it into a glider (in comparison). A 5 kts light headwind into SBH, with the wind thunneled through the gap and it just wouldn't come down. Often ended up on 28 instead.
Saw your profile. Funny, got a few thousand hours in BN2 and PN68 myself. Both lovely aircraft although the Partenavia lacked a bit of performance when on a single engine 😅
You need to log time with an instructor doing all the different approaches into St. Barths, as well as go over the procedures and regulations for the airspace since its kinda complicated. It's also recommended that you fly on more than one day because the wind conditions and weather can change drastically. Once the instructor is comfortable with your performance he will give you the certification to land in St. Barths, which is good for one year, unless you fly in a certain number of times.
