Download the forms from the FCC’s website or apply online, (202) 418-0680. To get them, submit three FCC forms (159, 160, and 605), along with a $50–$100 application fee. International flights require a radiotelephone operator’s license for you and a radio station license for the airplane. You’ll need the permanent aircraft registration a temporary “pink slip” is not valid for international travel. Verify that you have the standard aircraft and pilot documents that are required for any flight: a pilot certificate and a current medical for you, and airworthiness and registration certificates, operating limitations, and weight and balance for the airplane. Recent changes in passport requirements have resulted in many new passport applications, increasing the processing time beyond the official three to four weeks. However, with a little advance planning, most pilots have found the flight goes smoothly and leaves them with lasting memories.Īpply for your passport well in advance.
Pilots who have not flown abroad may be apprehensive about flying to the Bahamas, especially if they haven’t flown over water before.
That’s when it became clear that flying internationally is simply a matter of a little bureaucracy, and is well worth the effort. The engine kept droning along, oblivious to the fact that we were now in foreign airspace. Although it was just a 20-minute jaunt across the U.S.Mexico border, I had been apprehensive weeks in advance. I vividly remember the excitement of my first international flight.
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