Flying to Bermuda is HF required

[Carrier]

Quote: "PT6A (TBM/PC12) - across water - no problem. Aviations most trouble free turbine GA engine."

There have been several threads in the African Aviation Forum and on www.avcanada.ca regarding the reliability of single turboprop aircraft. A significant number of crashes and forced landings due to engine failure are mentioned. These include at least two C208s going into the water, one off the Whitsunday Islands in Australia and the other off the Belize coast. A PC12 also ditched in the Pacific. If you have only one engine, when it fails you are coming down, no matter what fuel it was using when it worked or whether or not you are over water!

[Sheilanagig]

HF required. My question has been answered. I thank those that answered the question and for the other opinions, thank you also.

[emmad]

You plan on renting a turboprop?? Good luck finding one.

[geewhizdriver]

Sheilanagig, Too bad that you have to dodge daggers around here sometimes when all you want is a simple answer! As already said yes to HF. One more simple suggestion I would look into is shipping channels and VHF and HF frequencies used by ships. If you have to go in, its always helpful if you can talk to,find and come close to a ditch close to something floating.
Good Luck!

[seupp]

Sheilanagig,

Not entirely true (reg HF) I flew a Lear 24, 4-5 yrs back, NY-Bermuda no HF...Had to have a letter from NY TRACON and not be out of VHF coverage for more than xx minutes, sorry can not remember for how long but a Lear was within...

Not everything's as the books state, some research might prove fruitful.

seupp

[cldrvr]

Sheila is suppose to be a 320 Captain, according to his profile, and needs to ask us whether HF is required for a flight in a single engine to Bermuda? Of course he has to dodge the daggers geewhiz