Hey all! You guys may recall that i am the guy who left the US to return to my country of birth, Trinidad...or should I say hell country! The problem here, again, is that i am unable to get someone to teach me to fly and equipment here is exceedingly expensive. Some of the bits of advice given to me by the wonderful people in this forum include a simulator, a spad and a park flyer. I have gotten the simulator and now I want to purchase a simple electric park flyer, like the Decathalon, or the Cub. They are in my price range of roughly $170 USD. Problem is that no one appears to ship out of the US to Rathole...um I meant to Trinidad and I was wondering whether any of you guys may have some advice for me as concerns finding a retailer in the US who will ship to the Caribbean. I would appreciate any information and advice on the entire scenario because I am really anxious to get my gas TT 60s and the alpha going because they are sitting here and gradually deteriorating. Thanks in advance for any info that you may be able to pass along and I hope that the next time I write, i will have good news for you and for myself. So long dudes!

IMO I dont think you should go the electric route, I say practise on the sim and fly the Alpha, its not as hard as you think if your plane is setup and balanced correctly. Just practise landings on the sim, try to get 5 decent landings in a row, if you can land on a sim than I dont think you'll have a problem landing for real( When i had my G2 i found it really hard to land).

John

My sister lived in Trinidad for a few years working for one of the oil companies... she had a firm in Florida(?) which forwarded her mail to her (JetPack, JetSet?? or something like that). That may be an option for you. Try talking to some of the expats and see how they're getting their mail. I seem to recall the company she used doing the customs broker work etc. Worked well for her.