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VENEZUELA WARNING IF YOU ARE FLYING IN THE AMAZON BASIN REGION OF VENEZUELA, WE RECEIVED TODAY THIS REMINDER TO THE AERONAUTICAL COMMUNITY FROM A COLLEAGUE IN VENEZUELA: CLAUSE CONTAINED IN AIP VENEZUELA WITH RESPECT TO RESTRICTED ZONE SVR-2542 AVIATION OPERATIONS ARE ONLY PERMITTED IN THIS AREA WITH PRIOR AUTHORIZATION FROM THE MILITARY AVIATION AUTHORITY BASED AT PUERTO AYACUCHO. AIRCRAFT VIOLATING THESE RULES WILL BE SUBJECT TO INTERCEPTION, CAPTURE, BEING FIRED UPON OR DESTROYED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE OPERATIONAL NORMS OF THE VENEZUELAN AIR FORCE. ANY ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES OCCASIONED BY THE EXECUTION OF PROCEDURES OF INTERCEPTION AND CAPTURE WILL BE THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE USER OR OPERATOR OF THE AIRCRAFT INTERCEPTED. USE OF AIRWAYS W17F AND W18F WILL ONLY BE PERMITTED BETWEEN 8,000 AND 13,000 FT ASL. WE ENCOURAGE ALL GENERAL AVIATION AIRCRAFT STRICTLY TO COMPLY WITH THIS DISPOSITION. NOTE: WHERE IT STATES AIRWAYS W17F AND W18F, READ ROUTES W17G AND W18G. Note: This information is published as it was received. Pilots should check the proper documentation. Please read the disclaimer at the bottom of the page. COLOMBIA Info current May 2007 Colombia was the most bureaucratic of all of the places we flew to, both in getting permission to enter and land, and when leaving the country. Hard to get in, and hard to get out. Contact: Jose Arturo Garcia Torres arturo.garcia@aerocivil.gov.co Fax your application to fax 57-1-2663975 Best if you write it in Spanish. Must include airports you intend to use, dates for arrival and departure to/from the country, reason for visiting, airport of entry, airport of exit and other information you think is appropriate. Also include copies of the plane registration, airworthiness, and insurance; and licenses of the crew. They will give you 15 days in the country, renewable up to 30. If you want to talk to somebody on the phone, call 57-1-2662514 or 57-1-2662208 in Bogotá Colombia. We paid US$107 for landing and parking (about 1 week visit). Also US$33 for permission to use the aerodrome. Fuel was US$4.24/gal. On the way out we got messed around for a full two hours as the weather degraded, walking back and forth across the airport from one office to another. Flight services would not file the flight plan until all fees were paid. Bureaucratic nightmare, think Kafka. At one point I waited for 10 minutes while one of the people that had to stamp our General Declaration finished his nap. As a joke(?) on the way out the door one of the AIS employees suggested that we needed to pay one more hour of parking, but was waved off by an administrator. RB CURAÇAO Info current June 2007 File a flight plan and go. Handler was required at Hato Airport. We used CATS N.V. and they were good to us. CATS Handling: Mr.Ronny Gibbs (we worked with Sunni and Sandra) Tel: 8391221 Cel: 5605976 Email: catsnv@hotmail.com Customs charged US$22 on the way in. The handler's bill was less than US$100 and included the airport charges. We bought fuel for US$3.26/gallon RB GUYANA Info current June 2007 File a flight plan and go. If you have questions you can email Mr. Zulficar Mohamed at datm@gcaa-gy.org We paid US$22 to land and a little over 3 for overnight parking. Fuel was US$4.81/gal RB GRENADA Info current June 2007 File a flight plan and go. If you have questions contact Sydney Charles at CHARLESGAA@spiceisle.com He gave us the airport fees via email and they were spot-on. We paid: Landing US$20 Parking US$67.50 for about 28 days Nav Fee US$15 We bought fuel for US$5.28/gal Dollars in Grenada are EC dollars, about 2 EC$ to 1 US$. Beautiful place, fantastic fresh fruits and spices, friendly smiling people. RB BRAZIL Info current July 2007 File a flight plan and go. Get an overflight permit from AIS, free. Takes original plane and pilot docs, lots of patience, and Portuguese is most helpful. Very friendly folks. By far the single most expensive place we have flown due to astronomical fuel prices and user fees. Will send you the details later... one example is US$11 per gallon for fuel up the Rio Solimoes, 2 hour flight from Manaus. RB  Disclaimer : The information found on these pages is published as supplied by pilots and has not been verified. It does not replace official documents produced by foreign governments or Airways Manuals published by specialised firms and should be taken at face value and used only for planning purposes. Government change their aviation regulations without notice. Neither Earthrounders.com nor the pilots supplying the information are liable for inaccuracies or subsequent changes in that information. Last update: March 28, 2008
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