» Cover story BAHAMAS BOUND LESSONS FROM AN EXTRA-LONG CROSS-COUNTRY » By Jill W. Tallman PHOTOGRAPHY BY MIKE FIZER "Anybody As the Piper Twin Comanche accelerates down the runway at Manassas Regional Airport, the pilot's remark is part joke, part rally cry. It's time to leave this wretched Northeast winter behind. The promise of sunshine and cerulean waters awaits pilots and passengers who are participating in a group fly-out-but the trip itself will provide as many learning opportunities as any pilot could hope to experience. want to go to the Bahamas?" PLUS Fly to the Out Islands in this video. MAY 2014 FLIGHT TRAINING / 35