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MexicoTed - 7-9-2020 at 05:32 PM

Just found this old brochure in my garage (sorryforthequality). Anyone fly them?



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[Edited on 7-10-2020 by MexicoTed]

David K - 7-9-2020 at 06:52 PM

That was Captain Muñoz' airline. My dad flew with him from L.A. Bay to Puerto Vallarta and back north to Tijuana, in 1967. Muñoz invited my dad to sit in the co-pilot's chair for one of the legs.
Muñoz built several runways in Baja to use. His final years were at his L.A. Bay property, next to his runway, there.

David K - 7-10-2020 at 07:20 AM

Here are some Nomad threads about Captain Muñoz of Baja Air Service:

http://forums.bajanomad.com/viewthread.php?tid=92459

http://forums.bajanomad.com/viewthread.php?tid=31396

A post with photos:
Quote: Originally posted by David K  
Cancamo, excellent story!

A few years ago Capt. Muñoz was discussed (The Kissing Captain) and I scanned a few photos of him taken mostly in the 1960s when Erle Stanley Gardner used to contract with him. It was rumored that Gardner helped him get the bigger twin plane to help his little airline...

Quote:
Originally posted by willardguy
the kissing captain. :D


Yes!

Some photos from an Erle Stanley Gardner book (1967):
















The family at EL BARRIL





pacificobob - 7-11-2020 at 08:06 PM

great photos

David K - 7-12-2020 at 07:59 AM

They come from the books by Erle Stanley Gardner, in the 1960s.

MexicoTed - 7-13-2020 at 05:30 PM

Great info and photos DK. His planes didn't have "Baja Air" on the side did they? If so, I have an older color slide of one of the planes somewhere in my garage.

David K - 7-13-2020 at 05:50 PM

Yes, and that duck logo was on them, too. I think he only had the one big twin and then a single engine...?