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[*] posted on 11-4-2021 at 08:00 PM
look what I found today!


most days are uneventful working on Baja stuff

but today I found another secret airstrip
no roads - no trails
no army intervention visible - yet
up in the mountains
since I am working on the San Borja hike, it is out there somewhere

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[*] posted on 11-4-2021 at 09:01 PM


Can you tell how long it has been there?

Also, do you know anything about the helicopter crash near Calamajue (sp?) Mission site?
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[*] posted on 11-4-2021 at 09:14 PM


You have a great hobby Harald.





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[*] posted on 11-4-2021 at 10:53 PM


Quote: Originally posted by Fatboy  
Can you tell how long it has been there?

Also, do you know anything about the helicopter crash near Calamajue (sp?) Mission site?


Google Earth does not have enough image database to determine when it was built
it seems Google has removed some image layers
I miss them because they were great for finding trails

All I know about the heli crash at Calamajue is that it was close to the mission site
29°25'22.41"N, 114°11'41.38"W

I ran into a small aircraft crash site in Valle Calamajue once
kinda like a dry lake bed
nobody was around
plane in bad shape
I did not stay to find out more
29°33'22.25"N, 114° 9'46.43"W




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[*] posted on 11-5-2021 at 06:19 AM


Wowwww What a find.




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[*] posted on 11-5-2021 at 08:09 AM


one area in Baja has a high concentration of airstrips:
the Pole Line Road
I counted 12 in the area

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[*] posted on 11-5-2021 at 10:19 AM


Yes, it seemed we actually drove on one coming to the Tee intersection on that trip:





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[*] posted on 11-5-2021 at 01:15 PM


and that is probably the oldest one around there




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[*] posted on 11-6-2021 at 10:21 PM


today's find is a perfectly shaped volcano with a virgin laguna inside the crater
"virgin" meaning no grafitti geoglyphs yet

27°30'34.56"N, 112°21'1.61"W

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