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HAVING COFFEE WITH CAPTAIN MIKE!
HAVING COFFEE WITH CAPTAIN MIKE!
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Based in Mulege...I never knew. Cheers to a perfect brew!
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Hey Cap! I am on the verge of beginning my quest to land on each of baja's remaining 23 or so runways.
I hunting down a cheap Piper Cherokee 140. It stretches the range a bit but I'll carry a few hours worth of fuel in the back seat if they let me. I've
done it before.
Does anyone fly in baja anymore?
I don't care about the fees or any of the other stuff. I want me some baja flying.
Give me a short rough baja dirt runway anywhere any day. That's soul flying.
"A ship in harbor is safe, but that is not what ships are built for." J. A. Shedd.
A clever person solves a problem. A wise person avoids it. – Albert Einstein
"Life's a Beach... and then you Fly!" Fishbuck
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David K
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Quote: Originally posted by fishbuck  | Hey Cap! I am on the verge of beginning my quest to land on each of baja's remaining 23 or so runways.
I hunting down a cheap Piper Cherokee 140. It stretches the range a bit but I'll carry a few hours worth of fuel in the back seat if they let me. I've
done it before.
Does anyone fly in baja anymore?
I don't care about the fees or any of the other stuff. I want me some baja flying.
Give me a short rough baja dirt runway anywhere any day. That's soul flying.
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Capt. Mike is mostly on Facebook nowadays. He no longer has a plane or is based in Mulegé. Nice memento, however.
As for runways and private flying in Baja... there is a NOMAD FORUM just for that (and I have posted lots of runway images there, from space, and from
airports of Baja books): http://forums.bajanomad.com/forumdisplay.php?fid=36
[Edited on 2-8-2018 by David K]
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JZ
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| Quote: Originally posted by David K |
Capt. Mike is mostly on Facebook nowadays. He no longer has a plane or is based in Mulegé. Nice memento, however.
[Edited on 2-8-2018 by David K] |
Talk Baja or some others?
I arranged for him to once fly my sister and niece out of Guaymas to Phoenix.
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| Quote: Originally posted by JZ | | Quote: Originally posted by David K |
Capt. Mike is mostly on Facebook nowadays. He no longer has a plane or is based in Mulegé. Nice memento, however.
[Edited on 2-8-2018 by David K] |
Talk Baja or some others?
I arranged for him to once fly my sister and niece out of Guaymas to Phoenix.
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No, just his personal page... I was lucky to get a flight on Screaming Airlines myself around Mulegé back in 2001.
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| Quote: Originally posted by fishbuck | Hey Cap! I am on the verge of beginning my quest to land on each of baja's remaining 23 or so runways.
I hunting down a cheap Piper Cherokee 140. It stretches the range a bit but I'll carry a few hours worth of fuel in the back seat if they let me. I've
done it before.
Does anyone fly in baja anymore?
I don't care about the fees or any of the other stuff. I want me some baja flying.
Give me a short rough baja dirt runway anywhere any day. That's soul flying.
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do you plan on running the stock 6.00x6 tires or something larger on these "rough" strips?
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fishbuck
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I have always used stock tires on all my rental cherokee 6/lance trips.
Lots of dirt runways. Did get a flat once.
Had a little cig lighter pump and flat fix. Worked fine. But I think I may prepare slightly better this time. Like spares.
But planning to run stock tires no wheel pants.
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"Life's a Beach... and then you Fly!" Fishbuck
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The key to dirt strips in baja is roughly akin to driving a 2 wheel drive pick up.
Stay out of the soft stuff or you will get stuck.
"A ship in harbor is safe, but that is not what ships are built for." J. A. Shedd.
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"Life's a Beach... and then you Fly!" Fishbuck
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Wow all this banter sure makes me miss Baja flying. I started in 1978 in rented Cherokee 180s. Then in a Mooney exec in 1985 when I joined the Flying
Sams. Then the magical Comanche 250 war horse in 1995, my steed until I parted with her in 2017 August. I have plenty of time on dirt. In fact I
prefer dirt. It means smaller towns.
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And thanks for the concern for Janeen. Soon she will go to assisted living. After 20 months staying home she is not safe here. Needs medical knowledge
far above my pay grade.
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| Quote: Originally posted by fishbuck | Hey Cap! I am on the verge of beginning my quest to land on each of baja's remaining 23 or so runways.
I hunting down a cheap Piper Cherokee 140. It stretches the range a bit but I'll carry a few hours worth of fuel in the back seat if they let me. I've
done it before.
Does anyone fly in baja anymore?
I don't care about the fees or any of the other stuff. I want me some baja flying.
Give me a short rough baja dirt runway anywhere any day. That's soul flying.
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There must be more than 23 runways in Baja left, no?
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David K
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| Quote: Originally posted by BigBearRider | | Quote: Originally posted by fishbuck | Hey Cap! I am on the verge of beginning my quest to land on each of baja's remaining 23 or so runways.
I hunting down a cheap Piper Cherokee 140. It stretches the range a bit but I'll carry a few hours worth of fuel in the back seat if they let me. I've
done it before.
Does anyone fly in baja anymore?
I don't care about the fees or any of the other stuff. I want me some baja flying.
Give me a short rough baja dirt runway anywhere any day. That's soul flying.
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There must be more than 23 runways in Baja left, no? |
They are sure only a few left from once being over 200!
Withot looking, I can think of these in Baja Norte (and am not certain they are all legal):
1) Tijuana
2) Ensenada
3) Rancho Meling
4) San Quintin Military + many farm/crop duster strips
5) Campo Lorenzo (San Quintin Bay)
6) Cielito Lindo
7) El Socorro
8) El Rosario (ex-Diamante del Mar)
9) Mexicali
10) San Felipe
11) Puertecitos
12) Punta Bufeo
13) Alfonsina's
14) Rancho Grande
15) Punta Final
16) Punta San Carlos (Solosports Resort)
17) Rancho Santa Ynez
18) Bahía de los Angeles
19) Punta Prieta
20) Villa Jesis María
21) Punta San Francisquito
22) Guerrero Negro
Maybe Pedregal on San Quintín Bay, too?
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Used Papa's strip in Gonzaga many times back in the day. When Papa was there! Used the Diaz strip right in town in BOLA too. AH the good ol' days.
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I think I counted about 100 on a relatively recent map. However, many of them were probably closed. For example, both in San Ignacio are closed. There
are about 20 to 30 strips between Mexicali and San Felipe on the LA sectional, but I haven’t seen any of them from the air and don’t know if they
are permitted.
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Most of the old runways we loved seeing on Arnold Senterfitt's books and maps from the 60s to 90s (or Galen Hanselman's 1998 'Air Baja!') are
abandoned, ditched, or forgotten. Because Mexico wants all of them to be licensed with heavy annual fees and military inspections upon landing the
casual runway at so many ranchos, villages, and beach camps is a thing of the past. Careful Google Earth inspection reveals many landing strips far
from any people but at the end of a faint auto road. The cross-lines of ditching them is also seen. Drug runners have ruined it for many flying
tourists to Baja.
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What is Captain Mike's real name, David. I could not find out anything on his FB name.
Thanks for the help, David.
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Since Mike has been 'poked' to view this thread, maybe he will u2u that to you?
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