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dravnx
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Wings Over Baja
Stumbled upon this in an aviation forum.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=usM0aa9IBM8&feature=yout...
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motoged
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Good find !
Those were the days....
Don't believe everything you think....
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cliffh
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Great video đmix a c-cktail and enjoy
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BajaNomad
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When I was young, I admired clever people. Now that I am old, I admire kind people.
â Rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel
We know we must go back if we live, and we don`t know why.
â John Steinbeck, Log from the Sea of Cortez
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elgatoloco
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Snap shot in time. 
MAGA
Making Attorneys Get Attorneys
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David K
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Great!
Mid-1960s and a Piper Cherokee passengers visit Tijuana, meet Captain Muñoz there... then to L.A. Bay and meet Papa (Antero) Diaz...
Next, to San Lucas Cove and on down to Mulegé (fishing, mission, prison).
On to Loreto and the Flying Sportsman Lodge. Landing a dolphinfish (dorado/ mahi mahi)!
Next is La Paz then the twin resorts Rancho Buena Vista and BahĂa de Palmas.
Finally, the two luxury hotels: Cabo San Lucas and Palmilla, each with their own runway.
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chippy
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Great vid! Nice sized vela in Cabo.
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TMW
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Great find, thanks.
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dravnx
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Sadly, that aircraft crashed in 1978, killing the 4 occupants.
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Loved seeing the Flying Sportsman bar and old pier in Loreto. It brings back lots good memories.
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chippy
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More info please.
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dravnx
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Looks like the propeller cracked due to improper maintenance. Young pilot, maybe a female.
3-4239 78/12/22 KENNETT,MO PIPER PA-28 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 23, 132
TIME - 0540 N5716W PX- 3 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 66 IN TYPE,
DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED.
DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION
PIGGOTT,AR PLAINS,GA
TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION
PROPELLER/ROTOR FAILURE: PROPELLER IN FLIGHT: CLIMB TO CRUISE
COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: FINAL APPROACH
PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
PERSONNEL - MAINTENANCE,SERVICING,INSPECTION: INADEQUATE MAINTENANCE AND INSPECTION
POWERPLANT - PROPELLER AND ACCESSORIES: BLADES
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FATIGUE FRACTURE
FACTOR(S)
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - SEPARATION IN FLIGHT
EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND
SUSPECTED OR KNOWN AIRCRAFT DAMAGE
PROP/ENGINE VIBRATION
[Edited on 7-31-2020 by dravnx]
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David K
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Famous for being on the cover of Ray Cannon's 1966 book:
What is left of it (in 2017):
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freediverbrian
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I spent lots of time as a kid fishing off the Flying Sportsman pier with a "Baja spinning reel "a teacate beer can with some scavanged line and a
rusty spoon.
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We had a Mexican family come to La Bocana last week. He had been here once before in the 70's and not again until last week!
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BajaMama
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That was a fabulous watch! I'm surprised the Hotel Punta Chivato wasn't included.
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David K
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Punta Chivato was not built yet (or still under construction) when the video was filmed... otherwise it probably would be! Photos of it under
construction are in Erle Stanley Gardner's 1967 book, 'Off the Beaten Track in Baja'. It's original name was Hotel Borrego de Oro.
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LancairDriver
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Excellent book on Baja history from that era or before.
âOne Hell of a Rideâ by Lou Federico who built and ran the Hotel Mulege across the Rio from the Serenidad Hotel. He then moved on from there and
tackled the big job of building the hotel at Chivato. Lots of interesting stories about the characters around there at the time.
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David K
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From a 2014 post...
Erle Stanley Gardner was so impressed with the construction by Dixon Collins, four photos were included in his 1967 book, 'Off the Beaten Track in
Baja':
Interesting that Lou is not mentioned by Gardner. The photos in his book came from his 1966 Baja expedition.
In 2017:
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bajaric
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Nice video, and thanks for including a thumbnail instead of just posting a blind link.
I want to hear the narrator say "And the wives scream in terror as the husband puts the Cherokee into a steep banking turn just above the water, with
the wings almost vertical!"
You can notice another plane and also a solo pilot in some of the shots, I think they had a professional pilot along with them that did some of the
flying scenes. Still, a great adventure --
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