BajaNomad

Rosarito Beach landing strip...

bajasol - 5-11-2006 at 02:11 PM

Does anyone have a photo of the old Rosarito Beach Hotel landing strip of the 50's? I'd love to see what the strip looked like back then.

Like this one?

David K - 5-11-2006 at 04:59 PM

From Airports of Baja California c1969 by Arnold Senterfitt.
In an update I received in '72 or '74, I x'ed out the airport as it was closed.

capt. mike - 5-12-2006 at 06:34 AM

The Late SR. Francisco Munoz used to land there a lot with celebs.........too bad it's no more......condos are worth more than pistas, alas..........

David K - 5-12-2006 at 07:59 AM

Interesting that they paved a runway parallel to the beach, right in front of the hotel. Sort of a crosswind runway, eh Capt. Mike?

There were landing strips all over Baja... 200+ before the ditching of them because of their use by drug runners.

Although I am not a pilot, I got Arnold's book for the aerial photos.