Where were we?

Once we have figured it out -more pics of that day!

we were headed to punta chivato a couple weeks ago and decided to pay a quick visit to Serenidad - look at all the planes! Everyone was there for the pig roast:










This one pilot put on a show for everyone - he flew really, really low across the strip a number of times before landing:













and on the wing there is a dog who strutted back and forth - happy as could be!









There were quite a few pilots and copilots for the get together... I, myself, had never seen so many planes.

I still can't believe you guessed it David !


[Edited on 2-21-2015 by BajaBlanca]

Quote: Originally posted by BajaBlanca

This one pilot put on a show for everyone - he flew really, really low across the strip a number of times before landing:

Been there a time or ten, historic Baja fly in place.

This was during the hurricane Jemina relief effort with the Baja Bush Pilots:

Quote: Originally posted by Pompano

Just a bit of curiosity, Blanca. Do you know if this Bonanza pilot was a doctor?

My thoughts exactly.

Quote: Originally posted by BajaBlanca

I have no idea, but if I remember correctly, he was a young'un.

Thanks Blanca, kinda thought so....and to satisfy any questions about the question of that low level airplane down the strip...

As the saying goes, "There are old pilots and there are bold pilots but there are no old bold pilots"

That low-level plane, a Bonanza, in the photo used to be called a V-tailed Doctor killer. The implication being that...Doctors could afford it but didn't have the skill to fly such a hot plane and drilled holes in the ground with it. There are others that have similar reputations but the V-tail was just too big of a publicity target to avoid the controversy. They stopped producing the V-tail only because the publicity was so bad.

An old memory of those Bonanza V-35s....I made many flights in one owned by a Mulege amigo named Don, whom we all called Don Don, naturally. We flew back and forth from Van Nuys, Ca to Mulege and never had a problem..except for once on auto (radio beam) when Don (not a doctor) went to sleep over the Cortez... his snoring made me a little nervous and I shook him awake, auto pilot be damned. Just a bit of trivia for fliers. Times were a lot different back then!

Lots of planes have landed at that strip over the years...including these 4 ultralights flown by some adventurers doing their flight around the entire peninsula. What great fun!



This also happened the Serinadad pista...shows what can happen when you get careless or over-confident.... on or off the ground. The plane was on final approach and almost landing, and then out of the blue...an un-observant pickup drove out onto the runway and one the planes wheels hit the pickup's roof. Anyone remember Ranger Roy?





[Edited on 2-21-2015 by Pompano]

Quote: Originally posted by Pompano

Quote: Originally posted by BajaBlanca   This one pilot put on a show for everyone - he flew really, really low across the strip a number of times before landing: Great plane photos of an legendary landing strip in Baja. Reminds me of old times when the strip was full every weekend for the Pig BarBQ. Just a bit of curiosity, Blanca. Do you know if this Bonanza pilot was a doctor?