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bonanza bucko
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A flying Trip to Baja
A Fling Trip to Baja
Click on the URL above for photos of a Flying Trip to Baja. This is a beautiful flight from San Diego to Alfonsina's through San Felipe for customs,
immigration and flight planning.
The total trip is about 1.5 hours.....1 hour to MMSF (San Felipe Airport) and then 27 minutes to Afly's. When we drive it takes us about 10 hours but
the trip is beautiful. The drive on "That Road" south of Puertecitos is about 2.5 hours and the bird covers that in 12 minutes.
Hope you like the pictures. When you get to the gallery screen click on "slideshow" in the bottom left corner for full sized shots.
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Skeet/Loreto
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Great Phots Bucko!
Skeet
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Skipjack Joe
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I can't get that URL to come up no matter what I do with it.
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Natalie Ann
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Opened for me - great pix.
Reminded me of what a beautiful flight that is. Thank you, bucko!
Nena
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Dave
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Curious
| Quote: | Originally posted by bonanza bucko
The total trip is about 1.5 hours..... |
How long did it take, total time? Drive from your house to the airport, preflight, ground time in San Felipe, etc.
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desertcpl
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great photos,, really wish i learned how to fly
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bonanza bucko
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Trip total time
We get to the airport in 20 minutes, preflight takes 5, warmup and taxi takes about ten, flight to MMSF is always about 1:06 with no wind...wind is
usually from 325 so that is a tailwind and it sometimes the flight shorter...on the ground at MMSF we spend about 30 minutes and then it's 27 to
Alfie's....total time, door to door is about 2:40.
Going back north takes a little longer because we have to go through both Mexican and US customs etc......so we get home in about 3 hours door to
door.
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bonanza bucko
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Trip total time
We get to the airport in 20 minutes, preflight takes 5, warmup and taxi takes about ten, flight to MMSF is always about 1:06 with no wind...wind is
usually from 325 so that is a tailwind and it sometimes the flight shorter...on the ground at MMSF we spend about 30 minutes and then it's 27 to
Alfie's....total time, door to door is about 2:40.
Going back north takes a little longer because we have to go through both Mexican and US customs etc......so we get home in about 3 hours door to
door.
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David K
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Skipjack Joe
I can't get that URL to come up no matter what I do with it. |
Try again: http://gallery.me.com/wingswest#100220
16 nice photos... the link was slow to open for me, but then the album appeared... click on the first image then you can 'slide show' through them.
Thanks BB!
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Bob H
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That was GREAT! It must be nice to get there so fast and be in such a wonderful place!
Bob H
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DianaT
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Beautiful pictures----thanks
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Ken Bondy
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Fabulous bucko!! Loved em all. Really high quality aerial shots. Nice V-tail also. Thanks!!
carpe diem!
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Bajahowodd
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Maybe my firewall is acting up, but weren't these photos from 5-6 years ago?
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bonanza bucko
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Photos from five years ago
Yep...most of them are about five years old. I asked The Boss (AKA: wife) to take pictures out of the c-ckpit on most of our trips. After a
while....30+ years of flying that route...she rebelled.....we don't need any more pictures of it. So those are from my computer held files.
I got a new camera last fall and it takes some really super pictures....I posted some of these of a driving trip into Alfy's for Thanksgiving on this
site. Maybe I can convince The Boss to use it.....gonna be hard, though, it's a big sucker and she is kinda grouchy when I ask her to hold it up.
:-)
We were down there a week ago and I took some nice shots with it of a beautiful sunrise and of a trip to Papa Fernandez....I'll post some of them as
soon as I get a chance.
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fdt
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Really great, thanks for sharing them with us.
A well informed Baja California traveler is a smart Baja California traveler!
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woody with a view
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| Quote: | Originally posted by bonanza bucko
Yep...most of them are about five years old. I asked The Boss (AKA: wife) to take pictures out of the c-ckpit on most of our trips. After a
while....30+ years of flying that route...she rebelled.....we don't need any more pictures of it. So those are from my computer held files.
I got a new camera last fall and it takes some really super pictures....I posted some of these of a driving trip into Alfy's for Thanksgiving on this
site. Maybe I can convince The Boss to use it.....gonna be hard, though, it's a big sucker and she is kinda grouchy when I ask her to hold it up.
:-)
We were down there a week ago and I took some nice shots with it of a beautiful sunrise and of a trip to Papa Fernandez....I'll post some of them as
soon as I get a chance. |
grab the camera and tell her to grab the wheel. she'll come around!
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capt. mike
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love the speed on the 196 in shot one Bucko! 159 Kts. Sweet!!!
can't beat the time machine. i sure miss baja....
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capt. mike
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Bucko - ??
are you using eAPIS system yet??
comments??
i haven't yet but no trips south in a long time.
CBP is going to make crossing both ways a P-I-T arse soon.
formerly Ordained in Rev. Ewing\'s Church by Mail - busted on tax fraud.......
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bonanza bucko
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e Apis system
For Capt. Mike:
Nope...but will use it in March when our next flying trip is supposed to happen (according to The Boss). I have heard some guys say it works OK.
Baja Bush Pilots say it's OK. But I have a good buddy....BeerCan...who flies a BA 36 to Puertecitos say that the blasted gummiint data base includes
the wrong four letter identifiers for some airports...like Yuma where he clears US bureaucracy. Naturally the ##$@!#$DS refuse the flight plan when
you use their wrong IDs.
Just wait until these idiots decide how long you gotta wait to see a doctor!
Re your comment on the 156 Knots on the Garmin 196...thanks...I am a Knots Nut! That picture was taken by The Boss the last time she agreed to shoot
out the window. I have since replaced it with a 495 which is sweeeeeet!.....you get to see your knots in color and the thing has a fit when you get
within 500 feet of terrain that it doesn't expect and etc. etc. For a guy who got his instrument ticket with one old radio, one VOR head and an ADF
this is sure almost like cheating.
Hope you didn't notice the 196 showed me on an easterly heading and a westerly altitude...and off both by 250 feet......but that's OK in Mexico ain't
it?
Probably gonna have a new engine at annual inspection this year.....1700 hours on the old one....running good....no oil consumption and compression is
above 70 on all cylinders. But I like the feeling of new horsepower when my butt is hanging out at 12000 over the Diablo with the dark coming on.
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capt. mike
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right you are Bucko.
yeah Bob and i trade emails all the time.
what about that 182 RG getting ripped Sunday?? a peeer.
my flying sams buddy with a 210 called me this morning says he's thru taking his 210 anyplace there - he's only going to take the Aztruck! nice to
have those options i guess!
fly safe.
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