Jean and Mike left Loreto this morning after spending some time to trace the problem with the tracker not showing live on our website. With them wanting to reach Acapulco before sunset, the guys then left Loreto while checking the problem en-route and fortunately before they even flew past La Paz, they had managed to

Hells bells it’s extremely hot here! Our day started as expected, FAA kept their side of the deal and handed Mike the document at 7:30am in Long Beach. Matt drove Mike back to Torrance where Jim and I had the Bullet warmed up and waiting. Mike finalised the flight planning and we had a quick

Jean and Mike flew very well all the way to San Felipe to do customs and the necessary documentation as this was their first Mexican Airport Of Entry (MAOE). After watching the tracker standing still for over an hour, Jack McCormick from Bush Pilots International was kind enough to contact the airport Commander just to

Jean and Mike managed to leave Los Angeles after fetching the Special Flight Authorization early this morning.  After departure, they did a short hop from Torrance, Los Angeles to Brown Field Airport to do the customs and passport run.  The next stop for them now is La Paz, Mexico.  To get an idea of this

Holy smoke! James is home and we haven’t even left Torrance. After dropping James at LAX yesterday morning , Mike hit the laptop to finalise flight planning and with the help of our friends here I set about filling up with gas and packing the Bullet to start heading south. Before Mike could file the

2011-09-07 20:39:30 UTC+2 We found this FAA warning and sent it through to Mike and Jean.  Although not a very recent update it is good for them to be aware of FAA warnings as they are flying into areas we have had little time to research about. CAUTION NOTICE: FLYING TO MEXICO Flying Cessna Single

Well, we still don’t have the authorization to move from Torrance. We will be calling at 7.30 in the morning and if the authorization is ready we have to drive to Long Beach and collect the original … and only after that can we get out of here. Jean and I have discussed the timing

OK, my turn to deal with the bureaucracy … although we made application to fly from Torrance to Brown Field where we would exit the USA into Mexico the powers that be seemed to miss that part and issued us flight authorization but not to Brown Field. We were fueled and loaded up, flight plan

I don’t believe it – spending time with Mike and Jean it’s impossible to make any plans more than a few days ahead! First they decide to change their route back to SA from a “north out of LA route” to a “south out of LA route”, then they settle the details of the route

Yihaaa, so here we are, in the Marina del Rey Hotel and Marina, just off Venice Beach. We’ve slept 9 hours, we’re with Mike and Matt and life could hardly be better! It’s time for a late breakfast and some people watching on the beach, so this will be very short, but Jean will give