Mike and Jean had to land in Panama yesterday. Bogota ATC in Colombia contacted them to indicate that they don’t allow single-engined aircraft in the air after sunset, and requested that the guys rather land in Panama as it became clear that the guys will arrive at Medellin after sunset, so Mike and Jean got

What a great day it was today. Our super keen taxi driver was waiting for us outside the hotel and literally raced us to the private aircraft side of Acapulco Aeropeurto. At 5.30 am it was still 2 hours until sunrise – enough time for us to get through the paperwork. It works like this

While we did have some problems illiciting a decent response from Columbia, it now seems that that’s all in order. Panama, which we were led to believe would have no problem with an overflight over the ocean, suddenly raised it’s head and said “Oh no you don’t.” So we’ve been trying to get the required

Howdy, howdy, howdy…….I wish you were all here! In fact as I was strolling up from the beach to get a beer and then proceed to the business centre, I thought about an idea. It means so much to us that there are so many of you out there that follow our adventure and we

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