"NW_PILOT" wrote in message
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"David Herman" wrote in message
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"NW_PILOT" wrote in message
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I have a question I am wanting to go visit some friends that live in
Costa
Rica but I want to fly my self there has anyone in the group done this
trip?
if so what would I expect along the route, I know I would be flying
through
a lot of different country's along the route is their a guide on what
I
would need to take or do prior to departing areas to stay clear of
ect.
I
am
having trouble finding info on this thanks in advance.

Get thee to the Baja Bush Pilots website right away....

http://www.bajabushpilots.com/

They are undoubtednly the best source for any and all info on flying
south
of the border(s).

Good luck!


Thank You, David for that site a lot of help for mexico but that site
seems
to just have information on Mexico I am really looking for more info going
further south like Entry info, landing fees, airport directory's ect. for
Belize, Guatemala, San Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, and Costa Rica.

I am not sure what route I would want to take that is why I am looking
for
information on other places other then Mexico. I'd really like to make
this
trip I think it would be fun and I'd get to see a few friends that I have
not seen in like 12 years and some neat entry's in my log book + gain
valuable flight experience. I will have 6 months vacation time coming up
this winter again and just want to do something fun and have nice weather.

Look again. While it's true their primary focus is on Mexico, they also are
a good resource for info on flying futher south. Really, these guys have
been around quite a while (and flying to exico and Central America for
decades) and are just about the only decent source of info on flying south
of the border.

If you're serious about this trip, I really think you would be crazy not to
join BBP and take full advantage of the info and many years of experience
they have. These guys are the authority (or the closest thing to an
authority that exists). If these guys don't know something you need to know,
you probably won't be able to find it anywhere else (I think you will soon
find that many of the things we take for granted - reasonably up-to-date
charts, directories of airports, reliable and easily obtainable information,
etc. - are not generally available for destinations south of the border).

Although for me it's still in the "some day I'd like to..." category, flying
my own plane down there sounds wonderful (as long as you don't run afoul of
the bureacracy or worse - then it sounds like a nightmare). There are some
real risks involved with flying there, but people do it so it must be
manageable. I've traveled extensively throughout Mexico and much of Central
America - and always enjoyed the hell out of it - but haven't flown there
(if you have any non-aviation-specific questions about visiting Mexico or
Central America, feel free to shoot me an email via the link in my sig).

I think if you go prepared, armed with the appropriate attitude and the
necessary information, you can have a great trip and minimize the chances of
bad things happening. I know that applies to visiting as a ground-bound
tourist and probably also for visiting pilots.

Hope that helps a bit. ¡ Buena suerte !


--
David Herman
N6170T 1965 Cessna 150E
Boeing Field (BFI), Seattle, WA
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