Adventure Pilots —

Landing in Aruba

January 8, 2011

This video is from one of our NflightcamGPS cameras. This is one of those clips that surprised us. We did not even have the audio plugged into this camera we were just letting it roll. This is an unedited quick clip, you click on the map to jump the video ahead. Adventure Pilots landing in [...]

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The Darien Gap

January 8, 2011

Thursday, we crossed over the Darien Gap on our flight to Cartagena, Colombia. The Darien Gap forms the border between Panama and Colombia and is one of the wildest places in the Western Hemisphere. It’s a part of the world I’ve been fascinated with ever since hearing about it. It’s an impenetrable mix of [...]

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Cool Landing

January 7, 2011

Check out this short-clip from our wing cam. We are landing at the base of the Arenal Volcano in La Fortuna, Costa Rica. This was a very challenging and fun flight. We departed from Pavos airport in downtown San Jose for a 42nm flight to La Fortuna. Pavos is at ~3200′MSL and La Fortuna is [...]

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Panama City, Panama

January 7, 2011

I’ve watched specials on the Discovery and History channel about the Panama Canal for as long as I can remember and I’ve always found it fascinating. Check out this video of us flying over the canal and landing at Panama City’s downtown airport. As you can see the landing was uneventful, but as with all [...]

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Expecting the unexpected

January 6, 2011

The whirlwind tour continues. We are on way to Cartagena after a minor mechanical issue. We rolled towards the runway yesterday ready to depart but one of the spark plugs wasn’t firing properly as we did the run up prior to take off. Patrick had the engine running fine again in no time yesterday [...]

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Wind Shear, Wind Shear

January 5, 2011

This is what I am used to hearing over the intercom when flying in conditions like this. We landed in Liberia, Costa Rica, MRLB to clear out-bound customs and proceed to Panama, MPMG. We flew 23nm from Tamarindo a surf town on the coast to get here. The winds on the ground were approximately 7 [...]

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Catching Up

January 4, 2011

Good morning all, We’ve made it to Panama City! After finding a bite to eat, we wandered around the deserted streets trying to find a taxi. There were probably 20-30 parked ones with no one in site and the ones that drove by passed on with only the slightest glance. It appeared there was something [...]

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New Year’s Eve Randomness

January 2, 2011

I’m a big fan of randomness when traveling. When plans fall apart I start having fun. I like to have an idea of what to do or some general direction but I think it’s extremely important when traveling abroad to be prepared to go with the flow. Things change constantly. Oftentimes(read always) when [...]

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Chuck Norris doesn’t sleep in 2011

January 2, 2011

Upon arriving at Hostel Bekuo, Aaron received a call from Rio Tropicales letting us know the waters were too high and we may not get to float Rio Pacuare. To say the least we were bummed, but we stayed optimistic and decided to go ahead and stay there, which meant we would have to hike [...]

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