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We’re nearing the midway point in this great adventure flying all around Mexico. Bill, Joe and I enjoyed two nights each in Mérida and Sisal, and today we have a short hop to Chetumal and Laguna Bacalar. Welcome aboard! Wayne, GeezerGeek Pilot

We’re making good progress on our circumnavigation, and today we’re caravaning with pilot friend Alberto… from Veracruz to Mérida, and thereafter by ground to Sisal for some beach time. Welcome aboard! Wayne, GeezerGeek Pilot

Bill, Joe and I are well underway on our flying adventure all around Mexico. And today will be one of our more adventuresome flying days… as we cross the Sierra Madre, refuel in Monterrey, and head down the Gulf of Mexico to Veracruz. Welcome aboard! Wayne, GeezerGeek Pilot

Looking for our next flying adventure, Bill, Joe, and I plan a trip all around Mexico. In this first episode of the series, we overview our selection of locations and outline our flight planning. Welcome aboard! Wayne, GeezerGeek Pilot

We took off this morning into clear skies… but we all know that stuff happens. Let’s explore a few ways we can request – and receive – a pop-up IFR clearance. Welcome aboard! Wayne, GeezerGeek Pilot

We review our very successful clinic, and then take to the skies for the return stateside. Will we find fuel in San Felipe? Do the forecast thunderstorms materialize? Welcome aboard! Wayne, GeezerGeek Pilot

Today we’re off with 3 other aircraft for a Flying Doctors clinic in the Baja! For the outbound legs we’ll have a bit of headwind and localized buildups, clouds on the coast, and perhaps a lingering marine layer at our destination. Welcome aboard! Wayne, GeezerGeek Pilot

If you've seen my good friend Raymond on the channel before, you'll know why I envy his piloting skills. Today we observe Raymond flying the approaches and a hold he needs in order to avoid an impending IPC. Welcome aboard! Wayne, GeezerGeek Pilot

In our previous episode we flew three enjoyable legs to arrive in the southern Baja. Today, we get to work at the free healthcare clinic. Welcome aboard! Wayne, GeezerGeek Pilot

Today we’re off to the Baja along with four other planes… to deliver a free healthcare clinic. Welcome aboard! Wayne, GeezerGeek Pilot

We’ve had a great flying adventure so far… let’s see if we can get home today. Welcome aboard! Wayne, GeezerGeek Pilot

Yesterday we made it halfway. As we awake to clear skies in Oklahoma, the question is: Can we reach our final destination of Charlotte NC today? Welcome aboard! Wayne, GeezerGeek Pilot

A family urgency has us departing in the morning for Charlotte NC. In this Part 1 of a 4-part series we do some initial planning with ForeFlight Trip Assistant, prepare tentative routes and flight plans, and fly the first day’s legs to Winslow AZ and Elk City OK. Welcome aboard! Wayne...

Let’s see if we get an opening in the marine layer today and make it into Catalina. Welcome aboard! Wayne, GeezerGeek Pilot

Are we going to clear those rocks?! ForeFlight has a number of terrain-related features that are indispensable for both new and long-time users. In this short video we illustrate real world examples of the Glide Advisor, Hazard Advisor with its new Altitude Slider, Profile View, and Synthetic...

Today Brian -- fresh off his Instrument Checkride -- shoots an approach to minimums. If you fly on the US west coast and are looking for Low IFR, Half Moon Bay (KHAF) is a pretty good bet. Welcome aboard! Wayne, GeezerGeek Pilot

Have you ever had difficulty spotting an airport? Many years ago on my first significant cross country and approaching Chadron, Nebraska — for the life of me I couldn’t find the airfield. Of course, appropriately humbled, I eventually did. In this quick tip we’ll explore a very simple yet...

Today good friend Steve and I are off on a 4-day jaunt for a LightHawk pilot get-together in Tucson. Clear skies and a headwind provide ample time to learn of Steve’s aviation inventions (AltAlert, NavAlert, Sky Connect) as well as his US-to-Europe crossing in a 182RG. Welcome aboard! Wayne...

In previous episodes of this series, Jan and I were primarily in-the-air flying the aircraft… and therefore our side-by-side comparisons of ForeFlight and Garmin Pilot were somewhat limited by the practicalities of aviating safely. In this Part 5, we conduct a more controlled apples-to-apples...

Today on a LightHawk combined IFR/VFR flight, we’ll be conducting an aerial survey of literally thousands of lobster and crab trap lines that endanger the migrating whales. Working with the Ocean Defenders Alliance, we hope to reduce the incidence of whale entanglement. Welcome aboard! Wayne...