Katy Dickinson

Flying from Mexicali to Mulege, Mexico (MMML to GLL)

Charlie, Marji, John and I flew to Baja California to see the grey whales last weekend. Our pilot was Charlie Jackson, Sun Labs' Webmaster. Our Cessna 182 Skylane II was one of four private planes on the trip from the Shoreline Flying Club. Below are pictures of our second Air Charlie flight, from Mexicali to Mulege, Mexico, on 15 February. Mulege is pronounced MOO-leh-hey. At the flight briefing the pilots (and interested passengers) attended several days before we left, the following overview directions were given: fly south from Mexicali (MMML), keep the land on your right and the Sea of Cortez on your left, set down at the first green spot, that will be Mulege (GLL).

Charlie landed just before sunset. We were immediately greeted by friendly dogs and kids running around on the runway. After unloading and tying down the four planes, we took cabs into town and had dinner at Las Casitas Hotel.

River Fractals

Me in the Back Seat

Baja Coastline

Baja on GPS

Clouds Over Baja

Charlie Pilot, John Copilot

Mulege's Sand Runway

Radu and Kitty Arrive

1st Mulege Sunset

Charlie and Yoichi

Friendly Puppy on the Runway

John Pounds Tiedown Stakes

Las Casitas Parrot

Las Casitas Hotel

Unnamed Bust in Mulege

Images Copyright 2008 by Katy Dickinson and John Plocher

Posted at 09:53PM Feb 21, 2008 by katysblog in News & Reviews  |  Comments[1]

Flying from Palo Alto to Mexicali (KPAO to MMML)

Last weekend, four of us (Charlie, Marji, John and I) flew from Palo Alto to Mexicali (KPAO to MMML) on our way to Baja California to see the grey whales. Our pilot was Charlie Jackson, Sun Labs' Webmaster. Our Cessna 182 Skylane II was one of four private planes on the trip from the Shoreline Flying Club. Photos were taken with a Nikon CoolPix S510 camera with an 8G SDHC photo card. We took about 1,400 photos on the 4 day trip. The photo card was about 1/3 full when we got home (two lithium ion batteries recharged per day). Here are pictures of our first Air Charlie flight, starting before dawn on 15 February 2008.

Me before Dawn

Marji at KPAO

Almost Dawn at KPAO

John at KPAO

Charlie checking the plane

Dawn at KPAO

Parking our cars where plane was

Charlie Jackson, Pilot

Marji, Copilot at dawn

Over Sun Menlo Park Campus

Me in the back seat

Leaving SF Bay Area

Southern Cal. Snow

USA-Mexico Border

Leaving USA for Mexico

Mexicali Airport, MMML

Mexican Air Force, MMML

MMML Refueling

Wreck on side of MMML Parking Area

Images Copyright 2008 by Katy Dickinson and John Plocher

Posted at 03:43PM Feb 21, 2008 by katysblog in News & Reviews  |  Comments[1]