Through Patagonia and the Andes in a light plane.
In December 1999 Dave flew through Argentina and Chile in a single-engine Cessna Turbo 206. The adventure began in Mendoza, Argentina, went to the southern tip of South America, and then north through the Andes in Chile. The trip was equivalent to flying from Los Angeles to Alaska and return, for a total distance of 3000 miles. The crew consisted of Philip, the owner of the Argentine-registered aircraft, Maurito, a young Argentine pilot, and Dave.
Shown below -- Perito Moreno Glacier, near El Calafate, Argentina.
Shown below - Cerro Piltriquitron, near El Bolson, Argentina.
Shown below - Vulcan Tromen, north of Bariloche, Argentina.
Shown below - the large jet airport at Rio Gallegos, Argentina, where we were the ONLY airplane on the field! [But one had come in a day or so before....]
Shown below - Our Cessna, with the Rio Gallegos terminal building.
Shown below - Good visibility, high overcast, good VFR weather.
Shown below: You've heard of Llama, Alpaca, and maybe Vicuna - have you heard of the Guanaco?
Shown below - Hosteria Las Torres in the Torres del Paine National Park, Chile
Shown below - Lago Feo, Chile -- 70 deg 15 min W, 36 deg 7 min S, between Temuco, Chile
and Mendoza Argentina.
And as our ship sinks slowly in the west, we bid a fond adieu to our South American Idyll.....
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