Galen Hanselman

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March 19, 2005, on Flying in Baja California:
Nice article. Please be advised that the book Air Baja! includes a 2004 Update Supplement including the current airstrip information, reservation contacts, and border crossing information. I personally inspected all the airports listed in the book in 2004 and was pleasantly surprised to find many of the airstrips still open, some had been re-opened, and also found some new airstrips. The government's CH-22 WAC chart is totally outdated and useless. It doesn't even show the Transpeninsular Highway completed in the 1970s. I was compelled to produce my own aeronautical chart of Baja, called the GH-22. Even the Mexican Military is using my chart. If you've got the airplane and the experience for backcountry flying, Baja is the ultimate flying experience. Don't be afraid to get off the pavement … use good common sense and take care of yourself. I spent four years living in fish camps and remote desert strips while writing this book. It was one of the best periods of my life and I enjo...