To start the year we headed to Mendoza, the wonderful wine-growing region in Argentina. The Malbec grape, which is grown and wined here at the foot of the Andes, is very famous. As always, we started from Colonia del Sacramento, entered Argentina via Rosario and after a stop in Rio Cuarto we made it to…
The Yvytú Aeroclub held its annual big pilots’ meeting last weekend. As always, pilots came from all the surrounding countries: Chile, Argentina, Brazil and this time quite a few from Uruguay. The crews and passengers of the almost 50 aircraft that arrived spent three wonderful days together. Dinner at the Club Nautico on Lake Ypacaraí,…
It worked on the second try. In March ’23 we flew with the CX-PBO from Uruguay to the Iguazú waterfalls at the border triangle of Argentina, Brazil and Paraguay. We mastered the route in several small stages with stops for leaving and entering the country, refueling, changing pilots and taking breaks to stretch our legs.…
It was still a long time off, but Manfred was finally able to fly the second half of his trip with our CX-PBO. In comparison to the previously borrowed C182, we appreciated our PBO all the more. Due to the fact that the borrowed CX-ATZ, a C182 from 1957, simply had less space and did…
Horst and Holger wanted to be the first pilots to fly in Uruguay within our new project. They did it! Our ten day tour of Uruguay took us to the sophisticated Punta del Este, to the agricultural pilots at Santos Servicios Aereos in Tacuarembó, to German pilots in Salto, to Paysandú where we were given…
