201er's Mooney Expedition

[201er]

Today I embark on a two week expedition in my 201ER. Follow along to figure out where I am headed.

http://flightaware.com/live/flight/N4361H

 

And if that doesn't work you can follow my spot daily:

http://share.findmespot.com/shared/faces/viewspots.jsp?glId=0qx3v8UKt3rtQecIVYYZyf39kIpQSWBMk

 

-- Edit --

For those of you just reading about my Caribbean adventure for the first time, I created a playlist with all of the videos in order:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aeLIAFPzFak&list=PLUpuAnvsj4dNuTlkoNNZHWpN8_dOD9Mnr

Here is a thread about my 2016 Caribbean Mooney Adventure #2.

 

Edited March 27, 2016 by 201er

[MB65E]

Enjoy! Fly safe Mike! Sounds like fun.

[Seth]

Be safe!  Just Florida or elsewhere?  I'll track like everyone else but I'm curious if you're heading to the West Coast as I did that flight earlier this year.  Also, are we going to see 201ER spelled out on Flight Aware before all is said and done   Like Boeing spells out 747 and 787?

 

-Seth

[bnicolette]

Have a grand adventure Mike!

[Cabanaboy]

WOW what a flight!!! Did you pass thru the ADIZ in the Gulf?

[carusoam]

What's the weather like Mike?

I've simulated that flight a lot over the past 2 years using the MS Bravo. Also non stop from NJ.

Best regards,

-a-

[Cabanaboy]

Per flight aware, looks like Mike is getting ready to add another leg to the adventure. Belize, holy cow thats neat!

 

http://www.pgiabelize.com/1.html

[Z W]

Pretty awesome.  Fly safe.

Where are the pics?  Key West is pic worthy.  Belize more so.  A shot of Cuba off the left wing should be mandatory.

 

Edit:  Looks like he's about 50 SM off shore.  If you can't see Cuba from 6,000 ft today at that distance, that would be the only excuse for not posting a pic of it.  But pictures of the coast of Mexico south of Cancun should be posted, no excuses.

[rbridges]

he's over the Gulf right now.  that's awesome.  Good luck with your flight.

[Marauder]

Let me ask you guys something. Is Mike our version of Forrest Gump?

"Look at the boy fly! He is a flying fool!"

Or "Fly (Run) Mike (Forrest) Fly (Run)!"

[Cruiser]

I wonder if he is taking the birds home to visit with family? 

[Alan Fox]

Let me ask you guys something. Is Mike our version of Forrest Gump?

"Look at the boy fly! He is a flying fool!"

Or "Fly (Run) Mike (Forrest) Fly (Run)!"

Run Forrest ... RUUNNNNNNNNNN!!!!!!!!!!

[Jamie]

Life is like a box of chocolates.

 

A box of chocolates filled with third world banana republics, an FAA data feed monitored not only by flightaware, but also the people who stopped John and Martha King at gunpoint, a recent flight history consisting of trips to/from those drug havens, and an airplane with long range tanks.

 

...and I always pick the one, at random, that has the coconut. Ick.

[Marauder]

Life is like a box of chocolates.

A box of chocolates filled with third world banana republics, an FAA data feed monitored not only by flightaware, but also the people who stopped John and Martha King at gunpoint, a recent flight history consisting of trips to/from those drug havens, and an airplane with long range tanks.

...and I always pick the one, at random, that has the coconut. Ick.

So Jamie, are you suggesting we start collecting for Mike's ransom, bail or perhaps for both?

[aviatoreb]

I think Mike is going south to release those little birds to the jungle from which they came.  Fly birdie!  Be free!

[Marauder]

I think Mike is going south to release those little birds to the jungle from which they came. Fly birdie! Be free!

I'm not so sure that is going to happen... I notice in his videos that the birds are still in them, his girlfriend not so much...

[201er]

[Jamie]

congrats.

[Marauder]

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From the angle of that photo Mike, I'm willing to bet one of your parrots took that picture! Congrats, bring back some contraband, er souvenirs for us. I would have kept the beard.

[DonMuncy]

What will you be doing in Belize. I have a relative who works of the State Department. I get frequent e-mails from her, but I am not sure where she is. Probably in the capitol, Belmopan. It looks like it is about 30 or 40 miles west of Belize City.

[chrisk]

Belize!  Very Nice!  What are the fuel prices?

[Z W]

Somebody, please get this man a functioning camera phone.  A trip this awesome should not be chronicled by a selfie with a tourism banner in the background.  Weak.

 

(I feel like I can be a little harsh here, because anybody with stones big enough to cross the gulf splitting the 100 miles between Cuba and Cancun equally can obviously take a little ribbing from some faceless guy on the internet who hasn't ever flown outside the continental U.S.    )

[Cabanaboy]

Tracking with SPOT, looks like the adventures continues to the Colombian island of San Andres....

 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Andres_(island)

[tony]

what an awesome trip!!!  wonder if he notified the CBP?  lol 

[201er]