Leg 252, Placencia, Belize via Guatemala and El Salvador to Puerto Lempira, Honduras
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I had time for a morning flight, early start, visiting 3 capital cities along the way. Exploring Guatemala, El Salvador and Honduras this leg.
04-30 Placencia MZPC 7:42 AM
04-30 Independence MZPA 7:45 AM
04-30 Benque Viejo del Carmen MZBN 8:00 AM
04-30 Mundo Maya Intl MGMM 8:17 AM
04-30 La Libertad MGLL 8:24 AM
04-30 Rubelsanto MGRB 8:45 AM
04-30 Coban MGCB 9:01 AM
04-30 La Aurora Intl MGGT Guatemala capital 9:26 AM
04-30 Monterrico MGRF 9:47 AM
04-30 Ciudad Arce MSCU 10:14 AM
04-30 Ilopango Intl MSSS San Salvador capital 10:33 AM
04-30 El Salvador Intl MSLP 10:40 AM
04-30 Ceiba Doblada MSCD 10:55 AM
04-30 La Chepona MSCH 11:03 AM
04-30 Tamarindo MS1A 11:18 AM
04-30 San Lorenzo MHSL 11:34 AM
04-30 Toncontin Intl MHTG * 11:56 AM Tegucigalpa capital
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04-30 Toncontin Intl MHTG 5:26 PM
04-30 Flefil MHLF 5:35 PM
04-30 Victoria VTA 5:50 PM
04-30 Finca 12 MHFD 6:04 PM
04-30 La Mesa Intl MHLM 6:10 PM
04-30 Tela MHTE 6:23 PM
Crash, or rather overstressed the aircraft (stress damage should be off) 6:35 PM
End process, restart to make sure live weather works, somehow stress failures were back on
04-30 15°44’32.27"N 86°53’0.38"W 6:42 PM
04-30 Goloson Intl MHLC 6:44 PM
04-30 Utila MHUT 6:53 PM
04-30 Roatan Intl MHRO 7:04 PM
04-30 Fort Cay MHFC 7:15 PM
04-30 Barbareta MHBA 7:22 PM
04-30 Guanaja GJA 7:30 PM
04-30 Palocios MHPC 7:57 PM
04-30 Brus Laguna MHBL 8:08 PM
04-30 Barra Del Patuca MHPA 8:16 PM Drone cam landing
04-30 Puerto Lempira MHPL 8:35 PM Drone cam landing, almost hit a house, marker in the wrong spot
Flight time 7:40 31 stops
Placencia Airport early morning
Departure, heading to the mainland
Toledo district
Crossing the Macal River
Landing at Benque Viejo del Carmen, hidden in the forest
Flores island
Mundo Mayo International Airport in Flores, joined to San Benito, Gautemala
San Benito and Flores island
San Miguel Chicaj
Guatemala City, the capital of Guatemala
Rio las Vacas winding through the city
Guatemala City Historical District
Plaza de la Constitución on the right, created in 1776
Estadio Doroteo Guamuch Flores on the left, built in 1948, to host the Central American and Caribbean Games in 1950, was renamed after long-distance runner Doroteo Guamuch Flores
Landing at La Aurora International Airport ahead
To visit the Palacio Nacional de la Cultura, aka Palacio Verde, former presidential headquarters
Cathedral of Guatemala City and Torre del Reformador, built in 1935 to honor Justo Rufino Barrios
Guatemala Holocaust Museum
features exhibits relating to the Holocaust and to two other tragedies: the genocide carried out against Europe’s gypsie population and the genocide against the Yazidi people
Nacional Museum of Archeology and Ethnology
Time to move on, Monterrico on the Pacific coast of Guatemala
Parque Nacional Cerro Verde with Vulcan San Marcelino (4,856ft) and Santa Ana Volcano (7,812ft)
Lago de Coatepeque with Isla Teopán
Volcan de San Salvador (6,211ft) also known as Quezaltepeque and El Boquerón
Alvarez at the foot of Volcan de San Salvador
San Salvador, the capital of El Salvador
Lake Ilopango to the east of the city, San Vicente volcano (7,159ft) on the horizon
The National Palace, Parque Libertad and Monument to the divine savior of the world
The Museum of Art of El Salvador
Dr. David J. Guzmán National Museum
Departing San Salvador from Ilopango International Airport
Ceiba Doblada
Balneario El Espino
El Cuco
Tamarindo Airport on the Gulf of Fonseca
Bosque Cochagua National Park
Conchagüita volcanic island
El Ajustillo, Honduras
Heading for Aeropuerto La Pista in San Lorenzo
El Guayabo
Lago Jose Cecilio del Valle
Parque Eólico Santa Ana
Tegucigalpa, the capital of Honduras
Toncontin international airport
Star Airport with some nice details
Iglesia Santa María de los Dolores and Museo Para La Identidad Nacional
Parque La Concordia and Eco Park Juana Lainez
A peek inside Museo Para La Identidad Nacional
Departing from Toncontin Intl in the afternoon
Estadio Tiburcio Carias Andino, home of FC Olimpia, CD Motogua and Lobos UPNFM
Cristo del Picacho, 65ft concrete statue of Jesus Christ situated on the left side overlooking the city
Crossing the Rio Grande o Choluteca
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Victoria located near the Rio Sulaco
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Embalse Francisco Morazan
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Tela on the Caribbean coast of Honduras
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Utila, island in the Caribbean sea
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Flying out of Aeropuerto Utila
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Roatán, water masks are back
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Fort Morgan Cay, Private Island Experience
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Barely big enough for a landing strip
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Flying on to Isla Barbareta
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Guanaja island
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Not sure why everyone wants to live on the little island (Bonacca island)
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Sunset time, earlier every day
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Palacios Airport
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Brus Laguna
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Barra Del Patuca
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Final stop today at Puerto Lempira
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No moon, pitch black out, I almost crashed on landing at max exposure. I had the approach and direction right (from google maps, not in the G1000) but stupidly trusted the marker to be on the airstrip. Not this time, it was about 500 meters off. I narrowly avoided a house and landed on a street between the houses. Still looking for those rally car lights upgrade, or helicopter search lights will do.
Next leg on to Nicaragua