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Backcountry flying in Costa Rica

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Backcountry flying in Costa Rica

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Very cool video Larry. I didn't know there was a strip at Pavones. Are there a lot of other coastal airports with great access to surfing down there?




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I recognize the tail number as being the same as the plane you fly now. Current paint makes it look so much newer.
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Very enjoyable, Thank you!
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Dog is my Copilot wrote:Very cool video Larry. I didn't know there was a strip at Pavones. Are there a lot of other coastal airports with great access to surfing down there?




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Yes you can land in Limon (Atlantic coast), and take a 10 minute boat ride to isla Uvita, also fly to Puerto Jimenez and take a 20 min taxi ride to Matapalo, great surfing and hardly any people, 50 min flight vs 6 hr drive from San Jose city.
Also Nosara, Tamarindo, wish it was allowed to land on the beach.
Fly to surf was so much fun.
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Great short video - definitely some rough strips you deal with there! Great job.
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Awesome video and beautiful country!
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Third time here, driving around. Too bad about the anti-beach thing. Rock hard sand and lots of big empty beaches.

In Sámara, checked out the proposed Airpark development at MRMR, where they have a gyrocopter for a windsock. I guess even the gyrocopter-girl YouTube videos couldn’t sell lots.

GA going up or down here? Any work for a part-time CFI (airplane/rotary)? Couldn’t live in San Jose.

Dry season, but they’re still short a culvert or two.
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