Gil Williamson

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  • Central America Panama Adventure Starts

    This trip actually started on our first Cirrus Owners and Pilots Association (COPA) trip to Central America, several years before. We were very close to Panama, but the logistics, schedule and cost prevented us from even doing a flight from Costa Rica over the Canal. Caribbean Sky Tours (CST) had organized the first unaccompanied trip,…

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  • Brownsville, TX to Veracruz, Mexico

    Our first day of flying on the COPA Central America Panama Adventure started with 6:30 breakfast at our hotel in Brownsville, then to the airport for a 8:30 departure for the three and a half hour flight. Part of our group (Florida residence) were coming from Key West Florida and would meet us in Veracruz…

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  • Veracruz Mexico to Antigua, Guatemala

    After our short stay in Veracruz we fly the three and a half hour flight to the Guatemala City airport. This is a very interesting flight from a number of points of view. First we have planned our route so that we don’t need oxygen, and over the most hospitable terrain, some elect to change…

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  • Panama

    On Sunday, February 25th, we did the most demanding day of the trip. Because of the drive from Antigua to Guatemala City and customs uncertainty, plus a refueling stop for 12 airplanes we had to leave Antigua very early in the morning (6:00am departure). When we arrived in Guatemala City in the morning we had…

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  • Panama to Tapachula

    We had a rather leisurely departure on Wednesday February 28th, since we only had a three hours flight back to Liberia, Costa Rico, where we would overnight. The departure was easy with customs formalities well organized and after pre-flight the twelve Cirrus were lined up for take off from Marcos A. Gelabert International (Panama’s general…

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  • Back in the good old U.S.A.

    We arrived back in Brownsville after a four hour flight from Tapachula, to Tampico, Mexico clear customs, refuel then an hour and a half on to Brownsville. Due to late changes made by some of the group, the flight plans for all the other planes got “confused” by Mexican ATC. We spent the first 20…

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  • Christmas 2017

    Christmas weekend started with Caitlin and Kinsey coming to Hilton Head on Thursday, with Heidi having outpatient surgery done Friday. Friday Jennifer, Mike and Alexandra arrived in the evening from Florida. Saturday morning Jennifer organized the traditional gingerbread house baking and construction and there as lots of other holiday baking. Kinsey declared that her gingerbread…

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  • Thanksgiving 2017

    Joyce and I flew to Fort Lauderdale the day before Thanksgiving. Great flight and then time for Jen and Joyce to spring into action preparing for tomorrows feast. Dinner out a fun Italian restaurant, eat light so you are ready for turkey? Thanksgiving day was great, with the traditional dinner and quality time with family.…

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  • Maine 2017

    Joyce and I flew to Maine for our 2017 lobster fix and a COPA fly-in at Bar Harbor. We delayed our flight by a day and left October 16th for Owls Head, Maine. We flew in perfect weather to Delaware for lunch then over JFK with a great view of N.Y. City then on to…

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  • Weddings in Oregon

    We flew to Oregon for two joyous events, the weddings of Brian Littlefield (nephew) to Lynda Mathews and my brother Mike Williamson to Laticia Stryker. We stayed in Bend, Oregon, where my brother lives, then traveled to Salem the site of the rehearsal dinner and wedding. We stayed in Salem at the beautiful Oregon gardens.…

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