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To: John S Mosby

Not as short a flight as you think. I did that flight from Miami, and it is several hours in a CASA. Reason is you can’t enter Cuba’s airspace.

Kind of a bummer.


23 posted on 01/04/2018 1:28:20 PM PST by RinaseaofDs
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To: RinaseaofDs

An “Aviocar” CASA or a C295 CASA (twin engine transport, c130-like)— both Spanish made?

Guess it would take a while— prop flight, out over Great Inaqua then around the end of Cuba (East) then up to Gitmo airfield.

It was a different era in the 60’s (obviously)— friend said they could see Russian freighters come in drafting high and then leaving weighted to the gunnels. Barter— no cash. And a show with Cousteau’s son interviewing Fidel— he opened a drawer full of US treasury checks for annual rent of Gitmo, honored since the Spanish American war victory over Spain for a “free” Cuba. Such a shame how it ended up.


26 posted on 01/04/2018 1:41:19 PM PST by John S Mosby (SIC SEMPER TYRANNIS)
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