AOPA Pilot Magazine - March 1958 - (Page 72)

&? the ranches were poor, and numy looked like country clubs with their own airports and qcetracks, Railroads ran everywhere, but, in spitft of the obvious wealth, there VMS a eurpriamg lack of paved roads and automobiles. Between Buenos Am and Montei -video, you cross the 30-mile w d Eio ie de la Plata. In Spanish the name means "B.iver at Silvm," but it i e muddier thwi our own silvery Bio Grand& As you proceed north through Uruguay, cattle and sheep ranches gradually replace the small neat farms of the harder. On the rollittg grasslands oatrichea graze along,with the l i v ~ t o c k .Whwever I saw sheep, there would usually be a flock of these huge birds nearby, As the airplane flew over, they would spread their wings and try to outrun it. By this time I had a pretty good idea of what to expect in border clearances, and I must confess considerable 8 ~ prise. The p ~ t t y graft and attempts to extort bribes that I had been warned against we* conspicuous by their absencfc Instead, officials were courteous and honest. All along the line, I found myself dealing with men who were conscientioualy trying t0 do their duty with amh b m of haonvenience and expen= to m . Total cost of border deare ances was $62.86 which includes visa and tourist card expenses before leaving home. At David, I paid $10 in overtime fees, Guayaquil.hada $5 inurnpation fee, and the first airport; in Peru assessed an airway fee of approxi- mately one cent pir mile for the total distance I was to travel through Peru. These were legitimate charfres aup ported by receipts. Cdb tares of $ . 0 16 were paid for officials at Tapaehula, Puerto Montt and Paramaribo. I Arn gentina I waa charged a total of $2 for 'protwtiw dc v d o " which was flight plan service, but in Brazil I did not pay one cent anywhere. I got taken once. At Chimbote, Peru, an impressive man i uniform came up n and collected 10 soles (50 cents) parkiag fee. Alter he had mounted his. bicycle and dashed away 1found out that the uniform w s that of a street a sweeper instead of an airport official. Cab charges, incidentally, can run high and sometimes turn out to be the result of a bat& of wits between cab driver and foreigner with the driver trying by clever questioning to classify you financially. Whenever a. driver extracted the information that 1 w a s an American and had arrived in my own airplane, the fare would skyrocket. Invariably he -would go (tashing into the hotel ahead of me shouting, "This man is an Americana. H ia e a p i i of his e own airplane." How much this increased the hotel bill I do not know. In Buenos Airea such a ride coat me 100 pesps; -going back on a regular meter it was 11.30 pWs. But, I didn't take a cab often. Nearly always someone would drive me to town. A few pocket and rode the taw in. Buses ran meryryhere in South America and you have only to know where they ate going. I cap vouch for the importance of Anowin#. for several tunes I had to ride to the Ã§n of the line, then come back and start over. One of the most hpresaive ecenic spots was Igoassu Falls up the Alto Parana Biver, There was no mistaking them. Mist from the falls rose straight up until it disappeared into the base of a lone cumulus cloud. I saw it miles away and from a distance, it looked like an atomic bomb explosion. At the falls there is an excellent sod airstrip near the Argentine hotel. Although you could easily walk to the hotel, a rickety bus cornea outfor you without chmfse.The rate at this atbrae" tive resort is only $ . 0 per day for a 16 room with bath and All yow meals, There is only one catchÃ‘i you sm alone you share a room with another guest I drew a Buenoa Ajrea architect who spoke excellent English and enjoyed his company. There ifl cuefeature of Iguasro that wl il unbelievable to Americana. Not a single billboard, advertisement or commercial activity of any kind mars the scene, w that except for the hotel, thh masterpiece of nature remains exactly as it was when discovered. Brazil, which i s reputed, to be strict toward foreign airplanes, proved to be the easiest and most pleasant to fly times, I put my shaving kit i my n 1 7 B u ~ a 1200 hrs Total 536 M ; hrs since tta or OmnI- VfH-LFm Extra% L~"-md r PBBr; 4 hrs+ nce War; Omnb V i i y clean! $3Ãˆ 1952 e & 17M; 490 hrs since m New, m a rMany X h s ; Ultra i t; go Nice ^, + up, w 1959 ft s ISO- 450 hrs since is u new! Omnk ADF; &utlfully enameled Blue & W k. JWSO h -: . I 6 emu 182; 36s h s over Olhe & Qr-n pnint;%nn! ~wos,rtc.; clean $Ã§B) .-, tÃ£ h m z?$b! aÃ 1 u, CtÃˆ S19, Only 172 hrs! deckIdFIrrtFmrBudElfÃ‘ hr riuirfg. Engines, ADF, mi, Lite list $70,000 Our Priee-.W,W01 bte-niitii* "W ALSO Many, many more in stock nt our 1"" 846 Â¥""ahm T O M Porter County Airport k e , at IW A F Oin111; like Nw $l&Ã‡ O; Valparaiso, Indiana. m $rim - A , your plane or e We Trodel SubmitWespecifics onwire, orpresentdifference pqiuip merit will write, phone rm ~asy Financing Available - ou to 36 months! I 72 Graubart Aviation /no. THE AOFA PILOT

Table of Contents for the Digital Edition of AOPA Pilot Magazine - March 1958

AOPA Pilot Magazine - March 1958
Contents
Calendar
Legally Speaking
Editorial
What About Airspace Use, Mr. Pyle?
10,000 Seconds Under the Hood
Flying Weather One Month Ahead
AOPA Weathercast
AOPA 185579
Air-Age Teenagers Give City a Lift
Your Radio and You
Operation Cost Cut
Put Your Fabric to the Test
Are You "Compasss Punchy?
Yankee Duster in Latin America
South American Challenge
I Lived Through a Graveyard Spiral
Safety Corner and Accident Report
On the Airways
Travel
What's New?
Classified Department

AOPA Pilot Magazine - March 1958

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