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Panama (far left). Illegal dredging and filling of Cayo area in Belize (left). CAVU’s first aircraft, a Cessna 185, landing on a remote strip (below center). CAVU founders David and Jordan Smith interview an Embera medicine woman (below right). On preceding pages: Videographer Garrick Dutcher above the Rio Sambu in Darién, Panama; Isla de Coiba virgin rain forest.
SAVING WETLANDS. Smith and his team have arrived to move forward with a project that has long been in planning. The Darién Gap is the 150-mile long eastern portion of Panama, abutting the Colombian border. It is largely made up of wetlands that have served as a natural barrier between South and North America. There is no road through the Darién. Only a few adventurers have managed to drive from South America to North America through its swamps, lakes, and rivers. It has been credited with stopping the spread of hoof and mouth disease from North America to the continent to the south and with protecting North America from invasive species and diseases from South America.
The Darién is rich in natural resources, which have fed its few thousand inhabitants for centuries and, that outsiders, under their own population pressures, covet. Illegal loggers are bold and armed. They cut logging roads into the wilderness, making off with the most valuable timber while shooting at anyone who might interfere. Gangs associated with the drug cartels of Colombia roam the area. For years there has been pressure to build a highway through the Darién Gap, to make it possible to drive from one continent to the other despite the potential havoc to the flora and fauna of each. The inhabitants are in the middle. Anything but wealthy, they wish to preserve their way of life. Teaming with
scientists and organizations that wished to support the indigenous people, Smith’s group, CAVU, arrived to make an educational movie about the Darién, its peoples, and the threats faced. Over the course of several weeks, CAVU personnel interviewed dozens of residents, on camera, used the airplane as a platform to film stunning scenes of the pristine landscape, as well as show the damage that has been done by incursions. In the process there were adventures. As Smith started the engine of the 206 while parked at the end of one of the Darién’s airstrips to depart on a survey flight, a group of horsemen carrying AK-47s emerged from the trees at the far end of the strip. Realizing that grabbing
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Contents
President’s Position
Visual Approach
Letters
Waypoints
Proficient Pilot
Safety Pilot
License to Learn
Pilot Counsel
Fly Well
Election 2012: The Next President Adresses GA
Flying Wild at AOPA Summit
Events
Fly-Outs
Test Pilot
AOPA Action
News
Jet A for Your Skylane
Secret Mission
Resources at Risk
Avionics
Ownership
Technique
Lunchtime Currency
Never Again
Summit 2012
Summit 2012
Member Products
State and Local Action
AOPA Foundation
AOPA Insurance Services
Fly by Wire
Pilots
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AOPA Pilot Magazine - October 2012 - Contents
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AOPA Pilot Magazine - October 2012 - President’s Position
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AOPA Pilot Magazine - October 2012 - Visual Approach
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AOPA Pilot Magazine - October 2012 - Letters
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AOPA Pilot Magazine - October 2012 - Waypoints
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AOPA Pilot Magazine - October 2012 - Proficient Pilot
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AOPA Pilot Magazine - October 2012 - Safety Pilot
AOPA Pilot Magazine - October 2012 - 21
AOPA Pilot Magazine - October 2012 - License to Learn
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AOPA Pilot Magazine - October 2012 - Pilot Counsel
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AOPA Pilot Magazine - October 2012 - Fly Well
AOPA Pilot Magazine - October 2012 - 27
AOPA Pilot Magazine - October 2012 - Election 2012: The Next President Adresses GA
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AOPA Pilot Magazine - October 2012 - Flying Wild at AOPA Summit
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AOPA Pilot Magazine - October 2012 - Events
AOPA Pilot Magazine - October 2012 - 37
AOPA Pilot Magazine - October 2012 - Fly-Outs
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AOPA Pilot Magazine - October 2012 - Test Pilot
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AOPA Pilot Magazine - October 2012 - Jet A for Your Skylane
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AOPA Pilot Magazine - October 2012 - Secret Mission
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AOPA Pilot Magazine - October 2012 - Resources at Risk
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AOPA Pilot Magazine - October 2012 - Avionics
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AOPA Pilot Magazine - October 2012 - Ownership
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AOPA Pilot Magazine - October 2012 - Lunchtime Currency
AOPA Pilot Magazine - October 2012 - 89
AOPA Pilot Magazine - October 2012 - Never Again
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AOPA Pilot Magazine - October 2012 - Summit 2012
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AOPA Pilot Magazine - October 2012 - Summit 2012
AOPA Pilot Magazine - October 2012 - I1
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AOPA Pilot Magazine - October 2012 - 97
AOPA Pilot Magazine - October 2012 - Member Products
AOPA Pilot Magazine - October 2012 - 99
AOPA Pilot Magazine - October 2012 - State and Local Action
AOPA Pilot Magazine - October 2012 - 101
AOPA Pilot Magazine - October 2012 - AOPA Foundation
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AOPA Pilot Magazine - October 2012 - AOPA Insurance Services
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AOPA Pilot Magazine - October 2012 - Fly by Wire
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