From the Jungla of Mexico… … this is Capt. Erissa Yong-Wilson, a Private Pilot speaking.
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I just got back from the Mayan Riviera. Mexico, after 8 days of sun, sand and flying… … … .and YES, skydiving too!
Getting ready to jump out of a perfectly good plane! This is XB-EOI (Mex. Registry). Don’t know why But just gonna try!

3 years ago, my dear partner Dave, told me I don’t have the guts enough to jump out of a plane. A dare that won me a crisp $100 bill. Needless to say, he made a dare devil out of me because since then, I have earned my pilot license and have become addicted to speed and height. Two elements, that when combined, is better than Prozac!! O.K. I am not saying I needed Prozac, but the adrenaline rush you get from flying and jumping out of a plane is why so many thrill seekers seek the sports.
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Jumping out at 12, 000 feet over the Caribbean Sea.
I am not a certified jumper yet. But you may think I am “certifiable” (as in Coco-loco)!Flying in Mexico is lax. That is why we love to go to Mexico. It is lax, it is relaxing and the easy going attitude of the inhabitants there is what makes it so attractive to us, the anal-retentive, cool, Northern birds! It must be the sun and the salt air and salsa that make the people hot and happy. They are not too bothered with procedures, when it comes to flying, like we are!! I suppose there is good and bad to be said of that attitude.
Unlike flying in Canada, my experience last week while flying in Mexico was a humorous, fun filled, yet sobering experience. My friend Gonzalo, who was strapped to me 3 years ago in my first sky-jump in tandem, has an amigo who owns a flight school in Playa Del Carmen. I told him I have earned a Canadian pilot license and would like to rent a plane to go flying while I was in Cancun. I would like to fly the 150 nautical mile triangle between Playa Del Carmen, Corzumel (an Island) and Cancun (the YucatanMainland). The flight school wants to know if I would like to rent the Cessna 206 or the Cessna 182. I said, “NO, Mi Amigo, I only fly a Cessna 172, or else I would need an instructor with me for the Cessna 182 or the Cessna 206”.
Jose (pronounced “HOS-se” for us, not too fluent in the Spanish lingo) the flight school owner says, “No, no Cessna 172, just 182 or 206”. O.K. O.K. I opted for the 182. I have flown the constant speed with the variable pitch propeller bird before, I just like the 172 better especially flying in a strange and unfamiliar terrain. They like this a lot. This means I have to pay for an instructor to be on board with me. A $150 an hour instructor,
and that is in $US!! D’PLANE costs another $150.Also in $US. Comes the day to fly… … … ..I can see the Cessna 182 sitting on the tarmac. Its call sign is XC- SOL (I like the registration call sign. “SOL” in Spanish Mexico means Sun. But in Canada, you and I know the acronym could mean “@#$% Out of Luck too!!
I showed up and showed off my Canadian pilot license. I was so proud to point out all my hard earned paper work… … … guess what ! NO ONE GIVES A #@&* about my paper work. ALL they wanted to see what my $US300 CASH.Money talks bull-@#$% walks. Money changed hands. We walked to D’Plane. Jose jumped into the left seat. I looked at him and thought, what is wrong with this picture? I said I rented d’plane. I was gonna fly. I should be in the left seat. Jose said, “O.K. Amiga, you are the chief pilot today. You sit in the right seat, I talk to the tower and I control the take off and the landing and you fly the plane the whole time”… … ..in his “Spanglish” (broken English in Spanish accent). Now, I am not that foolish. I know if I am not in the left seat I am NOT the chief Pilot. I’ve been had, I’d say. Anything goes in Mexico. So, she goes along with it!
I did what he asked. He jumped into the left seat. I did not say he did any pre-flight inspection of d’plane, did I? Nope. I did not ‘coz he did not! I had the nerve to protest this to which his reply was, “Don’tworry, be happy”!! I took a cursory glance of the instrument panel from left to right and I saw familiar instrument gauges, but many had rusts on them. The throttle, the Prop, and mixture controls actually were rusty.
My extreme urge to fly, to soar over the Caribbean, is now tempered by my urge to jump out of my seat and leave… but the thought of my having fork over three perfectly good $100US bills made me remain in my seat. To which you say, “Is her life worth only $300US”. To which I say, “When you are in Mexico do what theMexican do”. Too late to think. Jose started up the engine, and before I could blink,we were barreling down this short, little, ill-maintained, bumpy runway, to back track for a short field take off into the blue sea yonder. No preflight checklist, no checklist of any kind. Nada, Nyet, Nema, Nine, NO, in any language, it is simply, NO CHECKLISTS !! Overhead, another plane was circling to land. Too close for comfort. A Cessna 206 Methinks, no doubt, with some rusted out nuts and bolts on the cowling covers and some in some other places too. The pilots actually conversed in Spanish with each other. What ever happened to ICAO English (that would be International Civil Aviation Organization to the non –aviator among us.)? The instructor in our plane also spoke Spanish to the flight towers in Cancun as well as in Cozumel. Did I not say anything goes in Mexico? I suppose our “Canuckian” commercial pilots flying the Jumbo jets into Mexicomust comprendo y habla some“Spanglish” too.
The one hour flight was remarkable. As far as the eyes can see, to the West was the tropical jungle of the Yucatan, marked by the Tulum ruins of Coba (Mayan and Aztec pyramids) and to the North Lies the beautiful Cancun peninsula punctuated by huge hotel on the beach resorts and to the East, the Island of Cozumel with three huge cruise ships (I can see the Carnival line, the Royal Caribbean and the Princess line) all lined up to dock on the Island. To the North East is the Isla Muerjes, which in Spanish means the Island of women. Here they raise Sea turtles and is the fourth largest green sea turtle habitat of the world. To the South, we could see the water world resorts of XCARET and XEL-HA. (Pronounced, ISH-Ca-RET and SHELL – Ha). They swim with dolphins there. Three hammer head sharks ( each about 20 feet long ) were circling just among the coral reef about 100 feet off- shore, and unaware swimmers were abound in the shallow, crystal clear, Turquoise blue, shallow waters just off Playa Del Carmen beach.
We only flew 1000 ft. MSL and it amazes me that they do this over the water as there was not enough altitude to glide to shore if there was an engine failure. Upon my protest of flying at such low attitude, Jose replied me with a smile and another, “don’ t worry, be happy”!! We flew midfield over Cancun airport as well as Cozumel airport to avoid collision with incoming jets bringing more tourists to liven up the Mexican economy. The airspace to fly in was very limiting. We could not fly above 1000 ft. and not below 500 ft. either, as helicopters were flying below 500 ft. between Cancun and Playa to ferry tourists and business people along the coast. Upon my complaint about the limiting airspace … … guess what Jose’s reply was? …. JU GOT IT, AMIGO!!…. He said, “DON”T WORRY, BE HAPPY”!!
I could go on and on about the flight and the trip, but space is limiting here too. So, if you want to hear more about the flying, the skydiving or the whole enchilada of my trip to Mexico this time, then you must drop in at COBALT AVIATION and look me up so I can shoot more breezes with you. I have about 900 photos to share with you too. Thank God for Digital cameras.
Until then, here is ERISSA saying ADIOS and HASTA LA VISTA again. Blue sky and tail wind to all you pilots and soon to be pilots out there.
Runway 29/11 Playa Del Carmen, Mayan Riviera, Mexico. Yucatan Jungle to the East and Caribbean Sea to the west.