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The starting date was May 1, 1985, just after sunrise. The four ultralights were lined up in the
cold morning chill, ready to head south. The first leg to Colnet was 74 miles. Following the road was the
rule, and everyone stuck to within gliding distance of it. Our plane suffered a tailwheel injury
when a stray rock appeared suddenly, but we replace it quickly.
The second leg gave us and the other pilots a first taste of the wind. Our checkpoint at
El Rosario was a beautiful strip on the top of a huge mesa. The MXL flipped over at landing,
ending up inverted on the runway, and was destroyed. We flew the last leg of that day to
Santa Ynes.
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The next morning found a new attitude among the remaining three teams. We had all come to the
conclusion that we were not competing with one another, but with the Baja peninsula. We were
faster than either the Weedhopper or the B1-RD. The end of the second day was a real treat
as we flew into Guerrero Negro. On this leg, we made a checkpoint at Punta Prieta, flying
over the Chapalita dry lake. After two hours we saw the big monument at paralel 28: The
division between the Baja Norte and Baja Sur, a few
miles from the Guerrero Negro airport.
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