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Re: planes to Culebra
Culebra, Puerto Rico
Author: Mel Davidow (---.miatflad.dynamic.covad.net)
Date:   05-02-04 11:29

I was operations manager for West Indies Airways based at Isla Verde in 1957. I flew many times to Culebra in one of our Cessna 170 aircraft that held one pilot and three paxxengers.

At that time there was no runway or facilities at Culebra and we had to ensure that the Navy was not having live firing on the northwest corner of the island. We used a cowpath for a runway and if the Navy was firing our approach was over the water landing downwind towards the hills just north of the cowpath. The uphill slope of the cowpath helped slow the plane on the landing roll from the higher speed of the downwind approach. I always thought Culebra was a beautiful little island and hope someday to see what it is like today.
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