My friend was a very interesting guy. We became close in Fairbanks. He moved back to Brownsville and was one of the contraband smugglers flying north to south into Mexico described in “Over & Back” by “Wild Bill” Callahan. Weird to think now but at the time, preNAFTA, Mexico had a 100% add-on tax for electronics. Made for lucrative trade flying in loads of TVs, and stereos.
Yeah, I had a friend with a 140. It was lots of fun.
My friend was a very interesting guy. We became close in Fairbanks. He moved back to Brownsville and was one of the contraband smugglers flying north to south into Mexico described in “Over & Back” by “Wild Bill” Callahan. Weird to think now but at the time, preNAFTA, Mexico had a 100% add-on tax for electronics. Made for lucrative trade flying in loads of TVs, and stereos.
Might make a topic for good aviation-related book.