Thomas Daniel Aviation

09/22/2025

Registration for our flying Mexico 2026 trip is now open. Look into comments for the event site and registration link.
See balloons that you see in that picture? We will fly in them over the pyramids of Teotihuacán. Ever wanted to fly in, not above, Copper Canyon? You will fly in the southern version of the Canyon. Do you like tequila? We will taste it in the town of Tequila.
Join a small group of GA airplanes on that fantastic adventure.

10/14/2024

Join us for the 11th annual trip to Mexico and Central America. This originally started as Cirrus-only, but we now opened it to all airframes, as long as you are ready to fly about 3000 nm starting and ending in KMFE. We will be visiting exceptional properties in Mexico and Costa Rica over 9 days starting on Feb 8th, 2025
Visit event website for itinerary, hotels, flights, pricing information and registration.

Cost Rica, the 11th annual Cirrus trip

12/17/2023

Late cancellation and an open spot in a trip to Guatemala in late January 2024.

https://cfi.thomas-daniel.com/trips/guatemala2024/

It is a fantastic opportunity to visit most interesting sites in Guatemala with a group of like minded pilots, without all the hassles of flying by yourself outside the country.

Contact [email protected] if interested. Only 3 days left for signing up.

01/28/2023

COPA University will hold first CPPP in Alamos, Mexico on April 7-9, 2023 and the registration just opened.

https://na.eventscloud.com/website/51999/

Please check the event website (link above) for the program description and to register. We will be offering ground classes taught by two Platinum CSIP.

Space is currently limited to 24 airplanes, so please consider registering early if you plan to attend. We offer early bird 15% discount when signing up on or before Feb 17, 2023.

Rooms at our destination, Hacienda de los Santos 4 are individually decorated and they vary in size and comfort. Rooms will be assigned in the order of registration!

10/28/2021

After a year of hiatus, our Mexico trips restart in February 2022.
https://cfi.thomas-daniel.com/trips/copa2022
Registration opens this Sunday 10/31/2021 at 1500Z, there will be only 12 airplanes in the group.

The 8th annual COPA trip to Mexico

04/25/2020

This is a commercial maneuver, excellent and essential for maintaining proficiency. As you can see, I am below the pivotal altitude during the turn to the right, but the one to the left is not bad.

04/24/2020

SFO Tower didn't let me do touch and go, but low approach was already fun. I was coming in long due to wake turbulence from preceeding aircraft.

02/28/2020

Another COPA Mexico trip, already 7th. We had fabulous time, visiting three different locations. If you missed it, watch out for the next one, in a year. They sell out fast.

This was already the 7th COPA trip to Mexico. This year, with a trip name México diverso we chose three very different locations, the description is under the link above.

11/21/2019

Registration for the 7th annual COPA trip to Mexico is now open.
https://cfi.thomas-daniel.com/trips/copa2020/

10/14/2019

In two weeks (Oct 26), I will be speaking at BayFlight 2019, talking about our flights in Africa in 2017 and 2019, about reliability of duct tape, my new found preference for low wing airplanes and what passengers think of you when the engine fails over middle of Tanzania.