Airplanes For Sale - Global Air Aviation Referral Service

Ferry Trips

Ferry Pilots


May 12, 2026

Ignoring Clint Eastwood's advice in "Dirty Harry" that opinions, like certain body parts, are best kept to yourself.

Cinco de Awful

Literally meaning ''The Fifth of May'', Cinco de Mayo is a Mexican Holiday celebrating the Battle of Puebla, which took place on May 5, 1862. It was one of the few Mexican victories during France's attempt to colonize Mexico. By seizing Mexico, France would be able to exploit its natural resources and support the U.S. Confederacy.

My friend and I arrived about noon on Tuesday May 5th, 2026. I've been celebrating this date for years, and the Mexican restaurants are normally very busy on this day. Not in Cambridge, Minnesota, lots of floor space, but less than 10 people there, including my friend and I, and very little "Mexican atmosphere", if any, I don't remember any background music. The place seemed like a tomb.

The waiter came over with the menus, and I ordered a Marietta. Sorry, the machine that makes them takes two hours and has another hour to go. "You do know this is Cinco de Mayo, right?" No response, and he left.

After a while he came back and we ordered, I asked for the chicken taco platter. When the food arrived, they should have called it an onion taco, more onions than chicken. I tried pick them out, but it was just not good, and I left the second taco untouched, the rice and beans were just so-so, and after a couple of attempts I abandoned them, stacking the plates, and my friend did the same.

The waiter returned with the bill, no conversation, and I remember thinking "for what this meal cost we could have had a decent meal somewhere, and a marguetta".

We left the young man a tip, I could tell he wouldn't be making much money today. I posted my review on Yelp, my friend, who had gone with me that day, commented, ''you know, all of those other customer reviews were glowing, they couldn't say enough good things about this restaurant, it makes me think they were either posted by friends of the owners, or just made up." Could be.

Over the years, I've eaten at some wonderful Mexican restaurants, the one in downtown St. Cloud, Minnesota comes to mind, and the one in Immokalee, Florida that I frequent often in the winter, always busy, always the best food and service.

I was in the banking business for many years, and financed a lot of restaurant operations. Part of my routine to keep my eyes on what they were doing was to eat at them frequently. If this particular restaurant was on my list, I'd have some concerns as to their future.

Please visit my travel blog to learn more about my life on the road.

Follow us as we travel around in our motorhome.

Global Air Aviation Referral Service

I welcome responses, and will be glad to post them here. Email your remarks to ron@global-air.com

This space is waiting for your comment ... Send me an email. ron@global-air.com

Most Recent Editorial

Recent
Global Air Links:

Snake River Farm covers 225 acres of native prairie near Becker, Minnesota. It is a living, breathing landscape that has been carefully preserved and worked for years. Native prairie land is different from regular farmland. It holds a mix of deep-rooted grasses, wildflowers, and natural soil that supports healthy animal grazing, and carries that raw Minnesota character. Animals raised on this kind of terrain tend to be healthier, they move freely, eat naturally, and live the way animals were meant to live.

Knowing death may be near is often challenging to deal with or comprehend. Signs a person is close to dying include decreased appetite, vital sign changes, weakness, and increased sleeping. This article explores 11 signs that death is approaching. It goes on to look at the signs that indicate a person has died and discusses how to cope with the death of a loved one.

On September 29-30, 1941, SS and German police units murdered a significant number of the Jewish population in Kyiv, Ukraine. The massacre occurred at a ravine called Babyn Yar. The victims were forced to undress and then enter the ravine. According to reports sent to the Einsatzgruppen headquarters in Berlin, 33,771 Jews were massacred during this two-day period.

Ted Turner, the media mogul who cut a brash and vivid figure on the American scene of the late 20th century by dominating the cable television industry, creating the 24-hour news cycle with CNN, and extending his restless reach into professional sports, environmentalism and philanthropy, died on Wednesday at his home near Tallahassee, Florida. He was 87.

By capturing the Gallipoli Peninsula, the Allies hoped to threaten the Ottoman capital, Constantinople (now Istanbul) and knock the Turks out of the World War. After 9 months, the Allies withdrew, with 250,000 wounded and killed on both sides. A tragedy forgotten by everyone, it seems, except for New Zealanders, who remember it each April.

The Voyageurs National Park visitor center on Rainy Lake is a 300-mile, five-hour drive north from Minneapolis, and is right on the Canadian border. Rainy Lake is approximately 360 square miles, with 1,850 miles of shoreline and more than 2,000 islands. Approximately 70 percent of Rainy Lake lies in Ontario, and 30 percent in Minnesota. You'll pass thru the city of International Falls on your way to the park entrance.

For more information, call us at 763-389-9399.
Specifications are based upon owner's representations and subject to buyer's verification. Aircraft are subject to prior sale or removal from market. Occasionally, registration numbers on photos may be altered or removed to protect the privacy of the owner, and to ensure that buyers will work with us to complete the purchase.