Andrew Ellsworth, M.D. is part of The Prairie Doc team of physicians and currently practices family medicine in Brookings, South Dakota.
While flying for Delta we would go in and out of San Diego, CA a lot. We would land and take off to the west due to the prevailing winds, but also for noise abatement (near idle power over downtown on approach). While climbing a few miles over the ocean we would turn left and then east and fly just inside the US border with Mexico. I remember looking down and seeing big houses on the US side, and …