TAKING FLIGHT: Air charter firms report a...

TAKING FLIGHT: Air charter firms report a brisk business in flights to Baja for Thursday’s solar eclipse. They’re among several Orange County companies reeling in eclipse business (D1). . . . Curt Schalk of Martin Aviation at John Wayne Airport, which has a jet and turboprop taking wing, has had 50 phone calls: “Most are average people who don’t know that you can’t just hitch a ride on somebody else’s flight.” . . . So far, nobody’s asked to fly locally above the morning overcast as a guaranteed, pay-per-view experience.