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Old 16th Nov 2005, 07:45
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Back in '88 ferried an AS365N from Maastricht to Port Harcourt.
Route was Maastricht Marseilles (Fuel) Algiers (nightstop). Algiers El Golea (fuel) Tamanrasset (nightstop). Tamanrasset Agades Kano Port Harcourt. A total flight time of 22 hours 55 mins. Two pilots, one engineer, one SA330 ferry tank in the back and the standard ferry tank in the baggage bay meant oodles of fuel. Basic aircraft fit i.e. no GPS etc made for an interesting navigation exercise over the desert, but it worked as all three crew are still flying/mending.
Others flew SA330's from France to Indonesia, 212 to Australia, 330's and 365N's to India and back again.
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