Leading on.......from further 'due diligence', the airport manager at Ormond Beach has verified that Global Air Ferry is not known OR registered at Hangar 21
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Furthermore, no company by the name of Global Air Ferry LTD has ever been registered in the UK.
Global Air Ferries LTD was registered some 14 years ago and struck off in 2003, so it very hard how to imagine they were allegedly trading in 2006
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This has all the hallmarks of the plank and I believe that whilst we have called many people loons for not doing a google check on weaver, I suspect he is netting his victims through this active back door.
Oh Dear! GAF do seem awfully confused about their history.
The early versions of their site, air-ferry.com, saved on the Wayback Machine say very little of substance about GAF although the copyright at the bottom of the
About Us page is in the name of
Global Air Ferry (PRC)
and on the
Terms and Conditions page they state
Global Air Ferry is an offshore business company. Offices registered in the People's Rupublic of China. Company operations are based globally.
In 2009, the
About Us page claimed that
We started our full operation in 2006 as a new ferry company owned by 2 pilots.
and also states
In 2008, our company was featured in a Chicago Tribune article on ferry pilots and ferry companies. This public exposure plus a spotless aviation record has contributed to Global Air Ferry's already pristine reputation.
The blurb on the
Terms and Conditions page has expanded to say
Global Air Ferry is an offshore business company. Offices registered in the People's Rupublic of China. Address for business communications and legal inquiries: Global Air Ferry Ltd "Fa-May", Tianqu Air Business Bld "C", Beijing Int. Airport, 100621 Chaoyang Distr., China. Flight operations are commonly conducted from the US, most of the EU, Australia, Israel, South Africa, South America and most of the South-East Asia. Pilots are based globally.
The Chicago Tribune article referred to can be found here. By 2011 their site has had a redesign and the
About Us page claims that
Our company was established by 2 fresh flight instructors from UK and Ireland with JAA and FAA commercial licenses.
under a picture of Russ Sherwood in his Air Force uniform. Alongside is the picture of four guys standing in front of an aircraft. This page also states that
We were first registered in the UK under "Global Air Ferry Ltd".
As Jetblu has already stated, this is incorrect as no such company has ever been registered with Companies House in the UK. The similar sounding Global Air Ferries Ltd was incorporated on 23 May 2001 but on 11 November 2003 the first notice was posted in the Gazette for the compulsory striking off of the company with it subsequently being struck off 3 months later and is therefore too early to be the claimed GAF originator. Maybe they confused the UK with China - easy mistake to make - I'm sure it's done all the time.
The About Us page goes on to explain
How did we end up in Russian Federation ?
Decision to de-register our company in the UK and re-register our company in Russia came as an opportunity, when a bigger aviation sales company "Sovrasko/Firstavia Group LLC" from St.Petersburg approached us with a long-term US-Russia aurcraft delivery contract for their sales operation. After meeting these lovely fellas in Moscow, we decided that we could really work together and merged in 2008.
A further redesgn of the site would appear to have happened sometime in 2015 with the current
About Us page stating
Global Air Ferry LTD was originally formed in the United Kingdom as a ferry pilot provision and referal service. The company was formed by four newly qualified commercial pilots and flight instructors, all licensed in the USA, who wanted to establish a new standard in quality airplane transfer service from the United States to EU. After several years of successfull operation, pilot group grew larger and so did their experience. By 2010 GAF offered ferry service for any aircraft from any point to any point in the World. In 2012 GAF was registered in Florida, USA, as a part of Raich Aerospace Group LLC.
Interesting how the 2 founders claimed in 2011 ("2 fresh flight instructors from UK and Ireland") has increased (inflation?) to 4 ("four newly qualified commercial pilots and flight instructors, all licensed in the USA") – maybe as they already had a spiffy picture of four guys standing in front of a plane it was easier to rewrite history rather than find a picture with only two people in it?
Also, no mention of the re-registration in Russia before the claimed registration in Florida in 2012. This, in any case, seems to have been superseded by a move to Virginia as at the bottom left of the page it states
"Global Air Ferry" is a DBA name of Global Air LLC, a registered in the State of Virginia Limited Liability Company. Registered VA LLC#: S5692969.
A search of
The Commonwealth of Virginia’s site confirms the registration number of S5692969 and gives an incorporation date of 14 July 2015 with the contact details as given by Jetblu above. So at least one statement on the site is correct.
Reading through this all again, I guess I have way too much spare time on my hands!