Ferry Flying; advice requested

[Zebedee Says Boing]

I’ve recently been asked to fly a Cherokee 6 to the States. Having just finished at Oxford with a multi CPL IR and never flown outside the UK there are some things I need to learn about. I have never met or heard of the a/c owner, however he does seem to buy in and sell on many private aircraft.

Please could you list below or e-mail any points you feel I should be considering (not least taking a single engine over a large expanse of water!)

All comments and advice will be very welcome.

Happy Landings,


ZSB.

[HugMonster]

Best advice I caould possibly give you, for your level of experience is DON'T DO IT!

Sorry, but you just don't know enough about all sorts of aspects of aircraft handling in extreme weather, navigation, rules and procedures outside the UK, etc. etc.

You could well be relatively lucky and learn lots. However, the chances are rather stacked against you. You're setting up quite a long possible chain of accident causes, and I could start writing the incident report right now... Chance are they'd never even find your body.

If ferry flying is something you really, really want to get into, find yourself an experienced ferry pilot, and do a few trips with someone who knows the ropes. Otherwise - forget it.

[JJflyer]

Why not do it ??????????????????????????

I did it several times with those hours and as a result I had more and more hours. I didt around 70 or so crossings in airplanes ranging from Archer to DC9. Also Flying Pacific makes Atlantic look like Uncle Bob´s swimming pool :)

I got to be somewhat of a specialist on Cherokee 6´s as I flew those around the Pacific quite a bits. We had a 180 USGal in the back and a 30 USGal tank in the nose + wing fuel I had a total of 297 Gallons of AVGAS on board for those crossings. Equipment wise I had several GPS receivers, handheld Transceiver, liferaft, lifewest, plenty of water and rations to last for a couple of weeks on a strickt diet on a raft.

Anyways the idea of taking an experienced ferry pilot with you is a good one. Should you want one... I´ll more than happy to fly with you and I´ll come for free to refresh my memories. Anyways should you need more info let me know or Email me.

JJ

[eyeinthesky]

I think you'll find that insurance companies won't touch you unless either you've done it before or you have an experienced ferry pilot with you. (Cost of one I heard was c£2000 plus expenses).

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