C421 and ferry tanks
Thread Starter
Join Date: Sep 2004
Location: Where you left me.
Posts: 163
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
C421 and ferry tanks
Hi all,
I hope I'm posting this in the right section, anyway... Does anyone know of a supplier/manufacturer/installer of ferry tanks, in the UK, that I could contact regarding having them fitted to a Cessna 421?
Does anyone know of a 421 that has had this treatment before? Presumably if one has been outfitted with this kit before, CAA approval will be a less time consuming business!? The aircraft needs to be good to go in 8 months time. Does anyone have a rough time scale from installation to approval?
Thanks muchly for any help.
regards
Jim
I hope I'm posting this in the right section, anyway... Does anyone know of a supplier/manufacturer/installer of ferry tanks, in the UK, that I could contact regarding having them fitted to a Cessna 421?
Does anyone know of a 421 that has had this treatment before? Presumably if one has been outfitted with this kit before, CAA approval will be a less time consuming business!? The aircraft needs to be good to go in 8 months time. Does anyone have a rough time scale from installation to approval?
Thanks muchly for any help.
regards
Jim
Join Date: Sep 2004
Location: Leeds
Posts: 125
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
r44flyer
Is this a Cessna 421C
With wing locker tanks you should be ok.We used to ferry from the States ok.
I doubt if you get approval for this type of installation in a UK registered a/c.
L
Is this a Cessna 421C
With wing locker tanks you should be ok.We used to ferry from the States ok.
I doubt if you get approval for this type of installation in a UK registered a/c.
L
Join Date: May 2006
Location: On the right of the clowns and to the left of the jokers
Posts: 307
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
I'd recommend giving Avtech at Biggin Hill a call, they do a lot of work with this type so I would have thought they'd know, and I've always been very impressed with the service.
Thread Starter
Join Date: Sep 2004
Location: Where you left me.
Posts: 163
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
Thanks for the replies.
Sorry, I should have said in my first post that the aircraft will be flying trans-Pacific as well as trans-Atlantic. Even with locker tanks it will still need ferry tanks. Longest over water leg is in excess of 10 hours.
HS125... thanks for the tip, I will contact them to see if they can help. I am also in contact with Far North Aviation in Wick, who appear to know a lot about ferrying. It might be logistically easier to use Biggin, but will keep our optiosn open.
Many thanks
Jim
Sorry, I should have said in my first post that the aircraft will be flying trans-Pacific as well as trans-Atlantic. Even with locker tanks it will still need ferry tanks. Longest over water leg is in excess of 10 hours.
HS125... thanks for the tip, I will contact them to see if they can help. I am also in contact with Far North Aviation in Wick, who appear to know a lot about ferrying. It might be logistically easier to use Biggin, but will keep our optiosn open.
Many thanks
Jim
Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: Hanging off the end of a thread
Posts: 32,974
Received 2,881 Likes
on
1,231 Posts
I would suggest giving CSE Ltd a call at Oxford, they are a main Cessna Dealers and should be able to help you out.............. stupid as it may seem when I was at Rogers Aviation before it went pop we used to have a shed full of ferry tanks that had been used to ferry A/C to the UK then were of no further use... you might find CSE or the likes have similar.
We had a French cessna 310 here that had a wheels up landing here , it was designed to do some really long flights and had a full system for it (not fitted)... it had cabin tanks, nose bay tanks, baggage locker tanks and even a big one down the tail!, I believe it was written off again after being repaired, you might try phoning Steve Coope at Tollerton Aviation, Tollerton Airport Nottingham, he may be able to tell you what happened to the system, as it was all shipped to them with the plane..F-GGGG I think was the original reg. it was boxed up and not in use if i remember correctly..
hope your oil consumptioins are good
We had a French cessna 310 here that had a wheels up landing here , it was designed to do some really long flights and had a full system for it (not fitted)... it had cabin tanks, nose bay tanks, baggage locker tanks and even a big one down the tail!, I believe it was written off again after being repaired, you might try phoning Steve Coope at Tollerton Aviation, Tollerton Airport Nottingham, he may be able to tell you what happened to the system, as it was all shipped to them with the plane..F-GGGG I think was the original reg. it was boxed up and not in use if i remember correctly..
hope your oil consumptioins are good
