USA-AUS Ferry Flight - Attempt to Smuggle Drugs

[B772]

I know of a M20 that was ferried across the Pacific. Have heard of a C172 also !.

I would do it in a Rolls Royce powered turbine P210.

[tail wheel]

Looks like an Allison 250 (-B17??) turbine conversion? Similar engine to the Turbine Islander and Nomad but best known for being the Bell 206 helicopter power plant.

Common US after market conversion for Cessna 206 and Beech Bonanza aircraft.

[RatsoreA]

Originally Posted by tail wheel

Looks like an Allison 250 turbine conversion? Similar engine to the Turbine Islander and Nomad but best known for being the Bell 206 helicopter power plant.

Common US conversion for Cessna 206 and Beech Bonanza aircraft.

Tailwheel,

Look at the link I posted... not an Allison, but a RR.

[tail wheel]

Oakland, California is the usual departure point for light aircraft.

[Tankengine]

Originally Posted by tail wheel

Oakland, California is the usual departure point for light aircraft.

Yep, on San Francisco bay, great museum, long history back to Kingsford Smith etc.

[Capt Fathom]

Look at the link I posted... not an Allison, but a RR.

It's the same engine. RR bought out Allison.

[27/09]

I think it will be interesting to see how this pans out.

I'd say a smart lawyer would say "M Lud, this aircraft is incapable of carrying the the alleged weight of drugs on the long over water legs of the proposed flight. The authorities must be mistaken."

[Band a Lot]

Originally Posted by 27/09

I think it will be interesting to see how this pans out.

I'd say a smart lawyer would say "M Lud, this aircraft is incapable of carrying the the alleged weight of drugs on the long over water legs of the proposed flight. The authorities must be mistaken."

That is an assumption that this aircraft was doing only one run, or that the drugs were not being transported some other way to say Hawaii then getting loaded on this plane.

[gerry111]

Originally Posted by Band a Lot

That is an assumption that this aircraft was doing only one run, or that the drugs were not being transported some other way to say Hawaii then getting loaded on this plane.

Ya kno sumping, Band?

[MagnumPI]

The plot thickens!!

560 pounds of methamphetamine, Santa Rosa plane tied to alleged Australian drug scheme | The Press Democrat

[Flying Binghi]

560 pounds of methamphetamine, Santa Rosa plane tied to alleged Australian drug scheme | The Press Democrat

A "Portly" Australian pilot...


They has probably got the Underbelly plot half written for these villains...






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[piperboy84]

I worked in the California state prison system (CDCR) for 5 years in each of the 33 adult "facilities", if they are convicted on state charges and get porridge I can assure you they will soon discover what sheer hell, relentless terror and abject misery is 24/7.

[gerry111]

Originally Posted by MagnumPI

The plot thickens!!

560 pounds of methamphetamine, Santa Rosa plane tied to alleged Australian drug scheme | The Press Democrat

Hugh Gorman (or is he Walter Mitty?) should thank authorities for capturing him and saving his otherwise doomed life.