To
help keep expenses and travel time down, we try to hire a ferry pilot
reasonably close to the point of origin or the destination, or at least
along the flight path. For example, we wouldn't normally hire a pilot
from California to deliver a plane from Boston to Miami.
Lined-out flights
indicate we've already found a pilot.
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Aircraft: |
From: |
To: |
Map: |
When: |
Status: |
Comment: |
09/17/18
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1975 Beech
A36 Bonanza, IFR Certified with Aspen PFD, Avidyne IFD540/440, L3
Lynx ADS-B, Active Traffic |
FIRST
TRIP:
Stow, Massachusetts (B6B)
RETURN
TRIP:
Fairhope, Alabama (KCQF) |
FIRST
TRIP:
Fairhope, Alabama (KCQF)
RETURN
TRIP:
Stow, Massachusetts (B6B) |
Map
1223
miles PTP |
NO VARIANCE IN SCHEDULE,
THE CLIENT HAS COMMITMENTS
FIRST TRIP:
Tuesday, October 23rd
RETURN
TRIP:
Friday, October 26th
No need to stay
with the plane, return on Friday, or we can use another pilot for
the return. |
AVAILABLE |
Airline
Privileges / Good Total Time and IFR experience if weather becomes a
factor/ Good Time in Make and Model, sufficient for insurance
company and client approval / Client will acconpany and pay
expenses, but needs to know your daily rate and other costs you may
need to pay. |
09/17/18
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Piper
Cherokee 235 |
Two Harbors,
MN |
Pierre,
SD
(Client will
pay for a ticket to Denver or Watertown, SD on
California
Pacific Airlines (only way out flying commercial).
Watertown is served by Great Lakes Airlines and Frontier.) |
Map
450
miles PTP |
ASAP
- TUESDAY |
SCHEDULED |
Airline
Privileges / Good Total Time / a minimum of 25 hours in make and
model sufficient for insurance company approval / Client would like
a good estimate or quote for this trip, including a breakdown of
your fee, meals, motel, ground transportation, other expenses, and
say "plus fuel". |
09/11/18:
Live in Colorado, have airline privileges and time in Lance,
Saratoga or Cherokee Six, and have time to deliver an airplane in
Colorado? |
COMPLETED |
09/10/18
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1968 Cessna 172
IFR
Certified |
Norfolk, VA (KPVG) |
Hudson, NY (1B1) |
Map
391
miles PTP |
Now,
before Hurricane Florence comes ashore. |
CANCELLED
Client was able to find a local pilot to get the
plane out of danger. |
Airline
Privileges / Good Total Time / EXPERIENCED IFR PILOT CLOSE TO
THE PLANE, IF POSSIBLE, used to flying in less than perfect
weather, with a minimum of 25 hours in make and model sufficient for
insurance company approval / Client would like a good estimate or
quote for the trip, including a breakdown of your fee, meals,
motels, ground transportation, other expenses, and say "plus
fuel". The client is a young, lower time pilot, who needs
our help to get this plane out of harms way. |
09/04/18
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1968 Cessna 172
|
Enid, Oklahoma
(KWDG) |
Canton, Illinois
(KCTK) |
Map
511
miles PTP |
Next
Week |
CANCELLED
We
found the pilot, but then the client said he might just have the
seller deliver it. |
Airline
Privileges / Good Total Time, with a minimum of 25 hours in make and
model sufficient for insurance company approval/ /Client would like
a good estimate or quote for the trip, including a breakdown of your
fee, meals, motels, ground transportation, other expenses, and an
estimate of fuel expense, assuming tanks are empty now. |
08/17/18
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1966 Cessna 150F
with 150 HP Conversion
Out of Annual since 2015, but client
is an IA and can sign-off . |
Palmer, Alaska (50
East of Anchorage) |
Hood River, Oregon
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Map
2446
miles Driving Distance |
Next
Week |
ON
HOLD
Sale may not close for several weeks. |
Airline
Privileges, Good Total Time, Experience flying to and from Alaska,
with a minimum of 25 hours in similar aircraft sufficient for
insurance company approval. Client would like an good estimate or
quote for the trip, including a breakdown of your fee, meals,
motels, groundtransportation, other expenses, and you can say "plus
fuel". |
08/10/18
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U.S. Registered
Piper Navajo |
Miami, Florida |
Guatemala City,
Guatemala |
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Ready
Now |
COMPLETED |
Good
Total Time and Recent Time in the Piper Navajo / Experience flying
over water and in Central America. If this is you, please call me
right away. |
08/10/18
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1973 Grumman
American AA-5 |
Charleston, West
Virginia (CHS) |
El Paso, Texas (ELP) |
Map
1466
miles PTP |
Monday
or Tuesday
August 13th or 14th |
COMPLETED
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Airline
Privileges / Good Total Time, with a minimum of 25 hours in make and
model or similar aircraft sufficient for insurance company approval/
/Client would like an good estimate or quote for the trip, including
a breakdown of your fee, meals, motels, ground transportation, other
expenses, and what fuel cost would be, assuming tanks are full at
start. |
08/09/18 |
1946 Aeronca 7AC
no electrical system with handheld radio |
Hibbing, Minnesota
(HIB)
Hibbing is served by Delta. |
El Reno, Oklahoma
(RQO) |
Map
859
miles PTP |
Mid-September |
ON
HOLD
Sale may not close for several weeks.(FAA
paperwork problem.) |
Airline
Privileges / Good Total Time, Good Tail Wheel Time, with a minimum
of 25 hours in make and model sufficient for insurance company
approval/ /Client would like an good estimate or quote for the trip,
including a breakdown of your fee, meals, motels, ground
transportation, other expenses, and you can say "plus fuel".
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08/08/18 |
1960 Cessna 175
with the G0-300 engine |
Kalamazoo, Michigan
(AZO) |
Colville,
Washington (63S) |
Map
1605
miles PTP |
Mid-August
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COMPLETED |
Airline
Privileges / Good Total Time, with a minimum of 25 hours in make and
model sufficient for insurance company approval/ Client would like
an good estimate or quote for the trip, including a breakdown of
your fee, meals, motels, ground transportation, other expenses, and
you can say "plus fuel". |
08/08/18 |
Pitts S2B |
Airpark near
Denver, Colorado |
San Francisco,
California (KLVK or KE16) |
Map
986
miles PTP |
Between
9/9/18 and 9/15/18 |
COMPLETED
|
Airline
Privileges / Good Total Time, Good Tail Wheel Time, with a minimum
of 25 hours in make and model sufficient for insurance company
approval/ Experience flying in the West / Client would like an good
estimate or quote for the trip, including a breakdown of your fee,
meals, motels, ground transportation, other expenses, and you can
say "plus fuel". |
08/07/18 |
PA-18-95 Supercub
90 HP |
Camarillo,
California (KCMA) |
Conyers, Georgia
(GA80) |
Map
1999
miles PTP |
Mid to
Late August |
SCHEDULED |
Airline
Privileges / Good Total Time, Good Tail Wheel Time, with a minimum
of 25 hours in make and model sufficient for insurance company
approval/ /Client would like an good estimate or quote for the trip,
including a breakdown of your fee, meals, motels, ground
transportation, other expenses, and what fuel cost might be,
assuming tanks are full at start. |
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Need an aircraft
ferried?
Or, are you a pilot who can handle one of these
flights? Call me now at 763-389-9399. |
Abbreviations:
PTP = Point To
Point (distance)
TMM = Time in Make &
Model
IR = Instrument Rated
CE
= Considerable Experience
(TMM,
Total Time, Years)
CFI =
Certified Flight Instructor
CWA =
Client Will Accompany Pilot
OOA =
Out Of Annual |
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 How
This Works
I am acting as an agent
in this transaction, placing you in touch with a client needing an
airplane ferried. I am paid by the client, generally $125 for single
engine or light twin in the lower 48 states. Finding pilots for
over-water or foreign trips is more, or if you require a CFI to
accompany you, or an A&P mechanic to inspect the plane before
ferrying it. Whatever arrangement you make with the client is
between the two of you, and you agree that I am not responsible in
anyway for the aircraft or the transaction. Be
sure that I have a copy of your flight resume', so that I can
provide information about you to the client and the insurance
company covering the flight. You fly under the owner's
policy.
It is the responsibility of the client to approve the pilot
as qualified to fly the plane and make the deal, and to provide
insurance coverage. It is your responsibility to deliver the plane
and be paid directly by the client. You are not a Kamakazee, and you
should expect the plane to be in airworthy condition. Out-of-Annual
aircraft, with a ferry permit, are considered on a case-by-case
basis.
 Generally,
our veteran pilots charge $250 to $350 a day for light aircraft in
the lower 48 states, sometimes more, sometimes less, plus all the
expenses of the trip, including fuel, meals, motels, charts, and
needed ground transportation. Twin-engine and more complex aircraft
generally command higher fees. Time is generally computed from the
time you leave home, until you arrive back home. Clients need to get
you to an airport for the trip home, and often tip for a job well
done.
Clients
sometimes ask us for pilots with CFI and CFI II experience, and they
want to ride along to log required insurance time. Some ferry pilots
charge extra for that service, others do not.
Some planes cruise at faster speeds and take more fuel, but
use less motel, meals, and pilot time. Often, the plane is full of
fuel at the beginning of the trip, courtesy of the seller, saving
the buyer some cost, and pilots tned to fly longer into the evening
during the Summer months, covering more distance per-day. Winter
trips, on the other hand, tend to take longer and are more
expensive. Also, VFR flights often require the purchase of charts,
where IFR-equipped planes often have modern GPS equipment, saving
that expense. If charts are necessary, we need to pass that expense
on to the client, and quote "so much a day for the pilot, plus
fuel and charts"... And, again, we remind the client of the
custom to "tip the pilot" for good service. Some clients
do, others don't.
All parties, including pilot, aircraft
owner, and anyone else involved, agree that I am simply providing
contact with pilots willing to ferry aircraft, do not warranty the
qualifications or abilities of pilots presented, and am held
harmless from all subsequent actions. |
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