Ferry Trips Ferry Pilots Articles Editorial Finance Links Videos Email Home Today's Global Air Link Before the days of long security lines, sad snack packets, and minimal leg room, flying was seen as a luxury experience. Boarding an airplane in the 1950s was comparable to taking a fancy cruise. More Tuesday October 3, 2023 2:30 PM CDT Refresh UPDATES: Zenith CH750 STOL Experimental SCHEDULED Cessna P10 Centurion AVAILABLE New Piper Archer COMPLETED Convair B-36 "Peacemaker" The Convair B-36 "Peacemaker" was a strategic bomber built by Convair and operated solely by the United States Air Force (USAF) from 1949 to 1959. The B-36 was the largest mass-produced piston engine aircraft ever made. It had the longest wingspan of any combat aircraft ever built, at 230 ft. The B-36 was the first bomber capable of delivering any of the nuclear weapons in the U.S. arsenal from inside its four bomb bays without aircraft modifications. With a range of 10,000 miles and a maximum payload of 87,200 lbs, the B-36 was the world's first manned bomber capable of intercontinental flight without refueling. If you are interested in these flights, call me now at 763-389-9399. Do you have a flight resume' worked-up? email it to me now. Weather Radar Be notified of new flights available it's private If our alerts show as "Spam", add robot@alert.changedetection.com to your email contact list Edit Existing Alert PILOTS: Check Kayak to see if your airline privileges will get you to the trip origin, and home from the final destination. CHECK FLIGHTS Distance Between Cities usageo.org citydistancetool.htm Airport Codes 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. I post most, but not all flights. Sometimes, I know exactly who to call to handle the job. But, if I can't get the trip covered quickly, I will post it here. If you have time-off coming up, and can handle a flight, please give me a call. Date: Aircraft: From: To: Map: Status: 10/03/23 Zenith CH750 STOL Experimental Wamego, Kansas (K69K) Aurora, Oregon (KUAO) Map SCHEDULED The client has 8,000 hours total time, has no time in this airplane, and needs a ferry pilot who is a CFIto deliver it and then spend a few hours, perhaps another day after arrival, to check him out, which he needs for his insurance company. Airline Privileges, Good Total Time,and a CFI with Zenith 750 time (see the comment to the right). Please call me to discuss. and let me have an estimate of total cost with some breakdown including your daily rate, estimated meals, motel, and ground transportation expense. As for fuel, just say "plus fuel". 1409 miles PTP 09/19/23 Cessna P210 Centurion An interesting article about the P210, Cessna's only single-engine pressurized aircraft. Ocala, Florida (KOCF) Lakeland, Florida (KLAL) Map AVAILABLE The client says the insurance company is insisting on a pilot well-qualified on this airplane. Call me, please. Airline Privileges, Good Total Time,and Good Experience and Training in a Cessna P210 Centurion. THIS IS A SHORT-HOP DELIVERY. We're hoping to find a pilot qualified to deliver this airplane on this very short flight. Call me to discuss. 79 miles PTP 09/10/23 New PA28-181 Archer (Piper 100i) Vero Beach, Florida (KVRB) Changed to Charleston, South Carolina Map COMPLETED Airline Privileges, Good Total Time,and 25 hours minimum in make and model. The client would like an estimate of total expense, including your daily rate. As for fuel expense, just say "plus fuel".Call me to discuss. 358 miles PTP 09/06/23: A client in Nova Scotia says he needs a pilot someone with 206 experience who could be interested in doing about 20-30 hours or aerial survey work in Nova Scotia early next month. If this is you, please call me right away. SCHEDULED Airline Privileges, Good Total Time,and 25 hours minimum in make and model. The client would like an estimate of total expense, including your daily rate. As for fuel expense, just say "plus fuel".Call me to discuss. 358 miles PTP 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 In 1928, Amelia Earhart became the first woman to fly across the Atlantic. But, not knowing how to fly a multi-engine plane, she rode in the back as a passenger. Nobody remembers the names of the two male pilots, Wilmer Stultz and Louis Gordon. 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 $150 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. Ferry Trips | Ferry Pilots |Articles | Editorials | Aviation Links | Financing | Videos | Home Privacy Policy For more information, call us at 763-389-9399. Specifications are based upon owner's representations and subject to buyer's verification. Aircraft are subject to prior sale or removal from market. Registration numbers on photos may be altered or removed to protect the privacy of the owner, and to ensure that buyers will work with us to complete the purchase.