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U.S. Registered
Cessna 206 aerial survey work in Eastern Canada - May 1st
thru June 30th.
SCHEDULED
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Retired Navy Captain Hung
Cao came to the United States as a refugee from Vietnam in
1975. After a few years in West Africa, Hung moved to
Virginia as a child, graduating from Thomas Jefferson High
School for Science and Technology in Alexandria. He was
commissioned as a Special Operations Officer (Explosive
Ordnance Disposal and Deep Sea Diving) from the United
States Naval Academy, and served with special operations in
Iraq, Afghanistan, and Somalia. Hungs non-combat
assignments included balancing the Navys $140 billion
budget at the Pentagon, working with Homeland Security, and
the FBI Joint Terrorism Task Force. Hung received his
Masters degree in physics from the Naval Postgraduate
School, and fellowships at MIT and Harvard.
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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.
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.
CANCELLED The
seller is delivering the airplane to the new buyer. Curses, foiled
again.
CFI Rating, Airline
Privileges, Good Total Time, Time in this make and model or similar,
acceptable to the client and his insurance company. From the client:
"I am in the middle of closing on an aircraft that I need
ferried from Tampa FL to St George UT within the next little bit. I
am looking for someone that can ferry this plane. 1977 Commander
114. My hope is to fly the plane back to Utah with a CFI so by the
time we get here I have my 10 hours of training for insurance. Is
this something your services can provide?". Please call me
to discuss. and let me have an estimate of total cost with some
breakdown including your daily rate. As for all other, the client
will be along, paying everything, including your own room at
overnight stops. He agrees with me, this isn't "Planes Trains
and Automobiles".1908
miles PTP
Airline
Privileges, Good Total Time, Time in this make and model or similar,
acceptable to the client and his insurance company. From the client:
"I need a pilot to ferry a Piper Comanche, PA-24-250, from KCOI
to N14 with a stop anywhere in Georgia for a fuel receipt. The
aircraft had an extensive prebuy inspection, is currently getting
fresh annual inspection and IFR inspections. Equipped with STEC 30,
GTX 345, and GTN 650". 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". 867
miles PTP
02/21/24:Our
client in Nova Scotia needs a pilot with 206 experience who could be
interested in doing aerial survey work for a few weeks in Eastern
Canada. This from the client: This project will be about 40
hours of flying over Cap-aux-Meules (CYGR) and then about 4 hours of
flying over West Newfoundland. Timeline is somewhere in between May
1st - June 30th. We will have an aerial LiDAR sensor onboard and be
flying parallel lines." If you are qualified and able to do
this project, please call me right away. The aircraft is U.S.
registered. SCHEDULED
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
The futuristic TWA
Flight Center at John F. Kennedy International Airport,
built in 1962, has been closed and off-limits to the
public since 2001. But, you can see the photos of how it
looks today.
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.
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.