Ferry Trips Ferry Pilots Articles Editorial Finance Links Videos Email Home Today's Global Air Link Our brains are constantly betraying us, transforming our memories every time we think about them. More Thursday March 30, 2023 10:15 AM CT Refresh UPDATES: Beechcraft Debonair AVAILABLE 1946 Ercoupe 415C ON HOLD 5 Dramatic Airship Accidents You've Never Heard Of Airships were only relatively briefly considered as a reliable means of transportation in the 1920s and 30s before a series of disasters put the dream to rest. Everybody is familiar with the Hindenburg - but how many of these have you heard of? From the USS Los Angeles, Shenandoah, Akron and C-8 to the LZ-104; here are five dramatic airship accidents from history. 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: 03/31/23 Beech Debonair Salisbury, Maryland (SBY) Los Lunas, New Mexico (E98) Map AVAILABLE NOW! Airline Privileges, Good Total Time, and 50 hours minimum in a Beechcraft Bonanza, per the insurance company. 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. 1731 miles PTP 03/22/23 1946 Ercoupe 415C Culpeper ,Virginia (KCJR) Hayward, California (KHWD) Map ON HOLD I believe we have the pilot, but the client wound up in the hospital over the weekend, and it will be a few days before we can close and have the airplane ferried. Airline Privileges, Good Total Time, and Time in an Ercoupe. 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. 2376 miles PTP 03/15/23 Cessna 150 The aircraft has a Ferry Permit signed-off for the trip. The pilot will want to talk to the mechanic for details. Selmer, Tennessee (KSZY) Thomaston, Georgia (KOPN) Map CANCELLED I called the client to see if he could get a local pilot to do this 300 mile trip, bringing someone in from outside would be pretty expensive. Fortunately, he'd done just that, but neglected to let me know. Airline Privileges, Good Total Time, and Time in Type. sufficient for insurance company approval. 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. 292 miles PTP 03/7/23 1960 Cessna 172A See Airplane Bucyrus, Ohio (17G) Gainesville Texas (KGLE) The client can take the ferry pilot to DFW for the return airline trip. Map CANCELLED Once again, I am forced to apologize to the pilots who contacted me on this trip, the client found his own pilot, a young man on his field who offered to do the trip for expenses only. I reminded the client to be sure to run his qualifications by his insurance company before the flight. Airline Privileges, Good Total Time, and Time in Type. sufficient for insurance company approval. 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. 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 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.