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Very cool. Surely there are other ways to transport light aircraft though...
by anjc 11y ago
Very cool. Surely there are other ways to transport light aircraft though...
- organsnyder 11y agoSeems like many of these aircraft would fit in shipping containers with some slight disassembly.
- dagurp 11y agoThat's usually how it's done when you buy a new plane.
- raverbashing 11y agoDo you have a source or you're assuming? (except for ultralights, of course) It is usually sent by container in cases, for example, where maintenance is needed But even small aircraft can be ferried without many issues (beyond a convoluted path)
- dagurp 11y agoI don't have any source besides myself. I live in Iceland though so I'm wrong to assume that this is the norm everywhere else.
- raverbashing 11y agoWhich is funny because a lot of ferry routes go through Iceland http://220kts.com/ferry-flights/atlantic-ferry-routes.html http://220kts.com/ferry-flights/atlantic-ferry-routes.html
- clamprecht 11y agoYep.. here's a pic of an L-39 Albatros being shipped from Germany to the US after a nice restoration: http://imgur.com/FfkBMjC http://imgur.com/FfkBMjC It was probably just cheaper and less risky to put it in a box. (The L-39's range is only about 550 nautical miles, maybe 700 on a good day). That said, here's an article written by a pilot who ferried an L-39 across the Atlantic. It talks about all the details that had to be taken care of (even more so since it was a former military jet): http://www.internationaljets.com/overtheocean.html http://www.internationaljets.com/overtheocean.html http://www.internationaljets.com/overtheocean2.html http://www.internationaljets.com/overtheocean2.html
- sokoloff 11y agoThanks for the L-39 stories! I don't want to own one, as I'm sure I'd eventually bore of 100gph fuel burns, but I enjoy the rented ride.
- bosdev 11y agoThat's another option, but it's generally cheaper to pay a pilot to fly them. Risky or not, there are always pilots looking for work.