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Ferry flying

Logistical aviation flight

Logistical aviation flight

Ferry flying or a positioning flight is the flying of aircraft for the purpose of returning the aircraft to base, delivering it to a customer, moving it from one base of operations to another, or moving it to or from a maintenance facility that includes maintenance, repair, and operations.

A commercial airliner may need to be moved from one airport to another to satisfy the next day's timetable or facilitate routine maintenance. This is commonly known as a positioning flight or repositioning flight, and may carry revenue freight or passengers as local aviation regulations and airline policies allow. Such flights may be necessary following a major weather event or other similar disruption which causes multiple cancellations across an airline's network resulting in many aircraft and crew being out of position for normal operations; the 2010 eruptions of Eyjafjallajökull or the mass evacuation of US airspace following the 9/11 attacks being significant examples of this.

Ferry permit

A ferry permit is a written authorization issued by a National Airworthiness Authority to move a non-airworthy civil aircraft from its present location to a maintenance facility to be inspected, repaired and returned to an airworthy state.

Ferry pilots

Louise Sacchi flew single- and multi-engine planes 340 times across both the Atlantic and Pacific oceans, breaking several records in the process.

Other notable ferry pilots include:

  • Helen Marcelle Harrison Bristol
  • Lettice Curtis
  • Maureen Dunlop de Popp
  • Mary Ellis, WWII pilot in the United Kingdom
  • Nathan Fielder, comedian who featured himself ferry flying on season 2 of The Rehearsal (TV series)
  • Luis Fontés
  • Joan Hughes
  • Amy Johnson
  • Jim Mollison
  • Robert Neale
  • Robert Olds
  • Jarvis Offutt
  • Jadwiga Piłsudska
  • C. W. A. Scott
  • Diana Barnato Walker
  • Margrit Waltz

References

References

  1. Crane, Dale. (1997). "Ferry flying". Aviation Supplies & Academics.
  2. Claiborne, Matt. (20 July 2020). "What Are Ferry Flights and Positioning Flights".
  3. "Highlights of Louise Sacchi's Aviation History". [[The Ninety Nines]].
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