[bjoerns]

great story. I used to train on a C152 and knew a few guys at the local aerodrome who had done ferry flights from the US to the UK. Which is something I (as a shitty weekend VFR pilot) have the uttermost respect for. But that story about getting it from Oskosh to Gaborone, wow.

[dingaling]

Textron still deliver some single-engined 172s and 182s eastbound like that. They've recently started staging through Belfast Aldergrove airport, which is what brought it to my attention. I had assumed they'd go as deck cargo.

Daher send TBM turboprops westbound by the same route but at least they're pressurised. Pilatus stage PC-12s through Prestwick in Scotland.

Occasionally at Belfast we see unusual types being ferried by Southern Cross, who specialise in such work:

http://southernx.com

[watersb]

I used to train in C152 that had been fitted with extended fuel tanks; before used as a trainer, it had been used to patrol pipelines in remote parts of Texas. With full tanks, it could fly a long time.

It was a tiny plane. And I was a shitty pilot. Ferrying one across open seas would be amazing and terrifying.