Vintage Aviation News

NOVEMBER 11, 2024

Boeing B-17E (s/n 41-2595) Desert Rat By Scott Thompson of Aero Vintage One of the B-17s, known as Yankee Lady , has recently completed a ferry flight westward from Willow Run Airport in Ypsilanti, Michigan. Registered as 44-85829 (N3193G), this aircraft has served as the flagship of the Yankee Air Museum for nearly four decades.

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Simple Flying

DECEMBER 22, 2024

Last Friday, the latest QantasLink De Havilland Dash 8-Q400 (not pictured) to join the fleet operated its first commercial flight in Australia after surviving what may be one of the longest ferry flights on record.

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Ferry Flight 104

Simple Flying

MAY 8, 2025

On April 16, 2025, a Frontier Airlines Airbus A320neo registered as N369FR operated flight 9369 from San Francisco to Denver. This was not one of Frontier's usual daily services, but was rather a ferry flight. This is the term used when an airline operates a flight that doesn't carry passengers.

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Ferry Flight Airlines Airline 110

AV Web

FEBRUARY 8, 2025

Coulson Flying Tanker head Wayne Coulson told Nanaimo News Now that after months of maintenance and the engine swaps it’s now up to the weather to decide the schedule for the ferry flight that will ultimately take it from its home base in Port Alberni on British Columbia’s Vancouver Island to the Pima Air and Space Museum in Tucson.

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Vintage Aviation News

FEBRUARY 19, 2025

On July 25, 1944, Bf 109 G-6 160756 was on a formation ferry flight with fifteen other Bf 109s over northern Italy from Maniago, in the foothills of the Italian Alps, to Ghedi, 85 kilometers (53 miles) east of Milan. Route of Darbois formation ferry flight (blue), and his escape route (red).

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World Airline News

NOVEMBER 25, 2024

The aircraft was officially handed over this morning to Emirates and will soon embark on its ferry flight from Toulouse (TLS) to Dubai today at 1600hrs local time. The delivery flight for the newest member of the Emirates fleet was powered by a blend of jet fuel and sustainable aviation fuel (SAF).

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Ferry Flight Jet Airline Airlines 59

Vintage Aviation News

APRIL 10, 2025

Preparing for the Ferry Flight As part of the aircrafts transition to its new home, Job Savage is undergoing a thorough checkout process under the instruction of Tony Wood, a seasoned pilot known for flying the Cavanaugh Flight Museums Skyraiders. Marine Corps markings, which it still wears today.

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Flying Magazine

JUNE 23, 2025

The Rest of the Pilatus Story The PC-12NGX turboprop ditching shown in the main image resulted from fuel starvation about halfway through a ferry flight from California to Hawaii. While en route at FL280, the crew attempted to transfer fuel from a ferry tank to the mains. Do you really want to give it another opportunity?

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Cranky Flier

JUNE 17, 2025

It could be charters or maintenance ferry flights… anything that doesn’t fit into regular schedule operations falls into that bucket. So when you hear of big airlines saying they are running out of flight numbers, they aren’t making that up. At the very end, there are a few hundred that aren’t assigned.

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Air Traffic Control Ferry Flight Airplanes Airline 147

Universal Weather

APRIL 14, 2025

Who Must Comply All GA operators , including non-commercial business flights, must now submit API data when operating to/from Trkiye. This includes both: International flights (departing from or arriving in Trkiye) Domestic flights (internal repositioning, ferry flights, etc.)

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Vintage Aviation News

JULY 3, 2025

Navy North American AJ-1 Savage (BuNo 122590) in flight over southern California (USA). This was the first production aircraft, and it already crashed and burned near Bedford, Virginia (USA) on 22 June 1950 on a ferry flight from Edwards Air Force Base, California to Naval Air Station Patuxent River, Maryland (USA).

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World Airline News

FEBRUARY 18, 2025

During its ferry flight to Taiwan, the new aircraft operated with a 30% blend of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF), reducing approximately 61,500 kilograms of carbon dioxide emissions, showcasing EVA Airs dedication to environmental sustainability. The newly delivered Boeing 787-9 aircraft (Registration No.

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Narrow-Body Aircraft Wide-Body Aircraft Ferry Flight Aviation Technology 52

Vintage Aviation News

DECEMBER 19, 2024

Three trips to Vermont and six days worth of work in the snow later, Thun and Merritt loaded a 55-gallon oil drum in the aircraft now registered as N43XX and topped off with 800 gallons of avgas.

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Vintage Aviation News

JANUARY 1, 2025

[Photo: Howard Mitchell] After a number of years, the aircraft and sister Twin Pioneers languished with several grand plans and little action until acquired by Sy Allsep through a remarkably difficult process, being ferried to Sydney, NSW in 2007.

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Ferry Flight Pilot Airline Airlines 52

Vintage Aviation News

JULY 3, 2025

Under Bibber’s ownership, the Crane accumulated an additional 400 flight hours. Photo via Scott Thompson Several years ago, Bibber sold the T-50 to a buyer in the United Kingdom with initial plans to attempt a transatlantic ferry flight.

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Universal Weather

MARCH 10, 2025

Parking Availability & Challenges Parking is generally available; however, overnight and long-stay parking can be difficult to secure, particularly for ferry flights (no passengers on board) unless it is for crew rest. During peak monthsApril, July, and Augustparking shortages can occur, requiring early planning.

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Clearance Ferry Flight Flight Plan General Aviation 52

Photographic Logbook

DECEMBER 29, 2024

") The Pru, Christian Science Plaza, and Symphony Hall in Boston on Jul 9, 2024. (" The Flying Bear Goes to Beantown | Part 3, Three if by Air ") Sunset over Rochester, NY on Jun 10, 2024. (" Lights of Home ") Statue of Liberty on Jul 21, 2024. (" Seventh Time is the Charm: The Skyline Route ") Bass Islands in Lake Erie on Oct 11, 2024. (" The Key (..)

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Flying Magazine

MAY 24, 2025

Shapiro is a prominent music executive and drummer, and a pilot who owns the flight school and ferry flight business Velocity Aviation. The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) has reported finding parts of the jet beneath power lines about 2 miles southeast of the airport.

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Vintage Aviation News

JANUARY 27, 2025

While the Lockheed P-38 Lightning may have had a rough start, its subsequent career has established it as a favorite of many WWII aviation enthusiasts, and whenever one of the last remaining airworthy examples flies at an airshow, it remains a big crowd pleaser, more than 80 years after its first flight.

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Vintage Aviation News

JUNE 7, 2025

Root was tasked with ferrying a P-51B-5-NA Mustang, serial number 43-6529, from Niagara Falls, New York to Newark, New Jersey, where it would be shipped to the European theater. After a brief reunion, Lt. Root resumed his mission. At approximately 1500 Eastern War Time, he took off from Rochester Airport.

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Vintage Aviation News

JUNE 26, 2025

1 P1344 was one of 32 Hampdens on a ferry flight from Sumburgh in the Shetland Islands to northern Russia in 1942, destined to protect Arctic convoys. Since then, the superb Vickers Wellington Mk.X MF628 has been moved to the main display hangars and fully assembled as of April 2023. The Handley Page Hampden TB.1

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Vintage Aviation News

JULY 4, 2025

1 P1344, was among 32 Hampdens undertaking a ferry flight from Sumburgh in the Shetland Islands to northern Russia in 1942, part of a mission to support Arctic convoy operations. In September of that year, it was shot down over the Kola Peninsula by Messerschmitt Bf 109 fighters.

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AV Web

MAY 28, 2024

The aircraft was on a ferry flight from the Lockheed Martin facility at the Naval Air Reserve Station in Fort Worth to Edwards Air Force Base. The post F-35B Crashes On Ferry Flight To Edwards Air Force Base appeared first on AVweb. It stopped at Albuquerque for fuel.

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AV Web

MAY 28, 2024

The aircraft was on a ferry flight from the Lockheed Martin facility at the Naval Air Reserve Station in Fort Worth to Edwards Air Force Base. The post F-35B Crashes On Ferry Flight To Edwards Air Force Base appeared first on AVweb. It stopped at Albuquerque for fuel.

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Ferry Flight Pilot 98

AV Web

MAY 28, 2024

The aircraft was on a ferry flight from the Lockheed Martin facility at the Naval Air Reserve Station in Fort Worth to Edwards Air Force Base. The post F-35B Crashes On Ferry Flight To Edwards Air Force Base appeared first on AVweb. It stopped at Albuquerque for fuel.

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Aerotime

SEPTEMBER 26, 2024

The aircraft departed Teruel at 14:30 on September 13, 2024, and headed on its six-hour flight ‘home’ to Abu Dhabi where it will undergo post-storage maintenance and reentry-into-service checks. The ferry flight was the aircraft’s first venture into the air since it had arrived in Spain over four years ago.

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Ferry Flight Airlines Airline 300

Aerotime

OCTOBER 24, 2024

It is understood that the three A380s in question are already in long-term storage at LDE so no ferry flights will be needed before work can begin. EastMerchant Capital’s technical partner under the agreement with TARMAC Aerosave is AMS Aircraft Services based close to London Gatwick Airport (LGW).

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Tarmac Ferry Flight Hangar Jet 294

Aerotime

NOVEMBER 1, 2024

The carrier, formerly an all-turboprop operator, will introduce its newest aircraft by the end of 2024, following the aircraft completing maintenance checks and a ferry flight from Europe to Australia scheduled to happen sometime in November 2024, according to ch-aviation.

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Ferry Flight Cargo Airline Airlines 264

Aerotime

JUNE 14, 2024

In a surprise to many, the aircraft seems to have escaped retirement and is already back flying commercial flights for BA on domestic routes across the UK as well as internationally.

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Ferry Flight Runway Airline Airlines 258

Simple Flying

NOVEMBER 28, 2024

on November 28, the Chinese self-developed Comac C919 , bearing the registration number B-657T, successfully completed ferry flight MU9002 from Shanghai Pudong International Airport (PVG) to Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport (SHA). At 9:47 a.m.

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Ferry Flight Airlines Airline 110

Aerotime

JUNE 12, 2024

With its arrival back at its home airport, the ferry flight marked the end of a four-year-long saga that saw much of the carrier’s fleet mothballed. In all, 70 aircraft were sent by the carrier to be stored in the dry, arid conditions of the Australian desert. The plane had been in Alice Springs since September 2020.

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Ferry Flight Weather Hangar Airline 278

Aerotime

APRIL 29, 2024

It carries 294 passengers in a three-class layout and sports a special external color scheme marking Polish independence.

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Ferry Flight Hangar Airline Airlines 258

Simple Flying

AUGUST 11, 2024

Flying in private jets is usually perceived as one of the most expensive ways to get around - and it can be, with flights between Paris and London selling for around 5,500 ($6,000) with a local charter operator. Let's find out how it works and what options you may have should you want to try it out yourself.

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Ferry Flight Jet 110

AV Web

AUGUST 8, 2024

A Cessna 172 has gone viral on social media this week as it completed a ferry flight from California to Hawaii. The flight was more than three times the range of the 2018 Cessna 172 Skyhawk SP, making it an impressive feat.

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Vintage Aviation News

JULY 10, 2024

July 11, 2024 After eight years, the Hawaii Mars finally floated again on the water, but not only this, it performed taxi tests in preparation for the ferry flight from Sproat Lake to the B.C. photo by Rob Frolic – 2015) The team at Coulson Aviation has been working on getting the airplane ready for the ferry flight.

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Ferry Flight Primary Flight Display Cockpit Flight Plan 119

Simple Flying

AUGUST 6, 2024

It is always exciting when an airline receives a new aircraft type, usually attracting lots of attention starting with the handover and the ferry flight home to its new base. It is also heartening to see when the aircraft settles into its work and delivers its expected promise, mainly as the fleet grows.

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Ferry Flight Airline Airlines 93

Aerotime

FEBRUARY 24, 2025

Indeed, the last flight to depart the airport on the eve of its closure was a Cathay Pacific Airbus A340-300 departing on a ferry flight to the new airport located just a few miles away at Chep Lap Kok.

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Ferry Flight Runway Airline Airlines 216