Aerotime

JUNE 21, 2024

There, it was to be repurposed as a passenger-carrying aircraft for tourist flights and air safaris in Zimbabwe in southern Africa. Their primary task was to perform air-sea rescue missions to recover USAAF pilots who had either been shot down or forced to ditch their aircraft in the North Sea, off the east coast of England.

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Pilot Tail Ferry Flight Clearance 290

Vintage Aviation News

JUNE 7, 2025

In 1941, Gordon enrolled at Page Airways, a flight school and flying service at Rochester Airport. Government’s Civilian Pilot Training Program (CPTP)—an initiative to prepare civilian pilots for potential military service as tensions in Europe escalated. As one associate recalled, “We considered him one of our best pilots.

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Pilot Horizontal Stabilizer Ferry Flight Cockpit 105

Aerotime

JANUARY 15, 2025

Sporting tail numbers 28000 and 29000, the VC-25As have been transporting heads of state for the US since 1987. The pilot would bank the 747 away from the rocket, and after five seconds, it would ignite and take the payload the rest of the distance into orbit. But in 1989, the SCA got a sister.

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Cargo Ferry Flight Tail Horizontal Stabilizer 271

Vintage Aviation News

APRIL 30, 2025

Retaining its four Bristol Hercules radial engines, the interior of the former patrol aircraft was exchanged for passenger cabins that could seat up to 34 passengers in luxurious comfort while being operated by a flight crew consisting of two pilots, a flight engineer, navigator, and a radio operator, with up to three flight attendants.

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Ferry Flight Airlines Airline Tail 99

Vintage Aviation News

SEPTEMBER 20, 2024

“The storm knocked down tents, scattered debris across the airfield, and made it unsafe to continue,” explained CAF Colonel Allan Feek, a pilot for the A-26 Lady Liberty who was also present at the event. A dedicated group of Jayhawk members made two trips to Midland to prepare N44795 for its ferry flight to Wichita.

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Ferry Flight Tail Pilot 98

Vintage Aviation News

JUNE 14, 2024

Lacey was a charming man and was able to convince the base commander to let him take a B-17 that he was interested in for a test flight, as he was a pilot. A young Art Lacey before the ferry flight. 1 British Flying Training School had trained RAF pilots during WWII. This location was where the No.

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Airplanes Cockpit Pilot Runway 119

Vintage Aviation News

JULY 12, 2024

The C-47 also had an astrodome positioned in the cabin roof, strengthened floor components, a double cargo door and a shortened tail-cone for glider-towing shackles, all of which the C-49 did not have. In January 2017, it was cleared for a maintenance ferry flight from Frederick to Tulsa. Here are some specs.

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Cargo Hangar Ferry Flight Weather 116