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?
Fear of Landing
JULY 25, 2025
Sound ยท CRJ 200 ferry flight crash with 19 on board at Kathmandu from Fear of Landing It should have been a simple ferry flight, under 150 kilometres. The question remains: why were there 19 souls, including a young child, on board an aircraft flying for maintenance on a special ferry flight permit?
Photographic Logbook
APRIL 25, 2025
Rob was not just an artist with stick and rudder, but a genuinely kindhearted, warm soul who was an approachable, articulate advocate for aviation. A trivial ferry flight to Langley Air Force Base on April 24, 2025 ended with a jammed control surface that extinguished the light cast by the most storied aerobatic pilot of our generation.
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