Ferry flying
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Ferry flying refers to delivery flights for the purpose of returning an aircraft to base, moving an aircraft from one base of operations to another or moving an aircraft to or from a maintenance facility for repairs, overhaul or other work
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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.
, who flew single and multi engine planes 340 times across both the Atlantic and Pacific oceans, breaking several records in the process.
Other ferry pilots
Maintenance, repair, and operations
Maintenance, repair, and operations or maintenance, repair, and overhaul involves fixing any sort of mechanical or electrical device should it become out of order or broken...
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Ferry permit
A ferry permit is a written authorization issued by a National Airworthiness AuthorityNational Airworthiness Authority
The National Aviation Authority is the government statutory authority in each country that oversees the approval and regulation of civil aviation.-Role:...
to move a non-airworthy
Airworthiness
Airworthiness is a term used to describe whether an aircraft has been certified as suitable for safe flight. Certification is initially conferred by a Certificate of Airworthiness from a National Airworthiness Authority, and is maintained by performing required maintenance actions by a licensed...
civil aircraft from its present location to a maintenance facility to be inspected, repaired and returned to an airworthy state.
Ferry pilots
One famous ferry pilot was Louise SacchiLouise Sacchi
Louise Sacchi, , was an aviator and author who flew numerous times across the world's oceans, often solo, ferrying single and multi-engine planes. As the first international woman ferry pilot, she piloted planes across the Pacific and Atlantic oceans over 340 times, more than any other non-airline...
, who flew single and multi engine planes 340 times across both the Atlantic and Pacific oceans, breaking several records in the process.
Other ferry pilots
- Helen Marcelle Harrison BristolHelen Marcelle Harrison BristolHelen Harrison-Bristol was a pioneering Canadian female civil aviation instructor and the first Canadian Air Transport Auxiliary ferry pilot during Second World War.- Early years :...
- Lettice CurtisLettice CurtisLettice Curtis is an English woman aviator, flight test engineer, air racing pilot and sportswoman.Curtis was born and brought up in Devon and was educated at Benenden School and St Hilda's College, Oxford, where in addition to studying Mathematics, she was Captain of the University Women's Lawn...
- Luis FontésLuis FontésLuis Fontés was a British racing driver of Argentine parentage who, along with John Stuart Hindmarsh, won the 1935 24 Hours of Le Mans for the Lagonda automobile company...
- Joan HughesJoan HughesJoan Lily Amelia Hughes, MBE was a World War II ferry pilot and one of Britain's first female test pilots.Hughes was born in the West Ham district of London in 1918...
- Amy JohnsonAmy JohnsonAmy Johnson CBE, was a pioneering English aviator. Flying solo or with her husband, Jim Mollison, Johnson set numerous long-distance records during the 1930s...
- Jim MollisonJim MollisonJames Allan Mollison was a famous Scottish pioneer aviator who set many records during the rapid development of aviation in the 1930s.-Early years:...
(Amy Johnson's husband) - Robert NealeRobert Neale (pilot)A Seattle resident, Robert Neale was a United States Navy dive-bomber pilot on the aircraft carrier when he joined the American Volunteer Group of the Chinese Air Force in the summer of 1941....
- Robert OldsRobert OldsRobert Olds was a general officer in the United States Army Air Forces, theorist of strategic air power, and proponent of an independent United States Air Force. Olds is best known today as the father of Brig. Gen...
- Jadwiga Piłsudska
- C. W. A. Scott
- Diana Barnato WalkerDiana Barnato WalkerDiana Barnato Walker MBE FRAeS was an English aviatrix and horse rider, the first British woman to break the sound barrier.-Biography:...
See also
- Air Transport AuxiliaryAir Transport AuxiliaryThe Air Transport Auxiliary was a British World War II civilian organisation that ferried new, repaired and damaged military aircraft between UK factories, assembly plants, transatlantic delivery points, Maintenance Units , scrap yards, and active service squadrons and airfields—but not to...
- RAF Ferry CommandRAF Ferry CommandThe RAF Ferry Command had a short life, but it spawned, in part, an organisation that lasted well beyond the war years during which it was formed.-History:...
- Women Airforce Service PilotsWomen Airforce Service PilotsThe Women Airforce Service Pilots and its predecessor groups the Women's Flying Training Detachment and the Women's Auxiliary Ferrying Squadron were pioneering organizations of civilian female pilots employed to fly military aircraft under the direction of the United States Army Air Forces...
- United Kingdom aircraft test serialsUnited Kingdom aircraft test serialsUnited Kingdom aircraft test serials are used to externally identify aircraft flown within the United Kingdom without a full Certificate of Airworthiness...