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Old 9th October 2011, 12:29 PM
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Rumours the aircraft was headed for Australia operating the delivery flight under the US rego.

Anyone have credible info re that?
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Old 9th October 2011, 12:44 PM
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I also heard the plane was ferrying to Australia but I don't really have anything to back it up.

The Cessna 310 did a great landing on the water, good to see no one was hurt. Sorry to the guy who bought it.
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Old 12th October 2011, 11:54 AM
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What a great landing in less than calm conditions, great work by the pilot.
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Old 12th October 2011, 01:12 PM
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Did a bit of research and found the website of the pilot, who happens to own a ferry company / flight school in Spain. From reading some of his stories of past ferrys, he sounds like a bit of a cowboy ... ie. venturing into a non-VHF area of the Atlantic without a working HF radio, ferrying a G100 C182 without knowing how to operate the glass at all !
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Old 12th October 2011, 09:43 PM
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Daniel ,

can you link us to that.

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Old 12th October 2011, 09:50 PM
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http://bmaviation.com/
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Old 13th October 2011, 08:11 AM
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Wow - some ferry 'flight' - would you entrust your new aircraft to this guy:

http://bmaviation.com/article_may2006.html
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Old 13th October 2011, 03:12 PM
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Found out (remembered?) that the fuel guy doesn’t take credit cards, only cash or carnet. Fortunately, I had $500, and a few euros. Fortunately, I had two credit cards, and there was an ATM in the terminal building. Unfortunately, it only dispensed 200 euros for any one card, so I JUST managed to pay him, and have VERY small change left.
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what a cowboy
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