Winds always from the west, that's why the returning flights hit the stream and are an hour shorter. I've hit some pretty significant turbulence though. Just pack lots of jerky and red bull. Sent from my iPhone using FerrariChat
Man, look at that poor guy limping as he squeezes himself out. Looks like the seat is really shoved forward. At first I thought maybe 18hrs isn't terrible in a fairly roomy, modern 172, but with the way that fuel tank makes him positioned, it looks really bad. There's got to be a better method.
I have heard of them being ferried for many years now. There must be a large price difference. And I cannot imagine one being ferried for cheap. I know big sail boats it can be a coin toss sail or pull the stick, rigging and ship depending on a few variables. Has to be more involved than removing the wing and plugging it into a container.
In a former life, I used to deal with designing packaging for a large medical product for GE Healthcare. People really under estimate how expensive packaging can be for small volume stuff. Just thinking thru the gross details: disassembly by a&p(wings, rudder, horizontal stab as container is only 8x8x40ft), make some very custom mounts for all these lose parts using a ton of wood with foam and plastic covering so that paint and aluminum isn't scuffed or dented(you'd have to probably own the container to do this, since you would need a lot of time with it), pickup, dropoff, ship, pickup, unpack, reassemble by a&p, hours of test flights? Sounds like $10k+ and time, though predictable time. Ferrying: no idea on cost, but still time, and unpredictable due to waiting for weather. If I'm buying a new $450K airplane, the ferrying route seems more desirable. I think there's a big risk of damage with all that assembly and transit in a container. Plus, I'm sure Cessna is less willing to honor issues once someone else does the reassembly in HI?
We hosted an owners rally on Maui several years back. We ferried the cars out of San Diego on Pasha lines, there was a 152, wings off, secured inside the ferry. THAT makes sense, flying and hoping for the best, not so much. Ugh. Steve
