Pucker Factor Scales?

[100-1/2]

Exactly where would you rate this?

http://flightaware.com/live/flight/N108JA

 

[corpflunkie]

So tight, you couldn't pull dental floss out.

 

[shooter]

You would be more relaxed seeing those glue strips that hold on the TP to the roll after a taco-nacho feast that that flight.

http://grandcaravan.cessna.com/range.chtml

That must also be one light bladder holding his additional fuel.

 

[A-Track]

Wow, how much fuel do you have to cram in there to make a caravan run for 14 hours.

 

[DZ BUM & EFS]

Man that is some huge brass ones

 

[DZ BUM & EFS]

Wow, how much fuel do you have to cram in there to make a caravan run for 14 hours.

Well it comes stock with about 7 hrs. So you must have one heck of a tailwind or have plan "B"
A man would be advised to bring along a parachute.

 

[hawk16e]

Is that our NW Pilot?

A man would be advised to bring along a parachute.[/quote]

I've got a friend who ferried a twotter fro Australia. He said if one quit he would have just pressed forward on the yoke. "Maybe they would find you after a day, maybe they wouldn't"

 

[CrimsonEclipse]

My personal record in a Van is 5 hr.
13 hr?! Oh HELLLLLL NO!!

CE

 

[CaravanMan]

I hope his iPod was charged!

 

[Way2Broke]

Just another day in the life of a Pacific Wings pilot.

 

[100-1/2]

Soooooo, this was a return trip?

It is not a delivery of a new van (2002 Model S/N).

And just days after an engine out on another van in MI?


Sorry, No island hopping 'wannabe' 121 outfit pays enough for a line crew to make that flight.

Revenue 135 or not, how does an operator comply with the flight/duty day like that? "Unless otherwise approved by the administrator..."?

100-1/2

 

[PUNISHER]

Soooooo, this was a return trip?

It is not a delivery of a new van (2002 Model S/N).

And just days after an engine out on another van in MI?


Sorry, No island hopping 'wannabe' 121 outfit pays enough for a line crew to make that flight.

Revenue 135 or not, how does an operator comply with the flight/duty day like that? "Unless otherwise approved by the administrator..."?

100-1/2

Heavy crew it, lol. Seriously though, this looks like a ferrying flight which would most likely be conducted under 91. No flight and duty requirements to comply with.

 

[DZ BUM & EFS]

My personal record in a Van is 5 hr.
13 hr?! Oh HELLLLLL NO!!

CE

Mine was 5 hrs 36 min, PDX-PHX then I did it again the next day 5 hrs 36 min. PHX-PDX. All you need is a few sanwiches and bottles of H2o to fill back up.

 

[DZ BUM & EFS]

Is that our NW Pilot?

A man would be advised to bring along a parachute.

I've got a friend who ferried a twotter fro Australia. He said if one quit he would have just pressed forward on the yoke. "Maybe they would find you after a day, maybe they wouldn't"[/quote]
In a twotter you got two turning.

 

[727C47]

ferried a DC3 OAK-HNL a few years back,14.5 hrs,but we had 2 engines,3 crew, and could walk around a bit to stretch our legs,that guy,or girl had their work cut out for them with that sorte. God bless em !

 

[KingNothing]

What a tool

 

[skydivinguy]

Had a lady ferry pilot bring one from Hayward to Kahului, Maui several years ago to Pacific Wings.

She was 14.5 hours. Had 3 aux tanks in the fuselage for 5,000 lbs total fuel.

Darn thing sheared it's scavenge pump drive shaft shortly after we put it in service, pilots had to do a turnback and land on another island since the engine pissed all the oil overboard.

I was thinking that God was looking out for the lady on her trans pacific flight.

 

[FearlessFreep]

Back in around 1995 did a C-208 ferry flight from KOAK to WMKK (Kuala Lumpur) via PHNL (Honolulu), PKMJ (Majaro) and PTRO (Palau). It was a brand new aircraft being delivered to the Malaysian Police Force

Ran through a bunch of WX on the first leg and landed in PHNL with the low fuel warning horns going off during turns.

Aircraft was tanked with auxiliary aluminum tanks.

It was a fun trip!

 

[414Flyer]

My personal record in a Van is 5 hr.
13 hr?! Oh HELLLLLL NO!!

CE

I did 13 once in a Piper Warrior to Iceland. Going over the pacific, with a PT-6, has a lot less pucker factor than going over the north atlantic with an O-320.

Most ferry flights like that, are single engine piston.

 

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Hey W2B,

That is some seriously wierd stuff you link to there. Do you actually have other pilots who fly with you? How drastically are they changed by the experience?

Hats off to the out-of-the-box thinkers.

DC8