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Sep 11^th, 2004 at 11:33am

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When Boeing and Airbus have to make a dilievery to a diff. country and are using their "Smaller Jets" as like the ones that can't or atleast arn't certified to cross the Atlantic or such...what do they do?

like this http://www.airliners.net/open.file/658426/L/ ; soon this aircraft will be flying home to its base in JFK...

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Reply #1 - Sep 11^th, 2004 at 11:37am

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internal fuel tanks. The interior is adjusted to allow some rather large tanks to be installed for the flight, that or they can take a route that allows them to stop in iceland. For instance alot of the A320/318/319's will make stops in Glasgow before heading over the atlantic then will stop in rekyavik(sp?) then somewhere in Canada.

Someone correct me if i am wrong but i dont think there is such a thing as an aircraft that isnt certified to cross the atlantic in terms of a ferry flight, it would make delivery of aircraft impossible

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Reply #2 - Sep 11^th, 2004 at 12:28pm

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Someone correct me if i am wrong but i dont think there is such a thing as an aircraft that isnt certified to cross the atlantic in terms of a ferry flight, it would make delivery of aircraft impossible

I agree with you. If they were limited, how would all those ATRs cross over to the US, and all those Dash-8s go to Europe (and other places, of course)...??

Every once on a while, one of the airliner magazines prints an article, and more frequently shows photos of, airplanes of ferry flights.

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Reply #3 - Sep 11^th, 2004 at 1:15pm

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I know there are specific regulations for ferry flights, though they are out my my reach ATM.

But even if you flew non ETOPS (60min away from alternate with 1-engine cruise speed) it would be no problem if you flew a northern route over iceland/greenland.
There are plenty of airstrips available there, if an emergency occurs