I know someone already asked this question. But how do they deliver a plane to a destination that is further than its maximum flying range? Like a Boeing 737 transpacific? Do they simply ship the palne?
2006-09-21 21:05:54 · 10 answers · asked by yyy_ans 1 in Cars & Transportation ➔ Aircraft
The customer flies to the manufacturing plant and takes delivery of the plane. then they are on their own as far as gettig it home. A 737 can fly transpacific, they just need to take the long way (over Alaska to buy fuel at stations there and into Siberia to buy fuel there). I once worked with a guy who ferried a C-152 from Kansas city to Singapore. It took him 4 solid days but he made it.
Some aircraft also have the ability to hold temporary fuel tanks. These are mostly smaller planes, but they would load a soft rubber fuel bladder into the plane and fill it up. You could double its range pretty easily like that
2006-09-23 10:53:08 · answer #1 · answered by Jason 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
More then likely the company or country that purchased the aircraft sends one of their own pilots to fly the plane to it's destination. The pilot would have to be experienced in flying the aircraft so they may train the pilot before they are allowed to fly it in the first place. So that would also be accomplished by the aircraft manufacturer.
2006-09-24 21:20:03 · answer #2 · answered by AL 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There is a Discovery channel documentary about a customer picking up a new Boeing. There's a lot of paperwork as the deal is for tens of millions of dollars.
A pilot from the airline comes to pick it up, and flies it away. There's a first flight by Boeing, then another by the airline guy, to check that everything is satisfactory.
2006-09-22 09:05:38 · answer #3 · answered by MatthewSparkes 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They don't deliver the plane. Once the plane is qualified, the customer pays for the fuel and is responsible for removal. You pay and fly away just like when you buy a car.
2006-09-22 04:47:25 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
To get across the pond auxilliary fuel bladders are installed by a qualified agency and it is flown to its base of operations usually by the purchaser or a contract pilot.
2006-09-22 09:52:30 · answer #5 · answered by Motorpsycho 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They have different points where they land to refuel. It is the same as any long haul trip that an aircraft takes that has low range.
2006-09-23 03:53:25 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
They make stops for refuelling. They also have the mechanism of attaching temporary external/internal fuel tanks for say a transpacfic flight.
2006-09-22 04:11:38 · answer #7 · answered by ash_m_79 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Most use Fed Ex
2006-09-22 04:08:06 · answer #8 · answered by MC 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
DER they fly it to the required destination
2006-09-22 04:07:40 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
some lucky pilot gets to fly it there
2006-09-22 09:25:16 · answer #10 · answered by ta2dpilot 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋