The aircraft range is short, and shipping the plane is much more expensive than flying it, but how do you fly it that far over oceans?
From the comments section:
From the comments section:
"Dash8-Q400 Delivery from Bombardier's factory in Toronto to the Philippines starts in Downsview Airport, Toronto with three pilots and three engineers in a complete aircraft cabin configuration. There are five refuelling stops and four Rest Overnight stops including a one day rest. Below are the flight stops:
"...extra fuel tanks can be installed...can range from a custom-made metal tank to a simple bladder made of rubber, placed on an empty seat...or in the aircraft’s cargo hold."
"Extra large temporary tanks and a life raft are required. Often travel in pairs."
"mainland of the US to Japan ...Seattle to Boeing field to Dutch harbor than Adak then onto Sendai in Japan in piston planes...From Australia you would go to Vanuatu American Samoa Christmas island Maui or Oahu and then to Santa Maria or Oakland"
"Sometimes people use [fuel] bladders which need to be secured very securely since they can roll. there are incidents of people taking off and the bladder rolling to the stern of the aircraft and people losing control...Another problem with bladders if there is an air bubble stuck somewhere in it it will eventually rise to the top and fuel flow will cease until you go back open the filling cap on the top of it and let the air out...Being pressed shoulder-to-shoulder in your seats and nowhere to go since the ferry tanks maybe all the way to the ceiling behind you."
1) Gander, Newfoundland, Canada
2) Reykjavik, Iceland
3) Le Bourget, France
4) Luqa, Malta
5) Luxor, Egypt
6) Sharjah, UAE
7) Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India
8) Dhaka, Bangladesh
9) Rayong, Thailand
Then to Manila, Philippines where the aircraft will undergo standardization."
"...extra fuel tanks can be installed...can range from a custom-made metal tank to a simple bladder made of rubber, placed on an empty seat...or in the aircraft’s cargo hold."
"Extra large temporary tanks and a life raft are required. Often travel in pairs."
"mainland of the US to Japan ...Seattle to Boeing field to Dutch harbor than Adak then onto Sendai in Japan in piston planes...From Australia you would go to Vanuatu American Samoa Christmas island Maui or Oahu and then to Santa Maria or Oakland"
"Sometimes people use [fuel] bladders which need to be secured very securely since they can roll. there are incidents of people taking off and the bladder rolling to the stern of the aircraft and people losing control...Another problem with bladders if there is an air bubble stuck somewhere in it it will eventually rise to the top and fuel flow will cease until you go back open the filling cap on the top of it and let the air out...Being pressed shoulder-to-shoulder in your seats and nowhere to go since the ferry tanks maybe all the way to the ceiling behind you."
https://simpleflying.com/how-do-turboprops-get-delivered-to-far-away-customers/
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A book of tales of ferrying airplanes - So You Want to be a Ferry Pilot Book by Spike Nasmyth https://g.co/kgs/wopQcS
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