On Tue, 15 Aug 2006 22:18:38 -0400, Ron Natalie
wrote:

Capt.Doug wrote:
"Grumman-581" wrote in message
Actually, there have been 150s ferried to Europe... Probably taking
the northern routes where the overwater legs tend to be less than 500
miles

Professional ferry pilots take the northern route, wear exposure suites
which are required for single-engine aircraft, and have an auxilliary fuel
tank in the right seat.

D.


A survival suit is just a body bag with a hole for your face.
- Todd Huvard (then editor of Southern Aviator)

Can we get back to that suit with the auxilliary tank in the suit's
right hip pocket? Doesn't that make it hard to swim? Or does the
relief tube go to a different tank in the left hip pocket and balance
it all out?

Don