How Ferry Pilot Margrit Waltz Completed 900 Ocean Crossings

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Key Takeaways:

  • Ferry pilot Margrit Waltz recently completed her 900th over-ocean aircraft crossing.
  • She achieved this milestone flying a factory-new TBM 940, one of the fastest single-engine aircraft available.
  • Ferry pilots are responsible for moving airplanes across continents and oceans, often requiring them to be ready to fly at a moment's notice.
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When an airplane has to be moved across a continent or an entire ocean, ferry pilots have to be ready to fly on a moment’s notice. And ferry pilot Margrit Waltz has done a lot of that flying, recently completing her 900th over-ocean crossing in a factory-new TBM 940, one of the fastest single-engine aircraft in the world. She tells AVweb’s Paul Bertorelli how she did it.

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