How Ferry Pilot Margrit Waltz Completed 900 Ocean Crossings

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Key Takeaways:

  • Ferry pilots are specialized in transporting airplanes across vast distances, including continents and oceans, often on short notice.
  • Margrit Waltz, a highly experienced ferry pilot, recently completed her remarkable 900th over-ocean crossing.
  • Her latest milestone flight was in a factory-new TBM 940, a fast single-engine aircraft.
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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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