Ferry Flight Pilot Turbulence 
Plane and Pilot
DECEMBER 18, 2024
When training is complete, the students are assigned to their flight crews and given safety briefs before loading aboard Ye Olde Pub. Warbird pilots Mike Oliver and Doug Griffin start the engines after first pre-oiling and priming each engine, setting the mixtures to idle-cutoff and the magnetos off. Only three more to go. Former U.S.
Aerotime
JANUARY 15, 2025
The pilot would bank the 747 away from the rocket, and after five seconds, it would ignite and take the payload the rest of the distance into orbit. It flew 70 of the 87 ferry missions, including 46 of the 54 post-mission ferry flights from Dryden to the Kennedy Space Center. But in 1989, the SCA got a sister.
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