Ferry Flight Runway Tail 
Aerotime
JUNE 21, 2024
The last of 33 PBY-4 variants to be rolled out was fitted with amphibious landing gear for the first time, to increase the type’s versatility and enable it to operate from land-based runways. There, it was to be repurposed as a passenger-carrying aircraft for tourist flights and air safaris in Zimbabwe in southern Africa.
Vintage Aviation News
JUNE 14, 2024
Skidding across the field, the B-17 veered off the runway and crashed into another B-17. A young Art Lacey before the ferry flight. Upon landing, SAAF 1723 ran off the runway and collided with a brick building. With no other options, Lacey prepared for a wheels-up landing.
Vintage Aviation News
JULY 12, 2024
The drop zone at an airshow consists of concrete runways and taxiways, expanses of ground between the two that may contain ditches or drainage culverts, landing lights, directional signage, and other obstacles to avoid. In January 2017, it was cleared for a maintenance ferry flight from Frederick to Tulsa.
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