<story><title>Private Pilot Ground School</title><url>https://ocw.mit.edu/courses/aeronautics-and-astronautics/16-687-private-pilot-ground-school-january-iap-2019/</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>thelittleone</author><text>An interesting fact about learning to fly in Australia.&lt;p&gt;All aircraft must be flown in (they can&amp;#x27;t be sent by ship). So these light aircraft are set with ferry tanks (bladders) and flown by island hopping. One notable chap from the airfield I learned is Ray Clamback. He ferried over 220 light aircraft from the United States to Australia over 30 years and ditched due to failures twice.&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.smh.com.au&amp;#x2F;world&amp;#x2F;pilot-ray-clamback-takes-another-dip-in-his-stride-20041007-gdjvg7.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.smh.com.au&amp;#x2F;world&amp;#x2F;pilot-ray-clamback-takes-anothe...&lt;/a&gt;</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>plantain</author><text>&amp;gt;All aircraft must be flown in (they can&amp;#x27;t be sent by ship).&lt;p&gt;This is just not true. I&amp;#x27;m about to import my second plane by ship right now. It&amp;#x27;s no big deal.&lt;p&gt;Incidentally, Ray taught me to fly (only ground school, he doesn&amp;#x27;t really fly any more).</text></comment>
<story><title>Private Pilot Ground School</title><url>https://ocw.mit.edu/courses/aeronautics-and-astronautics/16-687-private-pilot-ground-school-january-iap-2019/</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>thelittleone</author><text>An interesting fact about learning to fly in Australia.&lt;p&gt;All aircraft must be flown in (they can&amp;#x27;t be sent by ship). So these light aircraft are set with ferry tanks (bladders) and flown by island hopping. One notable chap from the airfield I learned is Ray Clamback. He ferried over 220 light aircraft from the United States to Australia over 30 years and ditched due to failures twice.&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.smh.com.au&amp;#x2F;world&amp;#x2F;pilot-ray-clamback-takes-another-dip-in-his-stride-20041007-gdjvg7.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.smh.com.au&amp;#x2F;world&amp;#x2F;pilot-ray-clamback-takes-anothe...&lt;/a&gt;</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>looping__lui</author><text>Btw, a number of really great books on the art of ferry flying:
- Shark Bait: The &amp;quot;Misadventures&amp;quot; of an Oceanic Ferry Pilot
- Rubber Suits &amp;amp; Lukewarm Soup: Surviving Life As an Oceanic Ferry Pilot
- Air vagabonds</text></comment>