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Originally posted by Kevin McDonnell
Larry,
These ferry pilots take off so far over gross (due to the extra fuel tanks) that the single engine service ceiling is *below* sea level. And this is the case the majority of the over water legs. Until the weight gets down to the certified gross ballpark, you won't have a postive rate of climb.
Anyway you slice it, overseas ferrying is not for the timid.
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You are quite right. The one Skymaster, 0-2, that went down crossing to Hawaii had one engine fail. It took Cessna quite a bit of work to determine probable cause, that the engine had been overfilled with oil because it wasn't using it as much as was expected.