In this first lesson of our Ferry Flying course with veteran ferry pilot Alex Haynes you’ll learn:

• What ferry flying really is
• The history of ferry flying
• Who ferry pilots are
• What ferry pilots need to know
• Typical oceanic ferry routes
• And more …

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Contributing writer Alex Haynes (whom we interviewed in 2011) started his career flying in Zambia, then moved into ferry flying and a cush gig flying an amphib Caravan off the back of a royal yacht. He managed all that while raising a family. He lives in Seattle and ferries planes all over the world.

“World Grunge Map” photo by Nicholas Raymond licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported License.