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VOLO PER VERITAS / FLYING FOR THE TRUTH Juliana Torchetti Coppick | jutorchetti@yahoo.com.br
Help from Heaven - Part Two Last month in Ag Air Update, Juliana T. Coppick wrote about her ferry flight from the Thrush factory to Fort Lauderdale in a new 510G with the H80 engine in Part one. In this Part two, Juliana continues the Brazilian ferry flight from Fort Lauderdale to Puerto Rico.
Flying over Columbus Cove, The Bahamas.
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Fort Lauderdale - Puerto Rico leg November 26, 2020. At 12:30 UTC (07:30 AM local time) the GE H80 engine in the 510G Thrush was already hissing on the ramp of the Fort Lauderdale Executive airport. If you recall, last month I completed my first leg of my ferry flight to Brazil from Albany, Georgia to Fort Lauderdale. Because I knew this leg of my journey would be about a seven hours and 30 minutes flight, I filled the hopper with 380 gallons of Jet A and the wings with 230 gallons. The hopper’s fuel was sufficient for the planned time en route and
the fuel in the wings would be my reserve. My biggest concern was the weather. Despite having checked conditions en route several times, I knew that I would fly for a long time without weather radar coverage and without an Internet signal. I shook these thoughts away when I remembered that decades ago, aviation pioneers flew long routes with only compasses and maps. Having GPS, radio and transponder on board put me at a very privileged level. I savored the idea that every hour of the flight was towards something new for me. As soon as I was allowed to start the taxi, a huge sense of gratitude invaded my cockpit. At the staging area, I saw another agricultural aircraft behind me and for a moment I wondered if it was on a ferry flight. The answer I would find out exactly three hours after takeoff. Lined up for takeoff on Runway 09, I took off and soon found myself over the Atlantic Ocean; ➤
