I was contacted by a family friend for some advice. He has a very rare/vintage aircraft that he wants to transport from the states to Europe. He wants to ship it there by ocean freighter but doesn't know how to get it from the airport to the shipping dock somewhere on the east coast. The aircraft has a 44 ft wingspan so putting it on the back of a 18 wheeler is out of the question.
He mentioned the idea to fly it to an airport close to the ship and then airlift it by helicopter to the ship. But he didn't want to do that really because of the cost. My suggestion was to fly it to an airport that also serves seaplanes and taxi it up to the water and put it on a barge, and then float it to the shipyard.
You guys have any other suggestions? From what I understand, he doesn't want to fly it all of the way over.
Thanks for the help,
Ryan
He mentioned the idea to fly it to an airport close to the ship and then airlift it by helicopter to the ship. But he didn't want to do that really because of the cost. My suggestion was to fly it to an airport that also serves seaplanes and taxi it up to the water and put it on a barge, and then float it to the shipyard.
You guys have any other suggestions? From what I understand, he doesn't want to fly it all of the way over.
Thanks for the help,
Ryan