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Kerry McCauley

Ferry Pilot: Nine Lives Over the North Atlantic

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What could possibly go wrong? A LOT, if you spend 30 years flying small airplanes over the North Atlantic!Join Kerry McCauley in the cockpit as he battles a fuel system malfunction over the Atlantic, a total electrical failure at night over the Sahara, being struck by lightning off the coast of Portugal and losing his engine in a thunderstorm. As an international ferry pilot Kerry’s almost insatiable, reckless quest for danger and adventure also led Kerry to put international smuggler and bank robber on his resume. Kerry’s skill, ingenuity and a heavy dose of luck were what allowed him to survive the countless mishaps, catastrophes and a nearly fatal plane crash. A true tail of adventure and courage, this harrowing account will have you on the edge of your seat wondering how Kerry is still alive. Ferry Pilot is destined to be a true aviation classic. Read more Read less

Publisher ‏ : ‎ Kerry McCauley (July 28, 2020)


Language ‏ : ‎ English


Paperback ‏ : ‎ 355 pages


ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1735339016


ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 16


Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 13 ounces


Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.25 x 0.8 x 8 inches


Best Sellers Rank: #151,255 in Books (See Top 100 in Books) #72 in Aviation History (Books) #116 in Piloting & Flight Instruction #581 in Traveler & Explorer Biographies


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    • Fun in the air
This is a really great book. I couldn't put it down for very long and thoroughly enjoyed every minute of Kerry's adventures and his humorous storytelling.
Reviewed in the United States on November 25, 2023 by Rosie
    • edge of my seat most of the book
apart from what you’ll learn about weather and system failures, this book is worth reading first the adventures you’ll hear of
Reviewed in the United States on October 26, 2023 by Jon B
    • The book gives chills and adrenaline rush just by reading it
The book immerses the reader into a life of a person who craves for adrenalin rush and a life of adventure. This is so much different than slow paced lives and nine-to-six desk jobs most people have, including myself. The author hopped freight trains in his teenage years, then moved on to skydiving and flying after reaching eligibility age of getting pilot’s license. Next job was flying skydivers. And after gaining certain flying experience he became a ferry pilot. That’s a job of moving small planes all over the world, usually across oceans and dangerous and uninhabitable places like Sahara Desert or jungle of Central Africa. The book describes several memorable flights in the author’s ferry pilot practice. Examples are flying into a thick cloud with broken navigational equipment and barely making it back, almost hitting a mountain top when crossing Alps, developing an icing condition that almost stalls the plane, and flying disabled plane on numerous occasions with broken vacuum pump, alternator, and malfunctioning ferry tanks. Also, the experience of getting struck by lightning, and being lost over a jungle of Central Africa. The ferry pilot job is not financially rewarding, and there is no glory for doing it. The business operates on a shoestring budget. Money is saved everywhere possible: on hotel stays, fuel, and pilot’s comfort. Many aviation regulations are ignored, avoided, or bent, because those small plane operations fall below the radar of regular jet commercial flights. This often comes at the expense of safety. So why are people still doing this ferry pilot job? The answer is simple: just for the challenge and adventure of it. Author’s opinion is that commercial airline pilots are stuck in unfulfilling jobs, which makes them nothing more than glorified bus drivers. It’s the world where individuality, creativity, and risk taking is frowned upon, and routine and boredom is encouraged. Totally opposite from keeping rolling dice, constantly pushing the envelope, and living on the edge. After reading the book, I certainly learned a lot about inner working of a plane, about different flight and weather conditions, and how to handle various emergency situations. Not that I’d ever use that knowledge, but that’d make me more appreciative of what’s going on outside a passenger seat on a commercial flight: the complexity of navigating a modern aircraft, communicating with the air traffic control, and the ecosystem of long-range international flights. I also learned about the importance of flight experience, and especially luck. ... show more
Reviewed in the United States on May 16, 2021 by Evgeni Stavinov
    • First Class aviation book that is more than just entertaining
This is not just another book about aviation thrown together in a hurry by some amateur writer. It is a very well-written set of chapters and the various trip episodes related by the author will put more than a few experienced pilots on the edge of their seats -- and I am not kidding. The author is an exceptionally experienced aviator and skydiving professional who has finally written down for the rest of us the inside poop about some fascinating, extreme, and usually hair-raising experiences he has had while flying small planes all over the world. This text absolutely should be in the library of every general aviation pilot or skydiver, and for at least this one simple but crucial reason: Kerry is not just a "really good stick" but he is also an insightful and highly intelligent teacher. I have known him for about 20 years, flown with him numerous times, and also jumped with him multiple times during my own skydiving training. I sensed early in the book that Ferry Pilot was not written just to be entertaining, but actually was an intentional exposure of readers to the author's modus operandi for critical decision-making under conditions of uncertainty, situations in which risk-benefit ratios are very hard to estimate. In my opinion, that aspect is surely the Number One strength of the book. As well, Kerry does not pass up a chance to be brutally honest about his own struggles to stay calm and cool in an assortment of truly frightening scenarios. You are right there with him in the cockpit, often at night, usually over an ocean or jungle, when trouble arises. You get to hear what he was thinking, how he was reasoning, and how he made decisions. The writing style in those sections of each chapter is very impressive and important details of realism were all there. The author's unique sense of humor and especially his use of various self-deprecating anecdotes to make a particular point is "pure Kerry". Everybody who has been around him at our Drop Zone in the past two decades will know what I mean by this. As a licensed private pilot for 49 years, and also a skydiver trained by him, I can highly recommend this interesting new book. Only one example of the dozen "pearls" that you will find in the book (and Kerry repeats this one several times just to make damned sure we don't miss it) is this : "If you have the time to panic, then you also have the time to do something more productive". ... show more
Reviewed in the United States on July 29, 2020 by James T. Lee, MD PhD FACS

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