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Old Dec 29, 2005 | 2:54 pm
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Originally Posted by letiole
I know very small planes - Cessna 172s, for example - just load up the inside with extra fuel tanks to make it to Hawaii for deliveries there.
Every now and then, a ferry pilot has been forced to ditch their small prop deliveries in the ocean off Hawai`i, due to stronger-than-anticipated headwinds, storms, navigation errors, etc.

At HNL, you will often see Boeing 737NG that are being ferried out to Asian carriers.
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