Flying Adventure: Tecnam P2008 Ferry Flight - PilotWeb
This was in 1994 and I was 32 years old, and about to be despatched to Italy to bring a Ferrari back to England. Just as it was a surprise today, twenty years later, to receive an email from Pilot ’s Editor, Philip Whiteman asking whether I fancied going to Italy with him to collect a brand new Tecnam P2008JC and fly it back to High Wycombe. The aircraft, explained Whiteman, was Tecnam UK’s new demonstrator and Tim Orchard?who runs the outfit?hadn’t the time to bring it back himself. I gave the fastest reply to an email that any editor has ever received from me. . So it is ghastly o’clock at Gatwick airport and Tim Orchard, Philip Whiteman and I are about to board a BA flight to Naples where we will jump in a hire car and... The pattern is familiar: when visiting Ferrari you take a flight to Bologna and then hop into a hire car for the short drive to Maranello. What used to happen in the old days is that you arrived at Ferrari to be greeted by the surprised faces of people who had forgotten that you were coming. Orchard has come with us because he obviously wants to check over his new baby, complete an acceptance flight and also have a meeting or two with the Tecnam people. Source: www.pilotweb.aero
