Ferry-Flug Donaueschingen (EDTD) - Rutland/Vermont (KRUT)

In spring 2026 we got the contract to ferry a Beech Bonanza from southern Germany to Rutland/Vermont, KRUT. This ferry was considerably more adventurous than expected.

It started easy: met the owner in Donaueschingen, had a look at the airplane, a 34 years old B36TC Bonanza, registered a HB-KWP. First impression in Donaueschingen:

First flight was an acceptance flight, bringing the owner to Worms where his other airplane was waiting for him. Then back to Donaueschingen where the ferry was planned to start next day, the Thursday before the Easter weekend. Here on the one-hour trip from Worms to Donaueschingen.

The first leg was planned from Donaueschingen/EDTD to Wick/EGPC in Scottland. On this leg I realized that the aircraft is either a bit slower than the AFM-performance tables suggest or it burns more fuel. Or both. Anyway, with the fuel quantity indications like on the pic below I decided to do a quick fuel stop in Newcastle.

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Stoffel Aviation training organzation, approved by the swiss FOCA (Federal Office for Civil Aviation) under the approval certificate CH.ATO.0265, holds an approved syllabus for the Cirrus VisionJet SF50 EASA type rating.

To start with our SF50 type rating program there are some pre-entry requirements.

Applicants shall meet the following requirements:

• have at least 250 hours of total flying experience, of which at least 100 hours as PIC on aeroplanes and 50 hours as PIC under IFR; and
• hold or have held a single-engine IR(A);
• have successfully passed the pre-screening process regarding the use of FMS, PFD, glass cockpit, AP/FD.
• have completed an EASA approved advanced (ADV) UPRT Course at an ATO

Comply with one of the following requirements:

• hold a certificate of satisfactory completion of a course for additional theoretical knowledge for High Performance Aircraft (HPA) undertaken at an ATO; or
• have passed the ATPL(A) theoretical knowledge examinations in accordance with Part FCL; or hold, in addition to a license issued in accordance with Part FCL, an ATPL(A) or CPL(A) / IR with theoretical knowledge credit for ATPL(A), issued in accordance with Annex 1 to the Chicago Convention.

Summary of minimum training hours

a) 60 hours of theoretical knowledge training over a 9 days period; and

b) 11 hours of flight training.

Cost

The ground course will be partly on-line (distant learning), at least 15% of the 60 hours will be with the candidate and the instructor physically present (classroom instruction).

wherever it stands. North Atlantic ferry flights, attending the customer and used as training towards the type rating or towards the required SOE (supervised operational experience) hours are our speciality.

Our instructors are very experienced on type and on Jets in general. We will define a program preparing you either on your or on our airplane for the EASA SF50 type rating skill test in the demanding high-traffic-intensity area in the middle of Europe.