Kerry McCauley is a ferry pilot who delivers planes around the world, usually on routes that not many other pilots are willing to take. The planes are often too small to safely make the journeys, but need to be delivered to an owner across the world and can’t be transported any other way. In this job, Kerry has flown nearly fifty different kinds of planes to sixty countries. He also owns a skydiving school and flies corporate jets. In this episode, he tells Payson some of his most harrowing adventure stories, including the time his fuel tank malfunctioned 15,000 feet above the Atlantic with nowhere to land, and the time his power went out somewhere over the Sahara desert at night and he lost all ability to navigate. They discuss his experience starring in the Discovery Channel show, Dangerous Flights, which included one of his most dangerous adventures to date, and how the show was canceled after one of the crew members passed away while on the job. They also talk about some of the most dangerous airports in the world, how he wound up stealing $50,000 from a Spanish bank, and why he still can’t quit ferry flying even though he recognizes its risks more than he used to.
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