It was a busy week at our shop in Lakeland, Florida. Our customer flew in two brand-new Cessna 182s and then delivered a third for the same project. All three were headed to Indonesia. We disassembled them and packed two in the first shipping container and one in the second.
Same Care, Different Packing Layouts
We take the same care packing one airplane as we do packing two. What changes is how we lay everything out. In the first container, we arranged both airframes and their components so each piece had enough clearance and could be properly supported and secured. The third 182 had a container to itself, so we used a different layout and gave each piece the same attention before it went overseas.
The Cessna 182, also known as the Skylane, is a four-seat, single-engine airplane with a high wing and fixed landing gear. It’s a familiar airplane to pilots who fly cross-country, and on this job we had three brand-new ones come through the shop for the same destination.
If you’re buying a Cessna 182 in the U.S. and need to ship it overseas, give us a call. Tell us where it’s located and where it’s headed, and we’ll talk through what it takes to get it ready for shipment.
Neel Aviation has been shipping aircraft worldwide since 2002.