Margrit Waltz
German pilot
Margrit Waltz (née Budert; born February 10, 1957) is a ferry pilot. As of April 2024, she had completed 960 ferry flights. The 960th flight was performed in a Daher TBM 960 single-engine turboprop, taking 15 hours and 38 minutes of flight time to deliver the plane from Tarbes, France to Pompano Beach, Florida. Stops were made in Wick, Scotland; Keflavík, Iceland; and Goose Bay, Canada.
According to a Daher-Socata press release, Waltz is "one of the world's most experienced ferry pilots". She has been delivering planes for Daher for 33 years, and has delivered over 300 Daher TBM aircraft from their manufacturing plant in Tarbes, France, to customers in North America. She has also made deliveries to Africa, Asia, and Australia.
Early life
Margrit Budert was born in Germany in 1957. She grew up with an older brother. Her father was a World War II air force pilot.
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