Basler Dc3 arrives in Galway Carnmore

The long anticipated arrival of Bell Geospace's Dc3 in Ireland came to an end this afternoon.

C-FTGI, the Basler BT-67 converted DC3C, msn 26268 touched down in Galway Carnmore at 15.20L having departed Reyjavik this morning.

The aircraft is in Ireland for the next 3 to 4 weeks to carry out a geophysical survey in the midlands. For the duration of it's time in Ireland the aircraft will be based in Carnmore and not at Weston as originally circulated.

The trip to Galway started out from Ellington Field (KEFD) to Houston (KIAH) on Sunday last August 24. On Tuesday 26 it routed Houston to Oshawa, Canada (CYOO) followed on Wednesday by the leg from Oshawa to Goose Bay (CYYR). On Thursday August 28 it routed Goose - Reyjavik (BIRK) with the intention of flying Reyjavik - Carnmore on Friday. The aircraft did depart Iceland as planned on Friday morning but turned back, presumably due to en route weather conditions at the planned altitude of FL110.

The picture shows C-FTGI about to touchdown on R26 at Carnmore.