{"id":300361,"date":"2025-10-12T22:00:17","date_gmt":"2025-10-12T12:00:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/simpleflying.com\/twin-otter-transatlantic-ferry-flight\/"},"modified":"2025-10-12T22:00:17","modified_gmt":"2025-10-12T12:00:17","slug":"54-year-old-twin-otter-completes-4000-mile-transatlantic-ferry-flight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?p=300361","title":{"rendered":"54-Year-Old Twin Otter Completes 4,000-Mile Transatlantic Ferry Flight"},"content":{"rendered":"

The De Havilland Canada DHC-6 ‘Twin Otter<\/a><\/span>‘ is a popular regional plane that primarily operates short hops between small airports. But what happens when one needs to be ferried 4,000 miles (6,437 km) across the North Atlantic Ocean? As you can imagine, such a journey is a challenging logistical undertaking, but it is one that was successfully carried out earlier this month using a 54-year-old example.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The journey involved logistical challenges and extensive modifications.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[396,1315,18427,2103,825],"tags":[10959],"class_list":["post-300361","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-aircraft","category-ferry-flight","category-isles-of-scilly","category-transatlantic-flight","category-twin-otter","tag-skybus"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t