The De Havilland Canada DHC-6 ' Twin Otter ' 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.

The crux of the matter was a fairly simple one, in that the UK-based regional airline Isles of Scilly Skybus needed another Twin Otter to fulfil an agreement with Guernsey-based carrier Aurigny . However, the aircraft in question came from Alberta in Canada, requiring internal modifications and a multi-leg journey that lasted several days. The trip, it's fair to say, had more than i

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