Leg 6 From City of Derry Airport EGAE to Galway EICM. This one is very, very foggy so it’ll be a bit short.
This time we are flying the Robin DR400-100 Cadet… Probably not the best choice for a foggy flight, but we’ll see how we fare.
The fog isn’t to bad right now. Right ahead is Londonderry/Derry. there is a bit of a dispute of what the correct name for the city is, so much so that the dispute got its own separate wikipedia page!
Its history stretches at least back to the 6th century where a monastery was founded by St. Columba.
Anyway, on we go into the fog!
Now and again the fog clears up for a bit allowing you to actually see the ground. The big brown fields are peat fields, which there are a lot of in Ireland!
And then again a minute later no visibility at all! Makes for some exciting flying!
And then again, more peat fields.
Did I mention there are a lot of them? Peat has been used for heating for thousands of years, and is still to this day used in Ireland, but they are starting to phase it out as it is a very bad pollutant.
The weather cleared up just before I arrived at Galway, which was very lucky for me, because I’m not sure how I would have landed if it was foggy.
Nearing Galway and the airport.
A quick flyby of the airport to get an idea of the layout.
Flying of the City of Galway. The city grew around Galway Castle which was build in 1124 by the king of Connacht Tairrdelbach Ua Conchobair anglicised.
Today it is known as Ireland’s Cultural Heart and is home to numerous festivals and cultural activities, at least when there isn’t a pandemic about. It is also the European Capital of Culture this year together with the Croatian city of Rijeka.
On approach for the airport. Something tells me that the wind turbine probably isn’t there in real life as it is inside the city and right in the middle of the approach to the airport… It makes for some exciting flying though
On final
And touch down!
Parked and with a bus waiting… I wonder how many passengers they think I could fit in that aircraft!?
Next time we are flying to the capital of Ireland Dublin!