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It was reminiscent of  the flying boats era on the Shannon Estuary early on Thursday morning when a giant plane was loaded on a barge for transport by sea to Enniscrone in County Sligo.

A view of the 767-200 Transaero plane at Shannon being lifted by crane onto a barge. Photograph by John Kelly.
The 767-200 Transaero plane at Shannon being lifted by crane onto a barge. Photograph by John Kelly.

The TransAero Boeing 767-200 was bought by business man David McGowan to be installed in his glamping site near the popular resort.

It was a major logistical exercise, involving up to 60 people, to get the plane from Shannon Airport compound to the waters’ edge on Wednesday and onto the barge, as tides were a factor.

A native of Ennis, Colin McGann has been editor of The Clare Champion since August 2020. Former editor of The Clare People, he is a journalism and communications graduate of Dublin Institute of Technology.

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