N181CS, DHC-6 Twin Otter

The other day I got a message from a buddy of mine that I used to work with at Fayard Enterprises.  One of the airplanes I used to work on was going to be in Nairobi for a few weeks, and he was going to be there along with it.  I was in the hangar Friday afternoon working with one of the guys and turned around and there was my buddy!  It was good to see him; we chatted for about an hour or so, getting caught up on things.  After a while, the airplane came and he was busy with it, so we parted ways for the time.  They are staying in a hangar 3 hangars down from AIM Air!  Enjoy the pictures below that I took when it taxied by the AIM Air hangar.  The airplane and crew are with Rampart Aviation, and they are doing geophysical survey all over the world for a company called Arkex.  Notice the survey equipment on the nose and wingtips of the airplane.  It was good to see the airplane again.  Funny enough, Fayard had acquired the airplane years ago from Air Kenya, where it was registered 5Y-BEK.  We flew it for skydiving for months with Air Kenya written down the side.  Now it's back in Nairobi just down the ramp from Air Kenya.  Funny how things work.