Foynes Flying Boat Museum

Foynes, on the Shannon estuary in Ireland, was a flying boat base that opened in the mid 1930s. At that time land based planes did not have the range to cross the Atlantic but large seaplanes could and by 1942 the first non-stop transatlantic flight took place. The advent of WWII restricted passenger flights and the opening of Shannon airport in 1942provided competition and Foynes closed in 1946. In 1989 an Aviation and Maritime museum opened in the od passenger terminus and incorporates the old control tower. The highlight of the museum is a full scale replica of the fuselage of a Boeing 314 Clipper, fully fitted out and incorporating a small section of the port wing up to and including the inner engine. here are some images from an interesting visit.