Shannon Aviation Museum

@SilverminesNS Fantastic to meet you all, thanks for visiting us!

Silvermines NS senior and middle rooms having a fantastic time on their School Tour today.. First stop was Shannon Aviation Museum @ShannonAvMuseum✈️🛩

Delighted to be part of @MeithealIreland #meitheal2025 in beautiful Killarney

We are thrilled to be awarded this important funding. Huge thank you to @ISTATcares for supporting SAM and our Aviation Education programmmes!

Great to meet all the 2nd class students from @MilfordNS82 today on their Aviation Discovery Experience Tour nominated by SAM Silver Wing Patron @EastwayGF Thanks to Frank McNamara who welcomed and gave everyone a cool lego aircraft kit for homework! #eastwayGF #nextgen

@NewmarketNS @ELFC_com Great to have you here. Well done to all, thank you, we had a wonderful day!

Fifth class had a day to remember. First stop was @ShannonAvMuseum where Jane, Sarah and Sean were fantastic hosts #wellworthavisit From there it was on to @ELFC_com in Shannon for lunch and a fantastic presentation. Thanks to Maria, Noel and all the team for the hospitality.

Fantastic to have you here Eamon, a great crew! and thanks to @ELFC_com Maria and Noel for nominating @NewmarketNS for their day out!

We are honoured to display this fantastic collection at SAM and look forward to working along with the @IrishAirCorps team and @MichaelJWhelan1 together continuing to preserve, protect and promote our unique aviation heritage.

@GOCAirCorps @IrishAirCorps We were delighted to meet you all and that you enjoyed your visit. We look forward to showcasing the Irish Air Corps collection at SAM and to utilising it to inspire and educate the next generation!

Great to visit @ShannonAvMuseum with the @IrishAirCorps senior leadership and see W231 on display, looking resplendent & in great company. In the coming months the remaining exhibits from our museum, which are on loan to Shannon Aviation Museum, will join the display here.

@VisionaryVoid @fasc1nate We tell this story at SAM as we have the cockpit and foreword fuselage section of a BAE One Eleven at the museum

In 1990, the windshield of British Airways Flight 5390 came off at an altitude of 17,000 feet. This triggered a sudden decompression in the cockpit, resulting in the captain being partially ejected out of the aircraft. As luck would have it, Nigel Ogden, a flight attendant, was on his way into the cockpit at that moment. He managed to grab hold of the captain and maintain his grip for over 20 minutes while the copilot attempted an urgent landing. Although the majority of the crew presumed that the pilot had already lost his life, Ogden did not let go. There was a prevailing fear that if Ogden did release his hold, the pilot's body might strike the plane's engine, wing, or stabilizer, causing even more chaos. All Ogden knew was that the pilot was gradually slipping more and more out of the window and his head was continuously being battered against the airplane's body. Finally, after a distressing 20-minute flight with a gaping window, the aircraft was safely brought down at Southampton Airport. In the course of events, Ogden suffered from frostbite on his face, damage to one of his eyes, and a dislocated shoulder. In a miraculous turn of events, the pilot survived the ordeal, although he had frostbite and multiple fractures on his arms and hands. The image is a recreation from the television series "Mayday!"

Great to meet @cratloens @AtlanticAvGrp #Engineersweek24 #shannonaviationmuseum

@cratloens @EngineerIreland Wonderful to meet you all, well done, a great crew aboard!

6th class visited @ShannonAvMuseum today as part of #STEPSEngineersWeek. They enjoyed learning about the physics of flight, trying out flight simulators, learning about drones, investigating the jobs of the air corps and aeronautical engineers and more! @EngineerIreland ✈️

The big man arrived today at SAM today and stopped by to visit Limerick Clare Radio Club!

A great crew from Newport Convent Primary School @ConventNewport with us today learning all about flight and some of the physics behind it! Plus a competition back at school for 5 Girls in Aviation Packs thanks to @WomenInAviation #girlsinaviation @LimerickSciFest @scienceirel

@ConventNewport @LimerickSciFest @scienceirel It was great to have you with us, they were a brilliant crew, thanks so much for visiting!

Thanks to all at Limerick Aviation Centre for today. Our 4th class had such a great time! @LimerickSciFest @scienceirel

@LaochMumhain @Ugandascouting Thank you very much Diarmuid, it’s lovely to add to the collection. A lot of memories for you. Most kind thank you.

@MaiaDunphy @danielmoonbags Thank you and do contact if you’ll like info on on a flight sim setup, he was good!

@ShannonAvMuseum @danielmoonbags Please thank Jane for all her information! ❤️

I’m not sure my little aviation enthusiast has drawn breath yet! “The best weekend of my life” in his own words! Thanks to @ShannonAvMuseum & we don’t have words enough for our amazing friends at Shannon Airport! You’ve made a little man’s dreams come true! ❤️✈️ @danielmoonbags

@cicsummerhill @ShannonAirport @ICBE_Business Delighted you enjoyed and although the focus is on girls, we welcome the boys of couse!

Thanks to @ShannonAirport @ICBE_Business @ShannonAvMuseum & all the guest speakers for a fantastic webinar this morning on ‘The Future of Women in Aviation’. Despite the title there was lots of great information for our TY boys! ✈️

A second excellent day at @avea_ireland Conference with great speakers from UK attractions giving their input aswell as expert digital and AI advise. Thank you and very well done to all. #AVEAconf23

@avea_ireland @SeanConnick1 @GerEnright @DunbrodyShip @emeraldparkirl @WestportHouse @BirrCastle @AvondaleBeyond @NMIreland @IrHeritageTrust @MoLI_Museum Thank you all for a fantastic conference experience, really impressive and most helpful in many ways.