Shannon Airport Aviation Gallery

This is a small exhibit area in the main Shannon airport, close to the seating area for USA Preclearance. A lot of BA, BOAC and Imperial Airways memorabilia is to be found there, and as mentioned above, BA1 users may be able to do a whistlestop tour of it before preclearance. If you are HBO in particular you should have no trouble having a quick peek. The Gallery is just back from the seating for US Pre-clearance, towards the sign for gate 7. I am awarded it a post in its own right, so I can give more details about it without cluttering up the main Shannon entry.



The visits of both Concorde and the BA A380 feature prominently with several photos of them at Shannon. There are also photos of the many strange and unusual flight movements that Shannon has witnessed over its long history.





The airport's guestbook shows the arrival of in 1967 of Jacqueline (Jackie) Kennedy Onassis, with JFK's only surviving child, Caroline Kennedy, who is currently the USA's ambassador to Japan - and JFK's son, who was killed in the Martha's Vineyard air crash in 1999.



There are also pictures of famous visitors to Shannon Airport, including the Duke of Edinburgh, many of the stars of the 1950s and 1960s, and this rather startling image of Diana Dors.