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Sep 8, 2020, 10:50 am

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Originally Posted by bisonrav

I was also interested to discover there is a seaplane museum at Shannon, Foynes, which was one of the stops on the very long trip via Lisbon and Bathurst to Lagos.I'll certainly be going there once lockdown is over.

The Foynes Flying Boat Museum is a great place to spend half a day. It's an hour and 10 minutes on a bus from Limerick city (which is the city Shannon Airport serves) or you can drive from Limerick in about 40 minutes. I had a ball there and want to go again. I wrote a review about my time there - https://travelupdate.com/foynes-flying-boat-museum/ - but you may not want to see it as it may spoil some of the surprises. It's a great place though, so definitely do it!

Thanks so much for the logs, they are a fascinating piece of history. I love things like this!

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