Nødlandingen på Shannon den 23. mai - Om Irish Coffee

I forbindelse med den håpet jeg å få anledning til å dra til stedet hvor Irish Coffee ble oppfunnet under krigen. Stedet er Port of Foynes, tre kvarters kjøring fra Shannon via Limerick som ligger innerst i fjorden. Jeg kom meg dessverre ikke dit, men stedet har en god historie og et flott museum. Dessverre uten sjøfly, kun en replika av en Boeing 314. De eneste jeg kjenner som har vært her er Lise og Johnny Skaar. (Red.)

God artikkel om en spennende historie her: https://tinyurl.com/ychlrd8h

Foto: Foynes Sea Plane Museum

Foynes Flying Boat Museum
Three-quarters of an hour’s drive from Shannon along the N69 road via Limerick can be found a gem of a museum. Today the Foynes Flying Boat Museum is situated in the original four-storey terminal building with the glazed watch room added on the roof. It was built in the 1860s and in former days had been the Monteagle Arms Hotel. The museum features an excellent film presentation with much historic footage in its 1940s-style cinema, memorabilia of Charles Blair, very informative displays on the history of transatlantic flights, the original radio and weather room and a splendid model of the flying boat base. All it lacks is a flying boat. Perhaps Kermit Weeks, millionaire owner of Fantasy of Flight in Florida and the current owner of the last airworthy Sunderland ML814 will visit it one day.