LIMERICK IN PHOTOS: Historic Pan Am landing in Foynes

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Staff Reporter
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Dorothy Prose pictured at the Foynes Flying Boat Museum where Pan American World Airways passengers toured the experience prior to a gala dinner. Photo: Don Moloney.
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A PAN American Airways flight landed in Shannon after retracing the Flying Boat routes between New York and Foynes of the 1930s and 40s.

After more than 30 years, a Pan American Airways Boeing 757-200 ‘Yankee Clipper 11’ landed at Shannon Airport having flown between New York, Bermuda, Marseilles, Lisbon, London, before finally reaching Shannon last Wednesday (June 25) for a historic visit to Foynes.

The ‘Tracing the Atlantic’ flight, hosted by Pan Am CEO Craig Carter, was celebrated during a visit to the Foynes Flying Boat Museum on Thursday last (June 26).

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