Shannon Airport's video: The official launch of Shannon Airport s Aviation Gallery

A life-long fascination with aviation completed the full circle today with the official opening of a permanent public exhibition of the world’s largest private diecast model aircraft exhibition at Shannon Airport. Launched by Rose Hynes, Chairman of Shannon Group, which operates Shannon Airport, the total collection comprises almost 2,500 diecast model aircraft, with over 1,500 of them on display and the rest to be rotated over time. The collection is located in the Departures Lounge, giving it airside security, and has been assembled over the past five decades by retired Limerick city man Michael Kelly (67), whose love affair with aircraft started as a boy at Shannon in the late 1950s. The unique collection includes model aircraft of 40 years old and more, with all 1:200 in scale and replicas of aircraft dating back to the 1940s. https://www.shannonairport.ie/