irish historical flight

[danno]

Shorts built in Ireland?! Go on up to Shorts territory and say that!......the only aircraft built in Ireland these days are like this:[ATTACH]8151[/ATTACH]

regards,
GttC

May I take there are no Irish made aircraft intended to be diplayed/demonstrated, not even a balloon or such like.

[Jetjock]

May I take there are no Irish made aircraft intended to be diplayed/demonstrated, not even a balloon or such like.

Barring home built kit planes, there are no Irish made aircraft.

This is the closest it came : http://www.kildare.ie/library/ehisto...ctory_plan.asp

However, we are rich in aviation heritage and continue to punch way above our weight internationally in the commercial aviation business.

[danno]

Were ever any aircraft designed/conceived here but built elsewhere?

[GoneToTheCanner]

Nothing in the Republic...... What people, especially historians, amateur and professional, also tend to forget is that Irish companies like SRS and Aer Lingus overhauled hundreds, if not thousands, of aircraft, including many total rebuilds and overhauled many hundreds of thousands of components, such as Airmotive and Aer Lingus overhauling jet engines and such tasks as conversion to cargo, complete interior refits, repainting (Eirtech, currently), avionics upgrades and a host of other tasks that don't make the headlines but kept people in jobs and contributed to the economy. Companies like Lingus also assisted many airlines in Africa and other places with aircrew, cabin crew, tech personnel, pilot training, maintenance training, fleet ops, overhaul and so on. A significant amount of this back room work is unknown or only known within Irish aviation and is rarely acknowledged by the history books. Like JJ said, this country punches way above it's weight when it comes to aviation.

[DeV]

Nothing in the Republic...... What people, especially historians, amateur and professional, also tend to forget is that Irish companies like SRS and Aer Lingus overhauled hundreds, if not thousands, of aircraft, including many total rebuilds and overhauled many hundreds of thousands of components, such as Airmotive and Aer Lingus overhauling jet engines and such tasks as conversion to cargo, complete interior refits, repainting (Eirtech, currently), avionics upgrades and a host of other tasks that don't make the headlines but kept people in jobs and contributed to the economy. Companies like Lingus also assisted many airlines in Africa and other places with aircrew, cabin crew, tech personnel, pilot training, maintenance training, fleet ops, overhaul and so on. A significant amount of this back room work is unknown or only known within Irish aviation and is rarely acknowledged by the history books. Like JJ said, this country punches way above it's weight when it comes to aviation.

Plus Aer Rianta (one of if not the world leader in airport management and duty free)

Plus aircraft leasing (20% of the total global fleet of large commercial aircraft are managed by leasing companies based in Ireland

[GoneToTheCanner]

Leasing, of course, true! It was being done even before GPA by Lingus, but not on today's scale.

[sofa]

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