Visited on a Saturday morning with our three young boys whilst waiting for our flight home and what a fantastic little place. The people who work their are so passionate... read more about what they do was lovely to see. From the start they were great with the children letting them dress as pilots and our youngest a captain where they could then play in a plane. It is very small but we spent a few hours here and the children didn’t want to leave. We will be back when we return to Shannon.

  8 children (age range 8 - 12)plus 4 adults visited today and had a ball. Very educational in a fun and fascinating way. Kids hung on our wonderful guides every... read more word. So worth the 2 and a half hour round trip. I'm ex cabin crew and I learned a lot today. Many "so that's why they do that" moments. Loads of wonderful photo opportunities. Very generous and informative staff. Great day out that's suitable for all age groups / boys and girls. Kids loved wearing the jumpsuit and being able to see all the aircrafts outside. Flight simulator is incredible. Highlight was inflating the lifevest. We all jumped! Definitely worth a visit and would be great destination for school tours. Very reasonably priced.( plus local Supermacs do deal for groups visiting- €4 kids meal.) We finished the day off with trip to viewing gallery in Shannon Airport which is just down the road to see the real thing in action. Thanks again to the wonderful staff there today.

  Shannon Aviation Museum is a great experience. Aircraft exhibits are amazing and the staff are so helpful and friendly.

  Brilliant place for families and tour groups. There's also different camps throughout the year, where children of all ages get to see flight simulator in operation, from inside.

  I got my boyfriend a voucher for a go on the 737 simulator for his birthday.
After booking online, I got a very promt, professional and friendly email from... read more Jane at Atlantic AirVenture, which set the tone for the service we got at every stage. I have no knowledge of aviation or engineering but I found our visit really interesting and enjoyable. We got a friendly welcome, were invited to have a cup of tea if we wanted, etc, but we were also left alone to wander around and see the planes and different artefacts at our own pace. There was room in the simulator for me to sit in as well which was great. The pilot who went into the sim with us did a great job of assessing my boyfriend's skill level and interests and tailoring his experience. The place really has the feel of being run by enthusiasts who are happy to share their interest with visitors. It is really worth a visit even if you don't have the time or money for a go on the simulator.

  very friendly and informative staff, as for the 737 simulator, brilliant experience and tuition. well worth the trip from Wicklow 2hrs 15min

  Super centre full of information and real jets on display. There is also a simulator you can have a go in, for all ages young and old. Would highly recommend... read more a visit if you have an interest in planes.

  We dropped in here on a wet morning while holidaying in the area for a few days. My wife and I and two kids 7 and 4 really enjoyed the... read more experience. We were welcomed at the reception counter and made feel very welcome. Eddie the owner gave us a guided tour of the museum, he was very informative and interesting and you could listen to his stories for ages. He recalled his own career as a Senior Aviation Engineer in the RAF.
Our guys got the opportunity to put on real junior aviation suits and we had plenty of time for photos.
Great place for anyone with and interest in the Aviation industry.
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  Spent a very interesting couple of hours here on a wet morning. Our tour guide was informative and obviously interested in all things planes. In fact his enthusiasm rubbed off... read more on me. It had quite a good range of planes and other flight related items. A great place to go if you're any way interested in planes and great for a

  I visited the air show last weekend with my wife and two children. My son is obsessed with planes so we were looking forward to the visit enormously.
We... read more were charged €18.00 to enter which was reasonable enough we thought but as it turned out the correct entry fee would have been €16.00
even so it was reasonable emough we though until we got inside and there was a charge for almost everything.

a simple sum. it cost me 18 in, plus €7.00 for a cardboard plane that a really nice young lad helped my daughter assemble. if my son had wanted to do the same thing it would have been €14.00. (i noticed as we were leaving that this had dropped to €5.00 per plane which was annoying)
there was a play bus there that cost €2.00 per child per ten minutes and face painting was another 2.00 so 20 minutes which is short enough was €12.00 for the two of them and they wanted to sit in to a couple of planes to get pictures taken each of which was charging €3.00 per child so that was another 12.00.
the total spend after about an hour and a half was up to almost €50.00 and had my son wanted the plane it would have been well over fifty with food to come.
I was really angry on the day and felt totally exploited to be honest.
I did speak to staff members about it most of whom were nice though one young girl at the reception desk had a lot to say about most of the money spent being my choice to buy or not. Considering the children were too old for the little planes that were available free there was literally nothing there for them to do that didn`t cost money other than maybe sitting in the passenger plane.
Having said that my son really enjoyed his day and loved the different things on show I don`t know if anyone else complained but there was a hell of a lot of muttering aboutthe costs going on.
It was a nice day, there was a very decent crowd there but i just wonder if it was an opportunity lost for the place due to short sighted revenue gathering