Jane opened the centre especially for us at short notice and brought us on the 737 simulator, really interesting and absorbing experience, the screen fills your field of vision and its totally convincing. lots to see and learn, well recommended for a visit.
This is a must see in Shannon. It is on the main road into the town and the airport. It contains everything that any one (young and old) interested in aircraft could want. There are planes out in the forecourt (the building and grounds used to be a main car dealership) and everything else inside including a flight simulator. The guy who set this up worked long and hard to raise funds to bring this to Shannon and all credit to him.You will not be disappointed.
To engage and enthral 6 ‘hard to please’ ten year olds for a full 2 hours is no mean feat, yet the crew at Atlantic Airventure managed it with aplomb. The ease of booking, the super-friendly telephone conversations and the helpful suggestions about bringing the cake and organising take-away food made it the easiest party ever to organise. The boys and girls were equally interested and totally excited by the simulator experiences, the lifejacket demonstration and the viewing of the planes. To cap it all, they even took photos for me and emailed them on afterwards. Cannot praise the team highly enough. We will be back.
I had the most awesome, unbelievable and marvelous day of my life! It was a day that won’t be forgotten in my life.
This course helped me understand the basics of flight and flying the Boeing 737-800.Flying with a airline captain was an interesting experience because any questions I had regarding airlines and flying were answered.
It definitely motivated me more now and I cant wait until my first introductory flight during the summer.
The memory that stands out about this course is the flight where I was instructed with another boy, It was extremely interesting and I got the feel of flying as a Captain.
That night I dreamed about flying in a real plane and it was GREAT!!
Thanks for this spectacular day that I will never forget
What I really liked about our day at Atlantic AirVenture was the way the whole group was accomodated from the youngest Beaver to the oldest Scout. We were split up into 3 groups and rotated around the different sections, so everyone got to experience the whole thing, without any delays and within their own age groups. We had several budding pilots who really enjoyed the flight simulators and expressed interest in returning for additional flight time. Thanks to the well-informed & patient staff from Charleville Scouts.
Thanks very much for the interesting and fun day that you organised for our cub scouts at our recent visit to your centre. It was amazing to learn how planes actually take off, stay in the sky and land safely! The cubs (and leaders!) also really enjoyed learning to fly on the individual simulators. The icing on the cake though, was actually flying and landing the real Boeing 737 simulator, with an airline pilot. This really was a once in a lifetime experience and the cubs were so excited to tell their parents and anyone else who would listen about what a ‘brilliant’, ‘awesome’, amazing’ day they had.
Yours In Scouting,Sandie Stanley, 5th Wicklow Sea Scouts, Bray