Grounded Plane @ Waterford Airport?

bobby wade

Used to be a plane there that you could go onto. Any idea what happened to it?

DOCARCH

There used to be alright. Possibly a DC4? A DC something anyway but do not think it was a DC3.

I remember going up to the airport while on holidays in Dunmore East in the '80s and you could get on board. Have photos somewhere.

bobby wade

yeah think it was just left to ruin. Maybe not a DC-4 but along those lines

Nforce

Probably the DC-7...the front section of which is now based at Dromad Rail+ Air Museum in Leitrim. Here are a couple of my pics of it...


1956 Douglas DC-7C G-AOIE



1956 Douglas DC-7C G-AOIE flightdeck

Aerohead

Its very sad to see the condition of the aircraft and the buses in those pictures, it must be some museum if they cannot even clean what they have otherwise its just a glorified scrap yard. Do you have to pay to go in there??

Beeker

Its gone from Waterford now. Used to part of a museum on the airport grounds. Since the airport expanded the museum closed up and the exibits were sold and some went intop storage. Pity really as it would make a nice attraction.

Blue Punto

if it were not for this place most if not all the stuff on display would be coke cans by now

While it is sad to see the stuff in the condition its in you must remember that its voluntary and restoring vehicles takes alot of time and even more money.

I believe that they have a few projects going at any one time but without proper funding most prop will never get restored

I prefare to see them sitting in a field than never have a chance to see them at all

EchoIndia

Photo here of G-AOIE when being dismantled at Shannon in 1982 for its road trip to Waterford:

http://www.worldairpics.com/photo/1004602/M/Douglas-DC-7C/G-AOIE/George-Harvey/

Delancey

IIRC it was in Aer Turas colours while at Waterford - it was good the way they turned the whole aircraft into a small museum though I remember thinking the admission charge was a bit stiff given all there was to see.