Spreading Our Wings

Gay Byrne invites us to fasten our seatbelts as we accompany him on an exciting journey through the formative years of Irish aviation.

This new four-part series features a unique historical archive of eyewitness accounts covering the heroic, tragic and humorous moments in the progress of flight as we spread our wings across the Irish skies.

Programme Archive

Audio links to, and programme information on, the series of Spreading Our Wings.

Bibliography

Some recently published books about Irish Aviation.

When Our Plane Hit the Mountain, Suzanne Barnes, New Island, Dublin 2005.    The story of the crash, in the Wicklow Mountains of French Air Force JU 52, carrying 21 French Girl Guides in 1946.

"Emergency" Air Incidents South-East Ireland 1940-1945, Patrick J.  Cummins, Aviation History Ireland Waterford 2003.

The Silver Lining, Lady Heath and  Kildonan  - A Golden Age of Flying,  John Haughton, Finglas Environmental Heritage Project 2003.

Irish Air Corps,  The Irish Air Corps Celebrates 100 years of Flight,
M & J Graphics 2003.

In Galway Skies, Hayden K. Lawford, 2002.

Landfall Ireland - The story of Allied and German aircraft which came down in Eire in WW2, Donal MacCarron, Colourpoint Books, 2003

Lady Icarus The Life of Irish Aviator Lady Mary Heath, Lindie  Naughton, Ashfield Press Dublin 2004.

Shannon Airport  A Unique Story of Survival, Valerie Sweeney, Shannon 2004.  ISBN 0-9547424-0-0

IONA Ireland's First Commercial Airline,  Michael Traynor, Dublin 2004. To order : www.ionaairways.com

Belfast International Airport - Aviation at Aldergrove since 1918. Guy Warner & Jack Woods, Colourprint Books 2001

Pioneers in Flight - Aer Lingus and the Story of Aviation in Ireland,  Niall G. Weldon, Liffey Press 2002.

For a complete bibliography click here.