Many aviation fans expected at flying boat splash

HUNDREDS of visitors are expected at Foynes port this afternoon to witness a flying boat splash land after a flight from Newfoundland, Canada.

The Catalina flying boat will have flown the same air corridor which seaplanes flew from 1935 to 1945 when Foynes was an international aviation hub for flying boats travelling between the UK and the US.

Father and son, Patrick and Ian White, run an aviation company in Newfoundland.