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The Sunday Times: ‘Sunday Section’ today. Celebrate the 75th anniversary of the first non-stop commercial transatlantic flight at a spectacular air show in Foynes, Co Limerick. yankee Clipper seaplane 3,000-miles from Next Saturday, members of Breitling Wingwalkers and the Twister aerobatics team will perform an aerial fireworks display at dusk in honour of the pioneering airmen who flew the Yankee Clipper seaplane 3,000-miles from America to Ireland in July, 1939. Sunday’s three-hour air show includes fly-pasts by classic jets. Taoiseach Enda Kenny will unveil a plaque. Flyingboatmuseum.com.