Celebrations for Liverpool Airport 75th birthday
18.05.08
A number of vintage aircraft will fly into Liverpool Airport next month when the hub celebrates its 75th anniversary. Hundreds of visitors are expected to flock to the airport for the two day event on June 28 and 29 that will mark its place in aviation history.
Attractions over the weekend will include a Dragon Rapide vintage aircraft, similar to the De Havilland Dragon that made the first flight from Speke to the Isle of Man on July 3, 1933. A 1940s 8 seater De Havilland Dove, a familiar visitor to Liverpool in the 40s, 50s and 60s, is scheduled to attend and both aircraft will provide pleasure flights. The RAF Battle of Britain Memorial Flight, featuring a Spitfire, Hurricane and Dakota DC3 will also stage a fly past on June 29.
Free transport from the city to the former Speke Airport site, now the Marriott Liverpool Airport Hotel, will be provided by vintage buses. The old XL 171 Airporter bus has been brought out of storage by the Merseyside Transport Trust and is being renovated by bus company Arriva to ferry pleasure flight passengers to check-in points.
Other highlights will be a photographic exhibition and access to the Marriott balcony used by thousands of Beatles fans to welcome the Fab Four back from their 1964 American tour. A celebratory dinner to mark the 75th anniversary has also been arranged at the Marriott Hotel on July 4.
The weekend event has been organised by The Jetstream Club, volunteers who maintain and preserve two aircraft at the Marriott site, and the Friends of Liverpool Airport (FoLA). For full details visit the website www.fola.org.uk.
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