Up, up and away: Take off on a trip through Blackpool aviation history

This week in pictures we swoop in on the old Blackpool Aerodrome.
By The Newsroom
Published 23rd Aug 2018, 17:08 BST
Updated 23rd Aug 2018, 17:10 BST
Thousands of sightseers at the Empire Air Display at Stanley Park Airport in May 1938Thousands of sightseers at the Empire Air Display at Stanley Park Airport in May 1938
Thousands of sightseers at the Empire Air Display at Stanley Park Airport in May 1938

Located where Blackpool Zoo is now, the old aerodrome was used for civil and military flying from 1929 until the airfield closed in 1947.

Our archive pictures show what it used to look like back in the day and there is even a shot of famous aviation pioneer Amelia Earhart visiting the Stanley Park Aerodrome, in 1932.

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