May 13th 2010 - Speke Old Airport

A grey and overcast afternoon. This a DH89 Rapide which started flying from Speke airport in June 1930. Liverpool airport was opened on July 1st 1933. During World War II the airport was requistioned by the Government, who mainly used it for building and testing war planes imported from America. In 1986 airport services were transfered to the new airport, and the buildings went into disrepair; until more recent times when it was turned into a swanky hotel.