Aéroport John-Lennon de Liverpool

L'aéroport John-Lennon de Liverpool (code IATA : LPL • code OACI : EGGP), (Liverpool John Lennon Airport en anglais) est un aéroport qui dessert la ville de Liverpool. Il était précédemment appelé Speke Airport ou RAF Speke. Il est situé au bord de l'estuaire de la Mersey à 12 km au Sud-Est de Liverpool. Inauguré dans sa nouvelle version en 2002, l'aéroport est orné d'une statue en bronze de John Lennon dans le hall. Au plafond, est peinte la devise de l'aéroport : Above us only sky (« Au-dessus de nous, rien que le ciel ») tirée des paroles de sa chanson Imagine. Sur l'allée centrale située en face du terminal, trône également un sous-marin jaune géant en référence à la chanson Yellow Submarine. Une exposition permanente de certaines photographies historiques des Beatles prises en Inde à l'Ashram de Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, en 1968, par Paul Saltzman a été installée en 2015 dans la salle d'embarquement, au-dessus des boutiques. Ces dernières années, l'aéroport de Liverpool John Lennon a eu l'une des croissances les plus importantes d'Europe en termes d'augmentation du nombre de passagers : ils étaient seulement 875 000 à y avoir transité en 1998 et environ 5 millions en 2006. Les places de parking disponibles, bien qu'ayant augmenté, ne sont pas assez nombreuses. Toutefois, un parking à étages actuellement en projet, offrira 870 places supplémentaires[Quand ?]. Un hôtel de 150 chambres est également associé à ce projet.

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Liverpool John Lennon Airport

Liverpool John Lennon Airport (IATA: LPL, ICAO: EGGP) is an international airport serving Liverpool, England, on the estuary of the River Mersey 6.5 nautical miles (12.0 km; 7.5 mi) south-east of Liverpool city centre. Scheduled domestic, European, North African and Middle Eastern services are operated from the airport. The airport comprises a single passenger terminal, three general use hangars, a FedEx Express courier service centre as well as a single runway measuring 7,500 ft (2,286 m) in length, with the control tower south of the runway. Originally called Speke Airport, it was operated by the Royal Air Force as RAF Speke in World War II. Between 1997 and 2007, annual passenger numbers increased from 689,468 to 5.47 million. It was renamed after Liverpudlian musician John Lennon of the Beatles in 2001. The airport handled 4.19 million passengers in 2023, making it the 12th-busiest airport in the UK.

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1965 Liverpool Vickers Viscount crash

On 20 July 1965 a Vickers Viscount of Cambrian Airways crashed into Thompson & Capper's mothball factory on approach to Liverpool International Airport, after a flight from Ronaldsway Airport, Isle of Man. Both crew (Michael Warrington and Peter Kenny) were killed, as well as the only two persons in the factory (June Simpson and Elizabeth Farrell) who were working late.

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Liverpool 08 Collection

The Liverpool 08 Collection was the public art collection exhibited by Liverpool John Lennon Airport in conjunction with the Liverpool Culture Company for the duration of 2008, the year when Liverpool was the European Capital of Culture. Exhibits were launched before and during the year by various celebrities including Yoko Ono and Phil Redmond and much of the exhibition remains in place today. As well as the iconic sculptures, The Yellow Submarine sculpture and the John Lennon Statue, the different pieces of artwork situated around the public areas of the terminal included; two rare suits worn by John Lennon, photographs by Harry Goodwin and Paul Saltzman, mosaics from Debbie Ryan, graphic designs by John McFaul, a film by Nick Jordan, a performance of Brian Eno's 'Music for Airports' and artwork from 50 schoolchildren at St Ambrose Primary School in Speke

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Oglet

Oglet is a small area of Liverpool, England, and the city's most southernly point. The area is entirely rural and virtually unpopulated, save for a couple of farms. For most of its known history, Oglet was classed as a hamlet in the township of Speke. Nowadays however, "Oglet" or "The Oglet" is typically used in reference to the entire area of land (which includes the remainder of the hamlet) located sandwiched between Liverpool John Lennon Airport in Speke to the north and the River Mersey in all other directions, except for a short land border with Hale to its east. It has been described as "Liverpool's last piece of countryside"; it is situated on low-lying, flat, mostly arable land featuring field ponds, hedge rows and tree belts, falling sharply to densely vegetated cliffs at the shoreline. Oglet is noted for supporting diverse habitats home to locally rare wildlife, flora, bats, and particularly birds, be it farmland birds, or wading birds which use its saltmarshes for roosting and feeding. Officially, it is designated as an "Undeveloped Coastal Zone" and part of the city's green belt by Liverpool City Council.

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Yellow Submarine (sculpture)

The Yellow Submarine in Liverpool is a large model representation of the submarine featured in the 1968 animated film Yellow Submarine, inspired by the 1966 song of the same name on The Beatles' album Revolver. It was built by a group of about 80 apprentices from Cammell Laird's shipyard, designed in part by Mr L Pinch, a draughtsman at the yard, for exhibition at the International Garden Festival in Liverpool in 1984. The Submarine was in a garden themed around the Beatles, one of 60 such themed gardens, and was highly popular. The garden took the form of an apple-shaped labyrinth, containing symbolic references to the group, and included a bronze statue of John Lennon, which now stands at Liverpool John Lennon Airport. The Submarine itself is some 51 feet long (15.62 m) and 15 feet (4.57 m) high, and weighed 18 tons. Built of steel, it has a replica control cabin containing genuine submarine equipment, and twin spiral staircases leading to the bridge, which gave a panoramic view of the garden. These were accessible via doorways at the side. Painted in vivid yellow, the hull was tilted as if about to submerge. After the Festival site closed, the Submarine was sited for several years in Chavasse Park, an open space in the city centre, where it was readily visible to traffic entering the city centre from the south. It was retired from public view when its condition deteriorated, but was renovated to find a new home at Liverpool John Lennon Airport in 2005. Airport boss Neil Pakey stated: "Other airports have the Concorde, we have the Yellow Submarine."

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