Blackpool 'Flyers' celebrate 110th birthday
Blackpool Pleasure Beach is celebrating the 110th birthday of its oldest ride, the Sir Hiram Maxim Flying Machines.
Birthday celebrations for Blackpool "Fliers"
One of the world's oldest amusement park rides is celebrating its 110th birthday.
The "captive flying machine' at Blackpool Pleasure Beach was created in 1904, and is still operating.
To mark the occasion a Typhoon pilot has been climbing aboard to give it a test flight.
Andrew Fletcher went along for the ride:
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