A Grand National tradition would see a Concorde fly passengers and celebrities over Aintree for years.
Concorde was no stranger to Liverpool after visiting the city many times from its maiden flight in 1969. But in the 1980s and 1990s, many will remember the ECHO chartered the supersonic jet as part of the Grand National celebrations.
Carrying only 100 passengers, racegoers and celebrities alike would board the special flight and then land in Speke, before hopping on a double decker bus to take them to Aintree racecourse. In 1988, history was also made when 1,000 ECHO readers flew on Concorde from Liverpool Airport - the highest ever number of passengers to fly on the craft in a single day, with the newspaper becoming the first in the world to charter two of the jets at the same time.
