If you’re taking to the motorway on Thursday morning you may spot something a bit different among the usual traffic as the top deck of a Boeing 747 makes its final journey to Greater Manchester. This piece of aviation history will be transported from Kemble, on the edge of the Cotswolds to Barton City Airport in Salford, arriving at around 2pm in the afternoon.
Leaving Kemble at 9.30am, it will make its way to its new home along the M5, M6, M56 and M60, so keep your eyes peeled if you’re on the road. Once it arrives in Salford, it’s set to become a new tourist attraction.
Named ‘The Deck’, it will be used for educational and leisure purposes, allowing people to get up close to this celebrated plane. It was saved from scrappage by local airline memorabilia company Doors2Manual.