It’s not what you expect to see while on the motorway: the top deck of a Boeing 747 zooming past you. But if you’re planning on driving between Gloucester and Manchester on August 11 then you may spot this iconic piece of aviation history.
Part of the British Airways G-BYGA aircraft will be transported along the M5, M6, M56 and M60 in its final journey from Kemble, on the edge of the Cotswolds to its new home in Manchester. It’s not a final goodbye for the plane though, it’s going to be transformed into a unique tourist attraction.
It has been saved from scrappage by local airline memorabilia company Doors2Manual, who’ve found a permanent home for the top deck in a hangar at City Airport in Salford. Here it will become ‘The Deck’, which will be used for educational and leisure tours and allow visitors to get up close to this iconic plane.
