We are seeing an ever-growing variety of stunning summerhouses, bars and quirky man caves, but this garden space has made its way to the top of our list. Our customer has transformed an A320 fuselage cut into an incredible garden office – pretty stunning eh? We specialise in disassembling end-of-life aircraft, recycling over 93% of…
The Aviation industry witnessed a big change as British Airways was forced to bring forward the retirement of its 747 fleet as a consequence of the coronavirus pandemic. The Queen of the Skies quickly became an icon, loved by flyers all over the world for decades, and has flown more than 3.5 billion people –…
G-BYGC is a much loved British Airways Boeing 747, famously known for her iconic BOAC (1964-1974) retro livery redesign in Feb 2019. The Plane Reclaimers team were thrilled to welcome her at our St Athan site on the 11th December 2020. She was the final British Airways Boeing 747 to fly, and unlike many other…
A new vision. The final B777-200 tail shot of the “Mile High Mural Project” by Welsh artist, Jim Vision. Take in the first few shots of this B777’s new hand-painted livery: a depiction of a female Celtic spirit warrior, a personification of natural phenomena and a tribute to the 50 million miles this airliner has…
The Plane Reclaimers team are super excited to be working with Welsh artist, Jim Vision, for the second time here at St Athan. Jim proves his art has no limits as he takes on the incredible challenge of painting a giant Boeing 777-200 tail, at an impressive height of over 60 feet! A leading protagonist…
Another 747 to make its way through our facility in Wales was G-CIVM. The globe trotting jumbo has been to all corners of the world since 1997 until very recently when it began retirement as many quad jets are phased across all airlines. It set off on its final voyage on 16th March making a…
There’s few aircraft that can claim to have flown 50,000,000 miles in their life but G-ZZZC is part of the fairly exclusive club! Not only this but G-ZZZC was the first 777 in Europe! G-ZZZC started life all the way back in 1995. Remember the 1995? Michael Jackson was releasing Earth Song and DVDs were…
Good news for all 747 fans! A plethora of new items have been added to our shop. All the goodies from G-CIVG have been parted out and put on sale for enthusiasts to get their hands on. We’ve got a whole range of stuff from seat numbers all the way up to the thrust control…
There are a great assortment of things available now in our shop ranging from small stocking fillers such as a life jacket all the way up to emergency escape hatches and engine exhausts. Get stuck in and see what we’ve got!
A special surprise has just been uploaded onto our eBay shop for all Virgin Atlantic fans. We’ve made both the flying ladies from ether side of the fuselage and the name tags available for auction on eBay. Own a piece of history now, bidding starts at just 99p!
