A British Airways 747 will immediately depart for Dunsfold Aerodrome the place it should start its new life as a TV and movie set.
The plane, registration G-CIVW, will depart from Cardiff Airport at 13:30 as flight quantity BA1978E, touchdown in to Dunsfold Aerodrome in Surrey an hour later.
On touchdown it will likely be handed over to the airport which can protect the plane to be used as a industrial movie set and coaching facility.
The plane which can maintain its Chatham Dockyard livery might be saved in public view on the airfield.
In time the plane might be opened up as an exhibition for guests to expertise up shut the dimensions and scale of the Queen of the Skies.
The plane, like many different 747s, has ties with the world of movie, having flown many actors throughout its cabins and having usually visited movie set hotspots like Los Angeles and New York.
Jim McAllister, chief government, Dunsfold Aerodrome, commented: “The 747 is a singular and essential piece of aviation historical past and we’re excited to be taking supply of this retired plane at Dunsfold Aerodrome.
“While G-CIVW will not fly, the plane might be preserved and given a brand new lease of life on the earth of TV and movie, coaching and particular occasions.”
After getting into the British Airways fleet on Might 15th, 1998, G-CIVW operated 11,424 flights and flew 90,617 hours over 45 million miles.
Its final passenger flight was from Boston to Heathrow on March 28th this 12 months.
After its ultimate industrial flight, the plane was saved at Bournemouth Airport earlier than shifting to storage at Cardiff Airport in June.
British Airways retired the final of the Boeing 747 fleet earlier this month within the wake of the Covid-19 shutdown.
