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Unique, award-winning upcycled aviation inspired art & aircraft furniture. The art of aviation. Founded by @daren_hales & @darrenlewington Facebook & Insta too
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Our final batch of 747 wheels in the process of being stripped for coffee tables….
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The only aeroplanes in the flypast to have served as long as the Queen 🙂
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This popped up again as a random memory today. Only one of these left now 🙁 Get your little piece of history here…
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Fear not followers, we haven’t changed our social media policy & will still be broadcasting from the Cub cockpit. Seems staggeringly shortsighted of
@British_Airways
to clip the wings of its finest ambassadors. We’ll miss their insight and entertainment
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Delivery day today. We absolutely love this…so did the client 🙂
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Snuck out this morning in the Cub with a very talented photographer in the back to see the noisy neighbours
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When the client wants a piece of the last 747 he flew and a picture of his favourite destination…. Yep, we can do that….
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With the last
#Boeing747
delivered this week, we have a
#WingFriday
special offer for this weekend only. This brushed finish fuselage section clock is reduced from £895 to….well…£747
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Nostalgia time… who had this poster on their wall in the 70s/80s? New piece coming soon….
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After a pretty dismal weekend’s weather for
@airtattoo
, the skies cleared, the wind dropped so we scrambled the Cub! Fantastic effort by the thousands of staff, crew and volunteers who make this happen…
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This evening’s sunset picnic trip in the camper van turned into a bit of a busman’s holiday
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We’ve often flown overhead the airfield when the bombers are on detachment (with ATC clearance from the ever helpful
@RAFBrizeNorton
) It’s amazing to see these aircraft from a different perspective.
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It is, indeed, from an Avro Vulcan. Here’s
#XH558
on her final tour flypast of our
@GlosAirport
home base.
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Couldn’t help but feel a bit like a circling vulture 5500ft over Kemble this morning....as these
#QOTS
#Boeing747
await their fate. At least the
#Negus
@BAretrojets
will live on....
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The last surviving
#Dambuster
, Sqn Ldr George ‘Johnny’ Johnson DFM MBE is 101 today. Taking him flying some years ago remains an absolute flying highlight. A hero and a gentleman
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Touching to see several hundred people gathered in silence on the embankment of the unopened Grantham relief road, appropriately sown with poppies, as
@RAFBBMF
pass
#dambusters80
#Dambusters
#LestWeForget
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Taking a special lady on her final journey today. She’ll be forever aloft in her new home….
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@JeremyClarkson
When are you going to mow an airstrip so private pilots can fly in and buy stuff?
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An interesting find while stripping an
@Airbus
wing fence today…. Can you tell the airline that once operated this aircraft?
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This main landing gear wheel from record breaking
@British_Airways
#Boeing747
, G-CIVP, will be delivered to its new home tomorrow. Glos to London, hopefully in less the 4hr 58min, the time it took from JFK to LHR on 9th Feb 2020
#QOTS
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@webflite
It encountered wake turbulence from a preceding landing aircraft on an intersecting runway
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Finishing touches being applied to this former
@AirFranceFR
#Airbus
winglet, just in time for a
#wingfriday
delivery. It takes a huge amount of work to achieve the finish but it’s worth waiting for.
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@scottiebateman
It’s also really handy because we can take them off and make water features 😉
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Saddened to learn of the passing of the last Dambuster, ‘Johnny’ Johnson at the age of 101. The humblest of heroes and a true gentleman. Taking him flying in 2016 was a real privilege.
#RIPJohnnyJohnson
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Former
@VirginAtlantic
#Boeing747
#Ladybird
fuel door clocks coming soon exclusively for website members (Free to sign up, no spam)
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Latest pair of
#Airbus
wing fences have arrived in remarkably good condition… we might not strip and polish these, they’re lovely! Place your order now…
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119 years ago today, the
#WrightBrothers
started all this nonsense, so we braved the cold to commemorate. A stunning afternoon
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Need to email a few soon-to-be-disappointed clients this evening, but it looks like some of these
#QOTS
seen at Kemble today are off to a new life in Russia, which is actually good news!
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There’s much Twitter chatter about the B52s having snuck into
@RafFairford
undetected by the
@RAFFFDSpotters
enthusiasts, but they couldn’t evade the mighty Cub on a sunset mission last night...
#sleepinggiants
#buff
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Any 767 fans out there? We’ve acquired some fuselage sections. Drop us a line…
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When a client sends you the ‘installed’ picture of their new piece….and you realise own office really needs a tidy up…
This A320 wing fence looks fantastic in its new location. Drop us a line if you’d like one…
With the finishing touch now in place from
@Aerotiques
- my home office renovation is now finished! 100% of the design credit goes to
@AveryGiordano
- a true master. I’ll be honest, I resisted this for a while. I thought I preferred working in a junk heap, but I was wrong!
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....and the next 🙁 Little pieces of Victor Echo will be living on though...
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We’d like to wish the last surviving Dambuster, Sqn Ldr Johnny Johnson DFM MBE a very happy 100th birthday. We were truly privileged to be able to take him (and his daughter) flying some years ago. An absolute gentleman and unassuming hero.
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Another of those occasional absolute gems that passes through the workshop… Perfect for
#FlightDeckMonday
. Recognise it?
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Special delivery while we were away last week. Can you tell what it is yet? 😉😎
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“Good evening
#Glastonbury
!” Here’s
@LewisCapaldi
from 3100ft on a glorious day for flying. Hadn’t realised how HUGE the site is!
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The tyres are off, the bolts are removed, the rims are split, the valves and balancing weights are coming off, cleaning and degreasing is underway…. A long way to go yet, but these really do make quite spectacular tables…
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It’s almost three years since these 747 wheels touched down for the last time. They ‘landed’ in our yard this morning along with some other Jumbo components that will ensure the Queen of the Skies lives on….
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Our very last Virgin Atlantic Ladybird G-VAST
#Boeing747
fuselage section clocks will go on sale tomorrow evening, exclusively to our website subscribers (It’s free to sign up & we won’t spam you) Once they’re gone, they’re gone…
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Installed (and rapidly filled) in
@DarrenLewington
’s kitchen!
#Tonka
Tornado ammunition box. If you’d like one, drop us a line 😉
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Something special about a mirror finish… this chunk of former
@British_Airways
@BoeingAirplanes
747 will live on in retirement. Time is running out to order yours…
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Signing off of social media for Xmas, we’d like to wish all our clients and followers a very merry Christmas, with our grateful thanks for your support. We really appreciate it, have a great time!
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Hard to believe Airbuses are already being scrapped, although this one racked up 44 000 hours in its 16-year life…. Its window panes are now repurposed for a quieter life….
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It was a little breezy and bumpy in the Cub this morning but we managed a few pics of the noisy neighbours….with thanks, as ever, to the super-helpful ATC team at
@RAFBrizeNorton
@RAFFFDSpotters
@RafFairford
@DyessAFBase
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It’s not just the
#QOTS
#Boeing747
that’s retiring. The UK’s first certificated
#Boeing777
G-ZZZC has also slipped quietly by after 24 years’ service.
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We snuck up undetected at lunchtime for a peek. Definitely something sinister about the B2...
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Prototype upcycled
#Boeing747
window pane clock polished, soda blasted and finished this weekend. Thoughts twitterers?
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Bit of a busman’s holiday…. A spot of lunch at
@CotswoldAirport
where Victor Bravo is starting her new life as a party ‘plane
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Raising a glass to the
#Dambusters
tonight. 53 of the 133 men airborne about now, 78 yrs ago, would not return. Tonight only 1 remains. He’s 99, well & looking forward to getting to the pub! Privileged to fly George ‘Johnny’ Johnson DFM MBE & enjoy his company a few years ago.
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The B2s are back at
@RafFairford
We might need to get the
#topsecret
#stealth
Cub out again at the weekend....
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Another cool
#TornadoFarewell
piece on
#TonkaTuesday
We have really enjoyed making these Tornado items over the last year and we have more planned over the coming months. Take a look at our website for more
#FarewellTornado
items
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‘Welcome back to the pub’ flypast from a
@RAFBrizeNorton
Herc tonight. It was rude not to pop in for a quick one on
@daren_hales
birthday
@GlosAirport
#TheAviator
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Not everyone’s cup of tea, but
@BigJetTVLIVE
have been live streaming aircraft landing at
@HeathrowAirport
all day during
#StormEunice
. 130k people from all around the world have just watched a 747 land. That makes us smile 😊 Get your
#QOTS
memento now
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Today’s
#WingFriday
is all about an
#Airbus
wing fence for us. It has been a challenge, with some very stubborn anodisation to remove before we get to a mirror finish. It’ll be worth it
@JTTsteve
😉
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Probably the most impressive climb out today from the delightful Charlton Park
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Quick stop at Kemble this morning. Victor Bravo looking resplendent.
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We had the pleasure of flying the incredible
@744Experience
Boeing 747 simulator recently. More than three years of hard work and dedication have gone into making this genuine cockpit and upper deck the most authentic experience available anywhere. Staggering graphics with real
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Managed to get some sign writing done on the new van this week too....
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We delivered this commissioned Tornado ECM pod table to the client today, just in time for his birthday BBQ.
#Tonka
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It’s incredible to think that these 60-year old aeroplanes are still in operational service. The last airliner we upcycled (A321) was just 23! Beautiful day to nip up for some aerial shots of
@RafFairford
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We unexpectedly uncovered these fox cubs ‘Mo & Jo’ on this former
@FlyFrontier
#Airbus
#A318
wingtip fence today. Frontier prides themselves on being the US’s greenest airline & although this aircraft was scrapped almost 12 years ago, we’re pleased to be finally ‘completing the
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There’s always a tinge of sadness when we cut up aeroplanes. More so when many of of clients, friends & followers were affected by this airline’s demise, some twice. This
#Embraer175
was less than 10 years old with under 14 000 hours when parted out.
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While we’re in the subject of water features, here’s one we prepared earlier…
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Once at the business end of a Hawk, now enjoying a more restful time…
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Not the best
#WingFriday
but being taken out by a Range Rover on the M23 at 70mph could have ended a lot worse! Take care out there folks… 😮 (Mrs Aerotiques and I are absolutely fine)
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We didn’t really have a suitable table to display our pieces at Dunsfold a few weeks back, so we made one! A couple of
#Boeing747
landing lights and a fuselage section did the trick…
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‘Can you find me a Harrier?’ asked the client. Not your typical request but, thanks to
@TornadoZA326
and
@JetArtAviation
‘yes’ was the answer. Delivered today = happy client 👍😀
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@rafredarrows
@RoyalAirForce
@glastonbury
@bbcglasto
@GlastoLive
@RafRed1
@RAFRedArrows_OC
….hold my beer 😉😎
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A first trial flight for the pooch this evening. She seemed to like it….
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2/2 This is what we came up with.
#Aviation
is a powerful tool that can do so much good. Hopefully this triggers some happy memories for the family
@4Lilyfoundation
#MitoMatters
@Neurocare
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No better way to socially distance than a Cub. Flat calm, unlimited visibility and not a soul in the sky. Perfect Xmas
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Call us old fashioned, but some of the coolest exhibits at
@airtattoo
this weekend are getting on a bit and take us back to our
@Airfix
days. Who’s made these kits in the past?
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Another pic from our evening overflight of
@airtattoo
…
The greatest fighter/bombers of their generation? Discuss.
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