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A Boeing 727 arrived in Bristol on Monday, March 1, after travelling on the back of a transporter lorry being driven on the motorway. The wingless, tailless plane required a police escort as it was escorted down the M4 and M5. 

Crowds gathered to watch the massive plane travel by as it travelled from Cotswold Airport in Gloucestershire at 9am on Saturday.

Around 300 yards from its destination, a van parked on Emery Road stalled progress as the lorry could not turn widely enough to get around the corner.

To continue its journey, the plane had to be moved with a small crane.

The plane has now reached its final resting place at Pytch studios in Bonville Road business estate.

Entrepreneur Johnny Palmer bought the plane for less than £100,000.

He plans to use the plane as an eco-friendly office and event space for his business.

The plane was originally used by Japan Airlines, before it was used for private use int he 1970s.

It was sold for £50 million when it was new, but Mr Palmer got a deal because the plane does not have an engine or wings.

The plane measures 40 metres in length travelled along the M5, M4 and M32 on its journey to Mr Palmer’s office space.

The decommissioned jet measures 5m (16ft) wide and 4m (13ft) high and had to straddle two lanes as it crept down the motorway at 20mph behind a police escort.

Mr Palmer told Bristol Live: “We decided to re-purpose the icon of unsustainable hyper-consumption and have fun along the way.”

He added: “Once in Bristol it will be the centrepiece of the hub of our tech empire.”

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Once the plane arrived, the craft was then lifted with a 60-metre crane on to shipping containers.

The containers were to be “painted to look like clouds” so the aircraft “appears as though it is flying”.

Mr Palmer said Pytch “needed more space” and therefore he decided the company would use the decommissioned plane.

He told the BBC: “So rather than do resource and carbon-intensive construction, we decided to re-purpose the icon of unsustainable hyper-consumption – the airliner private jet.”

The plane took its final flight in 2012.

The aircraft travelled to Filton Airfield before it was transported to Gloucestershire to be salvaged.

Mr Palmer told the BBC: “This is by far the most expensive office space that has ever been installed in Bristol.

“Or at least it would if the aircraft could fly.”

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