By Murdo Morrison2021-02-25T16:51:00+00:00 For admirers of the Queen of the Skies, it is a sombre sight. Nine former British Airways Boeing 747-400s – former flagships of the flag carrier and still resplendent in their liveries – line up on the hard standing of a rural airfield in the west of England, all but one destined to be broken into bits. Cotswold Airport, at Kemble in Gloucestershire, is where old airliners come to die, and operator Air Salvage International (ASI) is one of a few aircraft dismantling and recycling specialists in Europe. Source: BillyPix British Airways 747-400s lined up at Kemble