Front of Boeing 717 will travel through Worcestershire

The cockpit of a Boeing 717 aircraft is stored at Ridgeway Storage in Powick where it is due to remain for another three months before being moved down south.

A location for where the aircraft will be moved to is yet to be confirmed.

The section of the aircraft is from a Turkmenistan Airline, registration EZ-A107, and was rescued by Kent-based charity UK Heritage Aviation.

The charity organises the rescue of abandoned aircrafts with the aim of raising additional funds to rescue and restore other aircrafts.

This Boeing 717 is currently the only one of its kind being restored.

This is the second aircraft to have been rescued by charity UK Heritage Aviation (Image: UK Heritage Aviation)

Boeing 717's are notoriously popular with plane fans, particularly in the United States, with the aircraft being manufactured by McDonnell Douglas before its first flight in 1998.

Production of the Boeing 717 ceased in 2006 after 155 were delivered.

This is the second aircraft to be acquired and stored in Worcestershire by UK Heritage Aviation, who previously stored the front section of a Jetstream 41 there last year.

That aircraft was moved to East Sussex but organisers said no funds were raised as they decided not to commercialise it.

This Boeing 717 is a unique aircraft that the charity is hoping to use to raise funds, with a target of raising £20,000.

Duncan Halford [LEFT, chairman of UK Heritage Aviation] and Ian Kidger [RIGHT, archivist and researcher] (Image: UK Heritage Aviation)

The cockpit has recently been linked with a T-tail section that Boeing has not used since the days of the 727 model.

There is also two engines at the back, yokes (control wheel/column) and eight panels missing.

The aircraft's airstair was also removed but is due to be delivered over from Johannesburg.

Organisers revealed it had been washed and that there would be an open day for the public to have a chance to catch a first-hand glimpse of the aircraft.