Plane Reclaimers

The takeout and teardown crew of eCube solutions are anxiously awaiting the arrival of an Airbus a319 flying in from the Middle East. Upon landing the lads will be in a race against time to strip out more than 1000 of the aircraft's most valuable parts for the plane's new owner.

The red carpet has been rolled out in preparation for the final flight of the 'Queen of the skies', a 747 Jumbo Jet. Upon arrival, members of the aircrafts former Cabin Crew gather to say a fond farewell and reminisce about the glory days of their early transatlantic flights.

The latest arrival for the lads to get to work on is an AIRBUS a320 that has flown in from more than 1000 miles away in Estonia.

The lads can't wait to get their greasy mitts on an Airbus a320, which was previously owned by a now-defunct airline.

It's a proper Welsh wash-out for the take-out and tear-down boys at St Athan airbase - and the conditions are so poor that it's putting the lads latest landing, a Boeing 737 in jeopardy.

The latest mission for our top team of dismantlers almost catches them off-guard, and Bob Haden and Sam Seamer must race out on the runway in order to meet and greet the arrival of a Boeing 737-700 flying in from Amsterdam.

Straight out of the blocks and our high-viz heroes are setting a relentless pace. The monster-sized wrecking-machines are hard at work tearing chunks of fuselage from a retired aircraft in record time, to make room for a new arrival - an Airbus a319.

The eCube lads are champing at the bit for what could prove to be their most formidable opponent to date - a Boeing 747-400.

With such a growing demand for valuable second-hand parts at knockdown prices - the lads from Wales are expanding and setting up a new base in Spain.

When it comes to stripping and scrapping aircraft at speed, the teardown and takeout boys of eCube have a wealth aeronautical of experience. But the arrival of an airbus a321 to St Athan sets head a-scratching as it delivers up a job not attempted before by veterans of the industry Mark and Bob.