Trimmed from scrapped fuselage sections and lightly restored, this section measures approximately 34 x 18” and weighs around 8kg.  The original window pane has been laser etched with the aircraft details and fitted with a silent sweep, battery powered clock mechanism.
Manufacturer Serial Number 24016, Boeing 757-21B was the 150th example produced, undertaking its first flight taking on 8th October 1987.  Delivered to CAAC Airlines as B-2803 on 9th November, the aircraft didn’t wear its socialist livery for long as, in 1988, with restructuring of Chinese civil aviation, CAAC split into six separate airlines and ‘2803’ went to the Guangzhou based – China Southern Airlines where it operated until October 2006 before the airline retired its ‘pencil’ fleet. 
On 23rd November 2006 the aircraft was bought by Jet2.com and re-registered as G-LSAI.  ‘Alpha India’ had an impressive career of over 18 years with the British carrier.  On 5th of January 2025, operating LS812 from Geneva; G-LSAI completed her final commercial push back bound for Manchester, marking the end of UK passenger operations by,  what was then, the oldest 757 in service.
Her final flight bound for St. Athan, Wales, was on January 8th 2025, where airport staff and hundreds of enthusiasts had gathered to say farewell to ‘Alpha India’ as she rotated at 11:50 from runway 23 Right for one final flight.  After part out and a brief period of storage, she was scrapped on 26th March 2025 having amassed over 80 000 flight hours.