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English: Spirit Aerosystems building Part of an aircraft component factory complex by the main runway at Prestwick International Airport. Wing parts for various types of aircraft are produced in the complex which employs 750 people. Click on this http://www.spiritaero.com/aero.aspx?id=1113 for more information.

The art deco building began its life in 1938 at Bellahouston Park in Glasgow as the Palace Of Engineering during the Empire Exhibition. It was dismantled and moved to Prestwick in 1941, during WWII.

Viewed from a Brussels bound Ryanair aircraft.
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Author Thomas Nugent
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Camera location 55° 30′ 44″ N, 4° 36′ 08″ W Heading=45° Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap. View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMap info
Object location 55° 30′ 50″ N, 4° 35′ 59″ W Heading=45° Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap. View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMap info

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