WOUNDED services personnel recovering at Tedworth House in Tidworth can relax in style in a first class aircraft cabin.

The cabin has been donated to the Help for Heroes-run centre by the British Airways maintenance department and installed by BA engineers in the basement of the centre.

It has four ‘pods’, or first class seats, that form a realistic replica of the interior of a jumbo jet in the Speed Bird Room.

Residents going through the recovery process can often have difficulty sleeping and sometimes prefer to spend their nights somewhere other than their bedrooms.

George Frost, one of the residents at the centre, said: “To British Airways it may not seem a huge deal to donate the Speed Bird room to Help for Heroes but to me it’s a great space; a place to relax, unwind and forget your troubles for a bit.”

The room has reclining electric seats and aims to recreate a luxury flying experience.

British Airways Captain Nigel Cemm said: “The Speed Bird room is an analogy with a journey. Our wounded servicemen and women are on a journey; one that has physical and psychological dimensions.

“Speed Bird represents a cabin in an aircraft and it has to be a first class cabin because our wounded deserve no less.”

Tedworth House aims to inspire the wounded, sick and injured to reach their full potential and to support them and their families for life.

It provides education, training, sport and adventure in a relaxed environment.