AA's wing tips were unbolted, but at 14M you were ot shipping that width anywhere.
As you needed to go via a barge with a mix width of 8.8m the aircraft's width needed to be reduced further, so a plan was formulated to cut the wings to allow it to be moved.
A serious amount of planning went into the best methods to cut them off so that they would go back on. Some of the unconstructive comments here would very hurtful to the teams of people who worked long and hard to save these aircraft from being turned into beer cans.
There were 2 methods:
Cut round the landing gear bays - used on Concorde 206
Cut through the landing gear bays - Used on Concorde 202
Both methods were equaly as good with each having pros and cons. First mehod allows complete structural integrity on the landing gear, 2nd is an easier and stronger repair.
AA's main wings are nearly fixed in place
unless you really go looking you will not see the cut, it will simply be like another production join....just going at 90 degress to the others!
She should be essentially complete by the end of October, with just a few restoration issues to sort out in the months beofre she opens to the public, as well installing systems such as lighting and fire detection