last update: August 02, 2008

 

 

G-BIKC

22174/0011

 
Roll out 16/11/1982

 

First flight 06/01/1983
Type 236 (SF)
Engines Rolls Royce RB211-535C
Selcal BF-QS
Configuration Special Freighter
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Date

Registration

Remarks
31/01/1983 G-BIKC del British Airways; named "Edinburgh Castle".
03/02/1983 G-BIKC ferried Boeing Field-London/Heathrow in 9 hours 1 minute as BA9603P.
27/10/1985 G-BIKC r/o at London/Heathrow in new British Airways c/s.
---/10/1996 G-BIKC repainted with additional "Pause to Remember" titles & tail in all blue and large red poppy, to commemorate Rememberance Day (75th anniversary of the Royal British Legion); will be worn until December 1996.
20/10/1996 G-BIKC in service after repaint: London/Heathrow-Edinburgh.
06/01/1997 G-BIKC last service with "Pause to Remember" titles & poppy tail; titles & logo removed.
08/01/1997 G-BIKC r/o at London/Heathrow  in new British Airways c/s; is now unnamed.
17/04/2001 G-BIKC last service: Glasgow-London/Heathrow as BA1499 (TT: 31.601 hours; 33.448 cycles).
08/05/2001 G-BIKC airtested as BA9277E.
01/06/2001 G-BIKC bt & rgd to Barclays Mercantile Business Finance Ltd., Basingstoke.
02/06/2001 G-BIKC ferried London/Heathrow-Tel Aviv for freighter conversion.
24/01/2002 G-BIKC ferried Tel Aviv-Southend as BOE203 for repaint in DHL c/s.
07/02/2002 G-BIKC r/o at Southend in red & white DHL c/s.
27/03/2002 G-BIKC lt & rgd to DHL Air Ltd., Diegem, Belgium (from Boeing Capital Corporation).