last update: August 30, 2008

 

 

VT-BDK

24267/0211
 
Roll out 04/01/1989

  

First flight 03/02/1989
Type 236 SF
Engines Rolls Royce RB211-535C
Selcal ES-DL
Configuration Special Freighter
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Date

Registration

 Remarks
17/02/1989 G-BMRI del British Airways; named "Tonbridge Castle".
18/02/1989 G-BMRI arr London/Heathrow as BA9673E.
06/03/1989 G-BMRI first service: London/Heathrow-Manchester.
11/03/1998 G-BMRI ferried London/Heathrow-London/Stansted.
---/03/1998 G-BMRI r/o at London/Stansted in new British Airways c/s & "Flowerfield" tail c/s.
20/03/1998 G-BMRI ferried London/Stansted-London/Heathrow & in service: London/Heathrow-Edinburgh.
30/03/2002 G-BMRI last service: Berlin/Tegel-London/Heathrow as BA993 (TT: 25.518 hours; 20.647 landings).
03/04/2002 G-BMRI ferried London/Heathrow-Southend as BA9271E; for storage.
17/05/2002 G-BMRI ferried Southend-London/Heathrow as BA9269E; for pre-sale work.
25/06/2002 G-BMRI rgd to European Air Transport N.V., Brussels.
26/06/2002 G-BMRI ferried London/Heathrow-...-Mobile; for freighter conversion.
01/03/2003 G-BMRI ferried Mobile-Brussels in full new yellow & red DHL c/s.
03/03/2003 G-BMRI registration cancelled.
04/03/2003 OO-DPL lt European Air Transport (on lease from Boeing Capital Corporation).
06/03/2003 OO-DPL in service: Brussels-Istanbul as BCS949.
02/09/2004 OO-DPL at Neuremberg with extra "F1 Official Logistics" titles.
27/04/2006 OO-DPL ferried Brussels-Norwich as BCS840P; for repainting.
---/05/2006 OO-DPL r/o at Norwich in full Blue Dart Aviation c/s.
06/05/2006 OO-DPL ferried Norwich-Lasham.
15/05/2006 OO-DPL ferried Lasham-Brussels as BCS870.
23/05/2006 OO-DPL ferried Brussels-Bahrein-Chennai as BCS001P (arrived 24/05/2006).
26/05/2006 VT-BDK rgd to European Air Transport & sub-lt Blue Dart Aviation.