last update: September 22, 2008

 

 

G-BPEC

24882/0323
 
Roll out 24/09/1990

 

First flight 19/10/1990
Type 236 (ET)
Engines Rolls Royce RB211-535E4
Selcal AC-JM
Configuration CY180
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Photos photo 1      

 

Date

Registration

 Remarks
06/11/1990 G-BPEC del British Airways.
07/11/1990 G-BPEC arr London/Heathrow as BA9741E.
19/11/1990 G-BPEC lt Caledonian Airways & ferried London/Heathrow-London/Gatwick.
21/11/1990 G-BPEC in service: London/Gatwick-Cairo.
08/11/1991 G-BPEC last service: Tenerife-London/Gatwick.
11/11/1991 G-BPEC ferried London/Gatwick-London/Heathrow for maintenance.
23/11/1991 G-BPEC r/o at London/Heathrow in basic Caledonian c/s, but with Nationair titles.
27/11/1991 G-BPEC sub-lt Nationair & ferried London/Heathrow-Brussels.
28/11/1991 G-BPEC in service: Brussels-Montreal/Mirabel.
21/04/1992 G-BPEC last service: Montreal/Mirabel-London/Gatwick.
21/04/1992 G-BPEC ret Caledonian Airways.
25/04/1992 G-BPEC in service: London/Gatwick-Lisbon.
29/09/1992 G-BPEC last service: Heraklion-Newcastle.
02/10/1992 G-BPEC sub-lt Nationair & ferried London/Gatwick-Paris/Charles de Gaulle.
02/10/1992 G-BPEC in service: PAris/Charles de Gaulle-Montreal/Mirabel.
11/10/1992 G-BPEC at Newcastle in basic Caledonian Airways c/s & Nationair titles.
29/11/1992 G-BPEC ret Caledonian Airways.
11/01/1993 G-BPEC last service: Ovda-London/Gatwick.
13/01/1993 G-BPEC sub-lt Nationair & ferried London/Gatwick-Brussels.
14/01/1992 G-BPEC in service: Brussels-Montreal/Mirabel.
28/02/1993 G-BPEC last service: Toronto-London/Gatwick.
28/02/1993 G-BPEC ret Caledonian Airways.
02/03/1993 G-BPEC in service: London/Gatwick-Baku.
31/10/1994 G-BPEC last service: Male-Bahrein-London/Gatwick.
31/10/1994 G-BPEC ret British Airways (Regional) & ferried London/Gatwick-London/Stansted.
03/01/1995 G-BPEC in service: Glasgow-New York/JFK-Boston.
17/03/1995 G-BPEC at new York; named "Sir Simon Rattle".
24/10/1998 G-BPEC last regional operation: New York/JFK-Birmingham as BA1506.
25/10/1998 G-BPEC ferried Birmingham-Lasham for modification from 156 seats to 180 seats (from longhaul to shorthaul configuration).
31/10/1998 G-BPEC ferried Lasham-London/Gatwick.
01/11/1998 G-BPEC in service: London/Gatwick-Madrid.
03/11/1998 G-BPEC transferred to London/Heathrow.
03/11/1998 G-BPEC in service: London/Heathrow-Newcastle as BA1334.
13/05/1999 G-BPEC last service: Vienna-London/Heathrow as BA705.
---/05/1999 G-BPEC repainted in new British Airways c/s & "Waves and Cranes" tail c/s.
29/05/1999 G-BPEC in service: London/Heathrow-Lyon as BA354.
19/02/2004 G-BPEC last service with "Wave and Cranes" tail c/s: Glasgow-London/Heathrow as BA1499.
---/02/2004 G-BPEC repainted into "Union Flag" tail c/s.
26/02/2004 G-BPEC in service: London/Heathrow-Glasgow as BA1496.