| G-BIKA |  |
|
|---|---|---|
| Line number | 0009 | |
| Type | 236 F | |
| Engines | Rolls Royce RB211-535C | |
| Mode S | 400651 | |
| Configuration | Freighter | |
| Name | ||
| Date | Registration | Remarks |
| 00/00/1982 | N757B | test registration. |
| 07/09/1982 | G-BIKA | roll out. |
| 25/10/1982 | G-BIKA | first flight. |
| 28/03/1983 | G-BIKA | del British Airways; named "Dover Castle". |
| 13/04/1983 | N757B | registration cancelled. |
| 29/03/1983 | G-BIKA | ferried Boeing Field-London/Heathrow. |
| 13/01/1985 | G-BIKA | r/o at London/Heathrow in new British Airways c/s. |
| 16/05/1998 | G-BIKA | last service: Dusseldorf-London/Heathrow as BA937. |
| 00/05/1998 | G-BIKA | ferried London/Heathrow-London/Stansted; for repaint. |
| 23/05/1998 | G-BIKA | r/o at London/Stansted in new British Airways c/s with "Blue Poole" tail c/s. |
| 24/05/1998 | G-BIKA | in service: London/Heathrow-Paris/Charles de Gaulle. |
| 19/05/2000 | G-BIKA | last service: Manchester-London/Heathrow as BA1407 (TT: 34324 hours; 27138 cycles). |
| 00/05/2000 | G-BIKA | titles & tail logo removed at London/Heathrow. |
| 24/05/2000 | G-BIKA | at London/Heathrow in all white c/s. |
| 07/07/2000 | G-BIKA | bt & rgd to DHL Holdings (UK) Ltd. |
| 08/07/2000 | G-BIKA | ferried London/Heathrow-Wichita; for conversion to freighter (SF) by Boeing. |
| 15/02/2001 | G-BIKA | test flight at Wichita after conversion to freighter. |
| 27/03/2001 | G-BIKA | ferried Wichita-Goose Bay-East Midland in red/white DHL c/s. |
| 28/03/2001 | G-BIKA | ferried East Midlands-Brussels. |
| 28/03/2001 | G-BIKA | registration cancelled. |
| 29/03/2001 | OO-DLN | rgd to EAT N.V. (on lease from DHL Holdings (UK) Ltd., Hounslow). |
| 03/04/2001 | OO-DLN | in service: Brussels-Bergamo-Pisa. |
| 12/05/2009 | OO-DLN | at Helsinki in yellow/red DHL c/s. |
| 26/03/2010 | D-ALEA | rgd to EAT Leipzig GmbH. |
| 17/03/2016 | D-ALEA | registration cancelled. |
| 17/03/2016 | G-BIKA | rgd to DHL Air Ltd., Diegem, Belgium. |
| 24/12/2016 | G-BIKA | ferried Lisbon/LIS-Madrid/MAD as BCS321; for part out and scrapping. |
| 02/08/2017 | G-BIKA | registration cancelled. |
| 00/11/2017 | scrapping completed. | |
Everything on this great aircraft
On your new website for British Airways 752 G-BIKA (c/n 22172, l/n 0009) it says that this aircraft was renamed ‘County of Herefordshire’ when repainted in the new BA (Landor) livery. This is incorrect.
It retained the name ‘Dover Castle’ when it was rolled out on 13 January 1985 after being repainted as can be seen on the airliners.net web site (photo ID 1881021). It then carried it until after its last flight in Landor livery (BA937 Dusseldorf – Heathrow) on 16 May 1998.
Keep up the good work.
Best regards
Andy