| G-BIKF |  |
|
|---|---|---|
| Line number | 0016 | |
| Type | 236 F | |
| Engines | Rolls Royce RB211-535C | |
| Mode S | 400653 | |
| Configuration | Freighter | |
| Name | ||
| Date | Registration | Remarks |
| 02/02/1983 | G-BIKF | roll out. |
| 06/04/1983 | G-BIKF | first flight. |
| 28/04/1983 | G-BIKF | del British Airways; named "Carrickfergus Castle". |
| 29/04/1983 | G-BIKF | ferried Boeing Field-London/Heathrow as BA9605P (using callsign Speedfox Kilo Fox) in full British Airways c/s, but without titles. |
| 30/04/1983 | G-BIKF | lt Air Europe in British Airways c/s & "Air Europe titles. |
| 31/10/1983 | G-BIKF | ret British Airways; ferried London/Gatwick-London/Heathrow as BA9739P; named "Carrickfergus Castle". |
| 04/11/1985 | G-BIKF | r/o at London/Heathrow in new British Airways c/s. |
| 24/04/1998 | G-BIKF | last service: Barcelona-London/Heathrow as BA481. |
| 25/04/1998 | G-BIKF | ferried London/Heathrow-London/Stansted as BA9254P; for repaint. |
| 04/05/1998 | G-BIKF | ferried London/Stansted-London/Heathrow as BA9271P in new British Airways c/s with "Wunala Dreaming" tail c/s. |
| 07/05/1998 | G-BIKF | in service: London/Heathrow-Edinburgh as BA1439. |
| 03/06/2002 | G-BIKF | last service: Vienna-London/Heathrow as BA705 (TT: 38788 hours; 29529 cycles). |
| 15/06/2002 | G-BIKF | performed a test flight at London/Heathrow as BA9265E. |
| 08/08/2002 | G-BIKF | bt Barclays Mercantile Business Finance Ltd.; ferried London/Heathrow-Tel Aviv as BOE206; for conversion to freighter. |
| 12/08/2002 | G-BIKF | rgd to Barclays Mercantile Business Finance Ltd., Basingstoke. |
| 07/04/2003 | G-BIKF | ferried Tel Aviv-Southend; for repaint. |
| 03/05/2003 | G-BIKF | at Southend in red/yellow DHL c/s. |
| 18/05/2003 | G-BIKF | ferried Southend-East Midlands as DHK017. |
| 30/05/2003 | G-BIKF | rgd to DHL Air Ltd., Diegem, Belgium (lf Boeing Capital Corporation). |
| 30/05/2003 | G-BIKF | in service: East Midlands-Edinburgh as BCA2705. |
| 19/09/2004 | G-BIKF | at Brussels with extra "F1 Official Logistics" titles. |
| 25/07/2016 | G-BIKF | ferried Leipzig/LEJ-Madrid/MAD as BCS811; for part out and scrapping. |
| 00/00/2017 | G-BIKF | scrapping completed. |
| 06/03/2017 | G-BIKF | registration cancelled. |
Everything on this great aircraft
Boeing 757 G-BIKF C/N 22177, L/N 0016 was named ‘Carrickfergus Castle’ and not ‘Caernarvon Castle’ – the name of G-BIKD – when delivered on 28 April 1983. ‘Caernarvon Castle’ was the name of G-BIKD when delivered.
On 24 April 1998 G-BIKF made operated Barcelona – Heathrow (BA481) its last commercial flight before being painted. . On 25 April it was ferried Heathrow Stansted (BA9254P) for painting by Sprayavia. It was ferried Stansted – Heathrow (BA9271P) after roll out in Wunala Dreaming tail colours on 4 May. Its first revenue flight (Heathrow – Edinburgh) G-BIKF, C/N 22177 was delivered on in the new livery on 7 May was BA1439.
On 30 April there was a somewhat earlier report of this aircraft at Southend after painting in DHL yellow livery.
On 1 August 2019 this aircraft was reported at Leipzig with the ‘DHL F1 Formula 1 Official Logistics’ titles removed.
Hope this helps.
Best regards
Andy