| G-BIKJ |  |
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|---|---|---|
| Line number | 0029 | |
| Type | 236 F | |
| Engines | Rolls Royce RB211-535C | |
| Mode S | 400587 | |
| Configuration | Freighter | |
| Name | ||
| Date | Registration | Remarks |
| 24/11/1983 | G-BIKJ | roll out. |
| 15/12/1983 | G-BIKJ | first flight. |
| 09/01/1984 | G-BIKJ | del British Airways; named "Conwy Castle". |
| 10/01/1984 | G-BIKJ | ferried Boeing Field-London/Heathrow as BA9609P. |
| 12/01/1984 | G-BIKJ | first service: London/Heathrow-Amsterdam. |
| 00/08/1987 | G-BIKJ | at London/Heathrow in new British Airways c/s (repainted after 23/06/1986). |
| 20/07/1998 | G-BIKJ | at London/Heathrow in new British Airways c/s with "Waves of the City" tail c/s. |
| 01/07/2000 | G-BIKJ | last service: Glasgow-London/Heathrow as BA1485 (TT: 29134 hours; 30568 cycles). |
| 16/07/2000 | G-BIKJ | r/o at London/Heathrow in basic British Airways c/s; titles and tail logo painted out. |
| 26/07/2000 | G-BIKJ | ferried London/Heathrow-Lasham as BA9288P; for pre-sale maintenance. |
| 02/11/2000 | G-BIKJ | at Lasham in basic British Airways c/s with white tail c/s. |
| 08/12/2000 | G-BIKJ | ferried Lasham-London/Heathrow as BA9263P; for additional pre-sale maintenance. |
| 18/01/2001 | G-BIKJ | ferried London/Heathrow-Bangor-Mobile; for conversion to freighter. |
| 19/01/2001 | G-BIKJ | bt & rgd to DHL Holdings (UK) Ltd. |
| 01/11/2001 | G-BIKJ | ferried Mobile-Goose Bay-East Midlands in red/white DHL c/s (arrived 02/11/2001). |
| 08/11/2001 | G-BIKJ | performed local test flight at East Midlands. |
| 02/03/2002 | G-BIKJ | ferried East Midlands-Southend as DHK7812. |
| 03/03/2002 | G-BIKJ | ferried Southend East Midlands as DHK7870. |
| 02/04/2002 | G-BIKJ | lt & rgd to DHL Air Ltd., Belgium. |
| 27/12/2010 | G-BIKJ | at Pisa in yellow/red DHL c/s (repainted after 31/10/2010). |
| 24/12/2015 | G-BIKJ | arr Madrid as BCS____; for part out and scrapping. |
| 04/01/2016 | G-BIKJ | at Madrid; missing both engines. |
| 00/06/2016 | G-BIKJ | scrapping completed. |
| 16/06/2016 | G-BIKJ | registration cancelled. |
Everything on this great aircraft
G-BIKJ (22181/0029)
I have an earlier date than 3 August 1988 for a sighting in new colours, namely ?? August 1987 at London Heathrow. My last date for a report in the previous scheme isclose to yours. It is 23 June 1986 at Stockholm Arlanda.
On 15 July 2000 this aircraft entered the British Airways Paint Shop at London Heathrow. On the following day it was rolled out with all titles, insignia and its tail painted out.
The 18 January 2001 ferry flight continued Bangor – Mobile Downtown where it was delivered to ST Mobile Aerospace for freighter conversion.
On 1 November 2001 it was ferried Mobile Downtown – Goose Bay – East Midlands. Arriving there on 2 November it was parked. It was already in the full DHL Red livery.
My information that the flight on 8 November 2001 was a test flight that returned to East Midlands where the aircraft was again parked.
On 2 March it was ferried East Midlands – Southend (DHK7812) for pre-service maintenance at Heavylift Engineering. On the following day it was ferried back to East Midlands (DLK7870) for further maintenance at British Midland Engineering.
On 5 November 2010 this aircraft was reported at Madrid Barajas in the red DHL livery.
As at end 31 December 2012 this aircraft had accumulated 37,542 airframe hours. By end 31 December 2013 this figure had increased by 871 hours to 38,413 hours.
Regards
Andy