| G-BIKN |  |
|
|---|---|---|
| Line number | 0050 | |
| Type | 236 SF | |
| Engines | Rolls Royce RB211-535C | |
| Mode S | 400659 | |
| Configuration | Freighter | |
| Name | ||
| Date | Registration | Remarks |
| 19/11/1984 | G-BIKN | roll out. |
| 04/01/1985 | G-BIKN | first flight. |
| 23/01/1985 | G-BIKN | del British Airways in new Landor c/s; named "Bodiam Castle". |
| 24/01/1985 | G-BIKN | ferried Boeing Field-London/Heathrow as BA9607P. |
| 28/01/1985 | G-BIKN | first service: London/Heathrow-Glasgow. |
| 29/05/1999 | G-BIKN | last service: Amsterdam-London/Heathrow as BA435. |
| 00/06/1999 | G-BIKN | repainted in new British Airways c/s with "Rendezvous" tail c/s. |
| 03/06/1999 | G-BIKN | in service: London/Heathrow-Helsinki as BA798. |
| 20/11/2001 | G-BIKN | last service: Glasgow-London/Heathrow as BA1497 (TT: 34001 hours; 25658 cycles). |
| 23/11/2001 | G-BIKN | ferried London/Heathrow-Lasham in full c/s as BA9276P; for storage. |
| 24/09/2002 | G-BIKN | ferried Lasham-London/Heathrow as BA9287E. |
| 30/09/2002 | G-BIKN | performed an air test at London/Heathrow as BA9260E. |
| 08/10/2002 | G-BIKN | performed customer acceptance flight at London/Heathrow as BA9277E. |
| 09/10/2002 | G-BIKN | bt Boeing Capital Corporation. |
| 20/12/2002 | G-BIKN | ferried London/Heathrow-Tele Aviv as BOE215; for conversion to freighter. |
| 11/01/2003 | G-BIKN | bt Barclays Mercantile Business Finance. |
| 31/01/2003 | G-BIKN | rgd to Barclays Mercantile Business Finance Ltd., Basingstoke. |
| 29/07/2003 | G-BIKN | ferried London/Stansted-East Midlands as DHK019F. |
| 31/07/2003 | G-BIKN | lt & rgd to DHL Air, Diegem, Belgium. |
| 08/08/2003 | G-BIKN | at Helsinki in yellow/red DHL c/s. |
| 31/12/2003 | G-BIKN | at Nuremburg with extra "Formula 1 Logistic" sticker on fuselage. |
| 05/10/2004 | G-BIKN | at Gothenburg with extra "F1 Official Logistics" titles (applied after 04/08/2004). |
| 03/04/2015 | G-BIKN | last service: Leipzig-Geneva as BCS6915; ferried Geneva-Madrid as BCS890P; for part out and scrapping. |
| 01/05/2015 | G-BIKN | at Madrid; in scrapping area. |
| 00/10/2015 | G-BIKN | scrapping completed. |
| 12/10/2015 | G-BIKN | registration cancelled. |
Everything on this great aircraft
G-BIKN (22186, 0050)
23 January 1985 first 757 delivered in new British Airways (Landor) livery.
23 November 2001 ferried London Heathrow – Lasham for storage in full Rendezvous livery with all titles still present.
The customer acceptance flight at London Heathrow on 8 October 2002 was BA9277E.
Sold to Barclays Mercantile Business Finance on 11 January 2003.
This aircraft was not painted in DHL Red livery. Having entered service for DHL soon after 31 July 2003 it was reported at Helsinki on 8 August and 2 September and at Hamburg on 8 October in DHL Yellow livery.
The last record I have of this aircraft before the application of supplementary F1 titles is at Stuttgart on 4 August 2004.
The first record I have of this aircraft with supplementary ‘F1 Formula 1 Official Logistics’ titles is at Gothenburg on 5 October 2004.
Regards
Andy