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N947FD
Line number0323
Type236 F
EnginesRolls Royce RB211-535E4
Mode SAD27AA
ConfigurationFreighter
Name"Giovanna"
DateRegistrationRemarks
24/09/1990G-BPECroll out.
19/10/1990G-BPECfirst flight.
06/11/1990G-BPECdel British Airways.
07/11/1990G-BPECarr London/Heathrow as BA9741E on ferry flight from U.S.A.
19/11/1990G-BPEClt Caledonian Airways; ferried London/Heathrow-London/Gatwick.
21/11/1990G-BPECin service: London/Gatwick-Cairo.
08/11/1991G-BPEClast service: Tenerife-London/Gatwick.
11/11/1991G-BPECferried London/Gatwick-London/Heathrow; for maintenance.
23/11/1991G-BPECr/o at London/Heathrow in basic Caledonian Airways c/s with "Nationair" titles.
27/11/1991G-BPECsub-lt Nationair; ferried London/Heathrow-Brussels.
28/11/1991G-BPECin service: Brussels-Montreal/Mirabel.
21/04/1992G-BPEClast service: Montreal/Mirabel-London/Gatwick; ret to Caledonian Airways.
25/04/1992G-BPECin service: London/Gatwick-Lisbon.
29/09/1992G-BPEClast service: Iraklion-Newcastle.
02/10/1992G-BPECsub-lt Nationair; ferried London/Gatwick-Paris/Charles de Gaulle; in service: Paris/Charles de Gaulle-Montreal/Mirabel.
11/10/1992G-BPECat Newcastle in basic Caledonian Airways c/s with "Nationair" titles.
29/11/1992G-BPECret Caledonian Airways.
11/01/1993G-BPEClast service: Ovda-London/Gatwick.
13/01/1993G-BPECsub-lt Nationair; ferried London/Gatwick-Brussels.
14/01/1993G-BPECin service: Brussels-Montreal/Mirabel.
28/02/1993G-BPEClast service: Toronto-London/Gatwick; ret Caledonian Airways.
02/03/1993G-BPECin service: London/Gatwick-Baku.
31/10/1994G-BPEClast service: Male-Bahrein-London/Gatwick; ret British Airways; ferried London/Gatwick-London/Stansted.
03/01/1995G-BPECin service: Glasgow-New York/JFK-Boston.
17/03/1995G-BPECat New York/JFK; named "Sir Simon Rattle".
24/10/1998G-BPEClast Regional operation: New York/JFK-Birmingham as BA1506.
25/10/1998G-BPECferried Birmingham-Lasham; for modification from 156 seats to 180 seats (from long haul to short haul).
31/10/1998G-BPECferried Lasham-London/Gatiwck.
01/11/1998G-BPECin service: London/Gatwick-Madrid.
03/11/1998G-BPECtransferred to London/Heathrow; in service: London-Newcastle as BA1334.
13/05/1999G-BPEClast service: Vienna-London/Heathrow as BA705.
00/05/1999G-BPECrepainted in new British Airways c/s with "Waves and Cranes" tail c/s.
29/05/1999G-BPECin service: London/Heathrow-Lyon as BA354.
19/02/2004G-BPEClast service: Glasgow-London/Heathrow as BA1499.
00/02/2004G-BPECtail repainted into "Union Jack" c/s.
26/02/2004G-BPECin service: London/Heathrow-Glasgow as BA1496.
06/03/2009G-BPEClast service: Helsinki-London/Heathrow as BA796.
00/04/2009G-BPECtitles and tail logo painted out at London/Heathrow.
04/08/2009G-BPECat London/Heathrow; stored.
28/02/2010G-BPECferried London/Heathrow-London/Gatwick as BA9251P; for continued storage.
29/06/2010G-BPECregistration cancelled.
30/06/2010N947FDbt & rgd to Federal Express Corporation.
01/07/2010N947FDferried London/Gatwick-Bangor-Victorville as FDX9087 (arrived 02/07/2010).
12/11/2010N947FDferried Victorville-Anchorage-Sapporo-Clark International-Singapore/Seletar as FDX90989 (arrived 14/11/2010).
17/12/2010N947FDscheduled start of conversion to freighter.
05/04/2011N947FDscheduled completion of conversion to freighter.
08/04/2011N947FDferried Singapore/Seletar-Osaka/Kansai-Anchorage-Memphis as FDX9088 in basic British Airways c/s (arrived 10/04/2011).
00/04/2011N947FDrepainted in full FedEx c/s.
27/04/2013N947FDat Allentown; named "Giovanna".
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