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Registration Details
Mark: G-BNLG Current Reg. Date: 23/02/1990
Previous ID: NEW USA De-Reg. Date:
Status: Registered To:
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Aircraft Details
Manufacturer: BOEING COMPANY
Type: BOEING 747-436
Serial No.: 24049
ICAO 24 bit aircraft address: Binary: 0100_00_000_000_01_0000000110
Hex: 400406
Octal: 20002006
Popular Name: -
Generic Name: 747
Aircraft Class: FIXED-WING LANDPLANE
EASA Category: CS-25: Large Aeroplane
Engines:
4: 4 x ROLLS-ROYCE RB211-524G2-T-19
MTOW: 396893kg Total Hours: 84351 at 31/12/2008 Year Built: 1989
CofA / Permit: EASA Certificate of Airworthiness Validity Expiry:

Owner Details
Ownership Status: Chartered
Registered Owners:
BRITISH AIRWAYS PLC
WATERSIDE (HAA3)
PO BOX 365, HARMONDSWORTH
WEST DRAYTON
UB7 0GB

BahrainLad

So why was it reregistered in 2000 when it was delivered in 1990? Is this one of the ones that was on loan to QF?

Aerotec

G-INFO only states the 2/90 registration in the aircrafts history. Where was the reference to the 2000 registration?

LHR-HUB

OK, if it's not a silly question.....

How do you know what plane you're on?
I've never really bothered to take any notice of the reg of planes I've flown on, and often it's not possible to see the reg letters down by the tail (jetway without windows etc.). I guess there's a plaque inside or something, is there?

Also, why is G-BLNG a landmark any more than any other BA 744? (or is that just personal because of "something" that happened on board, Kered? )

r22r44bell47

OK, so we (and I include myself in this) are all getting very weepy over the thought of our beloved 747-400s ending their days in the dessert (no doubt with scorpions ) and knashing our collective teeth at the thought of having to travel in the Devil's own transport (aka 777s), but would anyone out there actually jump airline and move over to Beardyair, Singapore, Cathay, Qantas etc to avoid the 777?? Surely that's all BA really care about (and probably rightly too from a shareholder point of view). While I might juggle routes (SYD via BKK rather than SIN) to avoid the 777, would I regularly use VS or ANA or JAL to NRT... I doubt it. Nor would I risk slippy slidey slopey seats on a QF 747.... so is anyone really planning on jumping ship over the loss of the lovely 747s and their upper decks....

Globaliser

Note to self: Do not post when jet lagged, especially if it involves mental arithmetic. Many apologies - I've now fixed the year in my earlier post. 1990 is the correct year for LF and LG. Sorry for the confusion!

Zamoyska

It's hardly the end of the day for the 747 ... If BA have 57 & are storing a total of 8 then they still have a pretty large fleet!

Globaliser

On BA aircraft, the registration can usually be found inside very near the doors usually used for boarding (eg 2L and 2R in particular on 747s) and other doors as well. Sometimes it's quite formal - a little plastic plaque. Other times (perhaps when the plastic plaque has gone walkies), it's been scrawled on the wall in felt tip or biro. But I get the impression that the registration is something that the cabin crew need to know for some purposes, hence it's readily visible to them.

In addition, the registration is almost always indicated somewhere on the outside of the aircraft at the front. The nosewheel doors are the most common place; also, above the flight deck windows. This won't be the full registration, but it'll be enough to tell you which aircraft if you know the way that the fleet has been registered (eg NLH on the nosewheel doors of a BA 747 will tell you that it Never Leaves the Hangar whoops, sorry, that it's G-BNLH).I think that if I were a regular 747 upper deck denizen, I would think quite hard about it. But even then it would only be one factor in a number. I wouldn't choose a 747 over others merely for its own sake, but because it offers a better experience - the 747 upper deck experience is pretty special.

But in any case, you wouldn't always get a 747 even if you did move. BA has actually been slower than many other airlines in moving away from them, for a variety of different reasons. And if you're looking for a good experience, other aircraft can offer more in some ways - the 380's interior noise levels are now a big draw for me.

ajax

flyer16

BA seem to like their Highland Spring. I have never been on a BA flight were it has not been served. On another note NLH is next apparently next which went to QF for a while after 9/11 It has a bad reputation I know that hence its Never Leaves Hanger nick name.

flyclub

Interestingly what this does say is that BA were able to get B747-400's and flying them almost within a year of the first one taking flight with Northwest Airlines in February 1989.

Therefore is is not surprising this particular aircraft is being stored.

Anyone else find it really odd to see Delta 747-400's (the ex-Northwest ones)?

Watching the apron from the Delta Skyroom in Atlanta last week, there was one very smokey Delta 747-400 heading for Narita (I think).

Quite amazing how quickly Delta have repainted them.

Globaliser

IIRC, BA was a launch customer for the 744.

And it was an experience which has coloured BA's subsequent approach to ordering aircraft.

ajax

I do find it difficult to equate Delta with 747 in my head. Just doesn't work.

Very OT, ISTR that the old MD-11 was quite the lemon on that route. Quite frequently, it would run into severe headwinds in western Canada and would have to stop in Anchorage to refuel.

DFB_london

[QUOTE=r22r44bell47;12382530]OK, so we (and I include myself in this) are all getting very weepy over the thought of our beloved 747-400s ending their days in the dessert (no doubt with scorpions ) and knashing our collective teeth at the thought of having to travel in the Devil's own transport (aka 777s), but would anyone out there actually jump airline and move over to Beardyair, Singapore, Cathay, Qantas etc to avoid the 777?? [QUOTE]

Umm.... yes, depsite loathing VS (and the JFK roach house), the non-AVOD 777s are worse still...

BahrainLad

One can also find the reg of BA 747-400s printed on a plaque inside the CSD's 'office' under the stairs, as well as on both sides of the rear fuselage (below door 5) and on the top of the tail (final two letters onlY).