Brief history of G-BDXG
Type - Boeing 747-236B
Construction Number - 21536
Line Number - 328
Engines - RB211-524D4
First Flight - 2 June 1978
16 June 1978 - Delivered to British Airways and registered as G-BDXG
1 June 1998 - Flower Field tail colours applied
1 October 2001 - Withdrawn from use at LHR, titles and logos removed. Total hours 95495; No. of landings 15776
7 February 2002 - Delivered to European Aviation, ferried to Dublin in basic BA colours
14 February 2002 - Ferried to Amsterdam
1 March 2002 - Ferried to Bournmouth to received European "pink red" colours
22 November 2002 - Ferried to Orly for Corsair ops
10 December 2002 - Rolled out at San Antonio in old Saudi Arabian colours. Ferried to Bournmouth
4 January 2003 - Leased to Saudi Arabian Airlines for Hadj
7 May 2003 - Returned to European Avaition
13 June 2003 - Rolled out at Amsterdam in new European colour scheme
