G-BYGC, BA, BOAC B747-400 at RIAT 2019 supported by the RAFAT Red Arrows. Celebrating BA100

Updated, due to the CoronaVirus this stunning B744 is now awaiting the scrap man as British Airways have retired all of their B747 fleet up too 5 years early.

Sadly as BA continues its retirement of the B747 fleet in 2020 Covid-19 year, its time to look back on the hard drives for the many shots I have of ''The Queen of the Skies'', from visits to London Heathrow with my trusty Pentax Camera's.

G-CIVC B744 first registered 26th Feb 1994 due to retire very soon at a scrap merchants!

Expect to see more over the coming weeks!

ER-BAJ B744

CN-RGA B744

PH-BFL B744

ER-BBB B744

PH-BFI B744

HZ-HM1 B744

VQ-BMW B744

PH-BFT B744

✈(AE)✈

TF-AAJ B744

TF-AAJ B744

PH-BFW B744

✈🇹🇭 #HS-TGY #ThaiAirways #TG #BOEING #B744 #Named #Dararasmi #Tokyo #Narita #NRT #RJAA #Japan #Thailand #TWY #ดารารัศมี © #AWP #CHR-2009

@ AIRLINE : THAI AIRWAYS

• Country : Thailand 🇹🇭

• Date : 1959 -

• Codes : TG THA

• Callsign : Thai

• Web site : www.thaiairways.com

@ BOEING | 747 - 400 | MSN 28705 LN 1164 | HS-TGY

• Production Site : Everett (PAE) 🇺🇸

• Serial number : msn 28705 / 1164

• Type : 747-4D7

• First flight date : 26/06/1998

• Test registration : N60697

• Seat configuration : F14C50Y325 Seat

• Hex code : 88003A

• Engines : 4 x GE CF6-80C2B1F

• Status : Preserved Chiang Mai, Thailand Jul 2024, at Ruamchok Plaza (18°49'33.3"N, 99°00'45.9"E)

@ OPERATOR HISTORY

• 22 Dec 1998 : Del > Thai Airways > HS-TGY > Named "Dararasmi / ดารารัศมี"

• 02.APR.2018 : Stored at UTP until Jul 2023

• 07/2023 : Preserved as a café at Phlu Ta Luang, Chon Buri (Thailand)

OO-ACE B744

PH-BFG B744

Arriving AMS from Willemstad (CUR)

YBBN

Japan Airlines - JAL B747-400 JA8921 - ZRH 20050723

TF-AMM B744

N465MC B744

After a 30-day stay in Minnesota, the Bahrain Royal Flight departs MSP.

PH-BFM B744

Boeing 747

VP-BCR

Silkway West Airlines

Doncaster Airport

1st June 2021

VQ-BWL B744

✈ 🇫🇷 #FGTUI #Corsair #CRL #Boeing #B744 #Jumbo #Farewell #Take-off #Paris #Orly #ORY #LFPO #France #Scrapped © #AWP #CHR-2016

@ CORSAIR [ SS CRL Corsair ] F- | France 🇫🇷

• Date : 1991 -

• Home Base : Paris - Orly

• Web site : www.flycorsair.fr

@ BOEING | 747 - 400 | F-GTUI - (Scrapped now)

• Production Site : Everett (PAE) WA. USA 🇺🇸

• Serial number : MSN: 26875 / LN: 931

• Type : 747-422

• First flight date : 06/08/1992

• Test registration

• Seat configuration : 12JW18Y491 Seat

• Engines : 4 x PW PW4056

• Age : 29.6 Years at the end of its life

@ OPERATORS OF THE AIRCRAFT

• 24/08/1992 > United Airlines > F14C73Y260 > N186UA

• 07/04/2005 > Corsairfly > C24Y558 > FGTUI

• 11/2012 : Painted > Corsair International > C36Y497

• 04/2017 : New config cabin 12JW18Y491

• 06/2020 : Stored at GBA

• 03/2022 : Scrapped at GBA

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Boeing 747

4K-SW008

Silkway West Airlines

Doncaster Airport

29th May 2021