Any hope of finding an aircraft from 2004?

vicwatson

Flew on BA0049 to Seattle ex LHR in Sept 2004, it was a 747, just wondering if there is a way to find the actual plane I was on? Googled but no hope

civdef

Tried this?

http://www.oag.com/flightview/historical-flight-status

vicwatson

civdef wrote: »

Tried this?

http://www.oag.com/flightview/historical-flight-status

No, its a sign up job, thought there might an open source site somewhere perhaps.

Foggy43

There is also a high risk the aircraft has been scrapped.

vicwatson

Foggy43 wrote: »

There is also a high risk the aircraft has been scrapped.

Indeed, was just looking into getting a photo of it.

EchoIndia

You could try this site and ask if they have archived data for the particular date.

http://www.antonakis.co.uk/acars.php?page=request

...And Justice

vicwatson wrote: »

Flew on BA0049 to Seattle ex LHR in Sept 2004, it was a 747, just wondering if there is a way to find the actual plane I was on? Googled but no hope

Is it this?



At least it's not this.....

Phil.x

...And Justice wrote: »

At least it's not this.....

So sad, maybe it's recycled metal is in a EI a330

...And Justice

Phil.x wrote: »

So sad, maybe it's recycled metal is in a EI a330

Coke cans apparently.

http://www.lhr-lgw.co.uk

Try this page it should do archived daily pages

PinOnTheRight

What date, Vic, and I can have a look. No guarantees it'll be stored where I'm looking though.

January

Try the flyertalk BA forum.

vicwatson

PinOnTheRight wrote: »

What date, Vic, and I can have a look. No guarantees it'll be stored where I'm looking though.

Sept 2nd flight time around 14.30, thanks a lot

vicwatson

...And Justice wrote: »

Is it this?

If it is G-BNLM here's a vid from its last flight in 2013, but not sure if that was it of course

PinOnTheRight

vicwatson wrote: »

PinOnTheRight wrote: »

What date, Vic, and I can have a look. No guarantees it'll be stored where I'm looking though.

Sept 2nd flight time around 14.30, thanks a lot

G-BNLK, airborne 1508L - routed up over Stornoway and Greenland.

vicwatson

Yes, it's still flying too !! Thanks everyone for input and to you pinontheright !

vicwatson

And here she is in all her glory, best flight I was ever on

Foggy43

BA have 37 B747-400's currently in service
G-BNLJ and G-BNLV are planned for retirement on October 1, 2016
If all goes to plan the last two to retire will be G-BYGF and G-BYGG and the current date is April 1, 2023.

G-BNLK is down for retirement on October 1, 2018

Third_Echelon

BA are spending a bit of cash on refitting the remaining 747 cabins... Will be nice to see a refresh as they are a bit worse for wear at the moment...

Foggy43

Just 18 of the B747-400's have had the upholstery changed, lighting changed to LED and a Panasonic eXlite V3 IFE system installed. The remaining 19 will remain in the old config until retirement.

For anybody that is interested the refit registrations are:
G-CIVF, G-CIVG, G-CIVH, G-CIVI, G-CIVR, G-CIVS, G-CIVV, G-CIVW, G-CIVX,
G-CIVY, G-CIVZ.
G-BYGA, G-BYGB, G-BYGC, G-BYGD, G-BYGE, G-BYGF, G-BYGG.

They will operate on selected flights to New York JFK, Chicago, Johannesburg, Dubai, Boston, Riyadh, Kuwait, San Francisco, Seattle, Toronto and Washington DC.

Third_Echelon

Foggy43 wrote: »

Just 18 of the B747-400's have had the upholstery changed, lighting changed to LED and a Panasonic eXlite V3 IFE system installed. The remaining 19 will remain in the old config until retirement.

For anybody that is interested the refit registrations are:
G-CIVF, G-CIVG, G-CIVH, G-CIVI, G-CIVR, G-CIVS, G-CIVV, G-CIVW, G-CIVX,
G-CIVY, G-CIVZ.
G-BYGA, G-BYGB, G-BYGC, G-BYGD, G-BYGE, G-BYGF, G-BYGG.

They will operate on selected flights to New York JFK, Chicago, Johannesburg, Dubai, Boston, Riyadh, Kuwait, San Francisco, Seattle, Toronto and Washington DC.

Good info thanks! Good to know the SFO will have the updated cabin. At the moment SFO has 2 BA flights on 777 and A380.

Foggy43

And this is the cabin layout these 18 aircraft...

http://www.thebasource.com/seatmaps/b747-400/14f86j30w145y.html

Shedite27

vicwatson wrote: »

And here she is in all her glory, best flight I was ever on

Was there a lady involved in the story???

MHC?

vicwatson

Shedite27 wrote: »

Was there a lady involved in the story???

MHC?

if only, no we were upgraded to first class, nice flight to Seattle in First, or whatever it was called then, never got upgraded since :mad:

InTheTrees

vicwatson wrote: »

if only, no we were upgraded to first class, nice flight to Seattle in First, or whatever it was called then, never got upgraded since :mad:

I've always enjoyed flying into Seattle in a Boeing aircraft. It just feels right.

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roundymac

I got up graded going to Beijing once , P/E to business. Spoilt rotten we were with all the room. The rest of the service was average enough, they even forgot my fry-up in the morning, hanging offence IMO:mad:.
I think the fact that we were upgraded may have had something to do with it, no excuse though. Bad service is bad service in any language.