13.04.1980
delivered British Airways ; registered G-BFCA ; named The Princes Margaret Rose
03/1983 bought Royal Air Force ; re-registered ZD948
01/1985 converted K Mk.1
09.12.1988 first flight as converted KC Mk.1
Pictures
Palmdale - Production Flight Test Installation AF Plant 42 (PMD / KPMD)
USA - California, October 1979
G-BFCA Hot off the production line - the first TriStar -500, waiting for delivery to BA
Brize Norton (BZZ / EGVN)
UK - England, August 2, 1983
Acquired from British Airways by the RAF just four months earlier, still wearing
the remains of its BA colours and 'last two' of its former registration G-BFCA.
This aircraft would be converted from Tristar C1 to K1 in 1985 and taxies out
here for a full-length take-off from Brize.
Auckland - International (AKL / NZAA)
New Zealand, May 1, 2006
ZD948 coming in to land on 23R
