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A smoky start for the final time out of Hong Kong. Starting life as G-KILO, British Airways' only ever 747 Freighter, it soon joined Cathay as VR-HVY. B-HVY leaves the Cathay fleet after 26 years of loyal service, including flying on behalf of the RAF during the first Gulf War. Approaching 115,000 flying hours and a major maintenance check it is unfortunately cheaper to sell the aircraft rather than perform the check. Believed to be the highest houred 747 in the world (correct me if I am wrong), B-HVY had it's titles painted out just for this flight as it departs as CX3339 to Cardiff via Dubai. Final destination is Kemble, UK for the scrapman.

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Aircraft

B-HVY - Boeing 747-236F(SCD) - Cathay Pacific Cargo

747-200 are hard to see in Hong Kong nowadays

AN888 B-HVY
2,935 0 0 Boeing 747-236F(SCD)
B-HVY - Boeing 747-236F(SCD) - Cathay Pacific Cargo

bae146a B-HVY
1,722 0 0 Boeing 747-236F(SCD)
B-HVY - Boeing 747-236F(SCD) - Cathay Pacific Cargo

NRT Spotter B-HVY
1,681 0 0 Boeing 747-236F(SCD)

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A7-BFA - Boeing 777-FDZ - Qatar Airways Cargo

David Tian A7-BFA
2 0 0 Boeing 777-FDZ
B-HLV - Airbus A330-343 - Cathay Pacific Airways

Ronnie Zhou B-HLV
88 0 0 Airbus A330-343
HL8092 - Bombardier CSeries CS300 - Korean Air

Jack Li HL8092
195 0 0 Bombardier CSeries CS300

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OE-LPF - Boeing 777-2Q8(ER) - Austrian Airlines

New plane for Austrian Airlines arriving in Hong Kong after a flight from Phoenix

Colin Parker OE-LPF
19,527 27 3 Boeing 777-2Q8(ER)
N225NE - Boeing 767-323(ER) - Private

Freshly painted, another 767 for the new England Patriots

Colin Parker N225NE
13,821 19 0 Boeing 767-323(ER)
9M-LCG - Boeing 737-8GP - Malindo Air

Wearing the tail colours of Batik Air yet still with Malindo titles

Colin Parker 9M-LCG
7,805 5 0 Boeing 737-8GP

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B-HVY

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Apr 28, 2008

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A smoky start for the final time out of Hong Kong. Starting life as G-KILO, British Airways' only ever 747 Freighter, it soon joined Cathay as VR-HVY. B-HVY leaves the Cathay fleet after 26 years of loyal service, including flying on behalf of the RAF during the first Gulf War. Approaching 115,000 flying hours and a major maintenance check it is unfortunately cheaper to sell the aircraft rather than perform the check. Believed to be the highest houred 747 in the world (correct me if I am wrong), B-HVY had it's titles painted out just for this flight as it departs as CX3339 to Cardiff via Dubai. Final destination is Kemble, UK for the scrapman.

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B-HVY - Boeing 747-236F(SCD) - Cathay Pacific Cargo

747-200 are hard to see in Hong Kong nowadays

AN888 B-HVY
2,935 0 0 Boeing 747-236F(SCD)
B-HVY - Boeing 747-236F(SCD) - Cathay Pacific Cargo

bae146a B-HVY
1,722 0 0 Boeing 747-236F(SCD)
B-HVY - Boeing 747-236F(SCD) - Cathay Pacific Cargo

NRT Spotter B-HVY
1,681 0 0 Boeing 747-236F(SCD)
A7-BFA - Boeing 777-FDZ - Qatar Airways Cargo

David Tian A7-BFA
2 0 0 Boeing 777-FDZ
B-HLV - Airbus A330-343 - Cathay Pacific Airways

Ronnie Zhou B-HLV
88 0 0 Airbus A330-343
HL8092 - Bombardier CSeries CS300 - Korean Air

Jack Li HL8092
195 0 0 Bombardier CSeries CS300
OE-LPF - Boeing 777-2Q8(ER) - Austrian Airlines

New plane for Austrian Airlines arriving in Hong Kong after a flight from Phoenix

Colin Parker OE-LPF
19,527 27 3 Boeing 777-2Q8(ER)
N225NE - Boeing 767-323(ER) - Private

Freshly painted, another 767 for the new England Patriots

Colin Parker N225NE
13,821 19 0 Boeing 767-323(ER)
9M-LCG - Boeing 737-8GP - Malindo Air

Wearing the tail colours of Batik Air yet still with Malindo titles

Colin Parker 9M-LCG
7,805 5 0 Boeing 737-8GP
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STEVE SPEARS

Remarkable service record. Doing the math indicates this Queen has spent 13.128 years of its 26 years OFF of the earth!! WOW!!

Daryl Chapman - The Hong Kong Spotters
Daryl Chapman - The Hong Kong Spotters

Very nice and very lucky it was in that bay.. shame to see HVY go.

Stanley.ca
Stanley.ca

Thank you for the detail remarks and sad to see it goes.

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