Sunday 30 September 2007 - BHX

The return Transavia charter flight from Nice was operated by Boeing 737-800

PH-HZW which wears the "Jumbo supermarken" colour scheme

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Air India Boeing 777 VT-AIJ lifts off BHX's runway 15

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Photos: Ron Kosys

Sunday 30 September 2007 - CVT

Airbus A320 HA-LPD of Wizz comes into land at Coventry

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Photo: Ron Kosys

Saturday 29 September 2007 - BHX

Antonov 12 YU-UIA of United International Airlines was a surprise
late afternoon visitor - and a star visitor at BHX for 2007

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Photo: Dave Sturges
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Photo: Ian Bowley

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Lagunair operated a charter flight from Logrono in Spain using
Embraer 145 EC-JYB
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Photo: Ian Bowley
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Air Southwest Dash 8 G-WOWC visited to operate a "Fear of Flying"

air experience flight

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Photo: Dave Sturges

Saturday 29 September 2007 - GLO

Manx2's schedules through Gloucester were today flown by FLM Aviation

titled Metro D-CNAG rather than the usual D-CSAL
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Photo: Ron Kosys

Friday 28 September 2007 - BHX

Eastern operated a charter flight using Saab 2000 G-CDKA in the

"Aberdeen City and County" colour scheme

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Photo: Ian Bowley

Thursday 26 September 2007 - BHX

Jetairfly operated a charter flight to Logrono in Spain using
Fokker 100 OO-TUF

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Photo: Ron Kosys

Photo: Paul Sliwinski

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flyglobespan Boeing 757 TF-FIS prepares to depart to Stansted

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Photo: Ron Kosys

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The morning SAS service from Copenhagen was operated by MD 82 OY-KHE
which wears the Star Alliance colour scheme.

Photo: Ian Bowley
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Transavia operated a charter flight to Nice using Boeing 737-800 PH-HZE
which wear the "Jumbo supermarken" colour scheme
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Photo: Ron Kosys
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Photo: Ian Bowley

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Army Air Corp Gazelle XX462 drop into the western apron at lunchtime

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Photo: Matt Sutton

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Monarch sent Boeing 757 G-MOND - which wears the "hedkandi" scheme -

to operate a delay service to Malaga in place of a tech Airbus A321
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Photo: Dave Sturges

Wednesday 26 September 2007 - BHX

Airbus A340 "Hotel Zulu 124" landed in the late afternoon on runway 33 on
its third visit to Birmingham

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Photos: Dave Sturges
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Photo: Ian Bowley

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Adria sent Canadair Regional Jet S5-AAD on their final flight of the
summer the aircraft wearing the special "Triglav" colour scheme
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Photo: Ron Kosys

Tuesday 25 September 2007

Jet2 Boeing 737-300 G-CELS operated the return of the previous days

charter flight to Salzburg

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Air France/Britair Canadair Regional Jets continue to operate the twice daily Lyon

service - F-GRJQ is on final approach to runway 33

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Air Contractors ATR 72 EI-FXI in basic Eurowings scheme is the current based

aircraft that operates the overnight FedEx service to Paris CDG

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Photos: Ron Kosys

Monday 24 September 2007 - GLO

Cessna Citation 560XL VH-NGH was an early morning arrival at Gloucester

Staverton from Keflavik - the aircraft being on its delivery flight to Australia

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Photo: Team GLO

Monday 24 September 2007 - BHX

Jet2 operated a charter flight to Salzburg using Stansted based Boeing 737-300

G-CELP which still wears the basic colour scheme of Channel Express

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Photo: Ian Bowley

Sunday 23 September 2007 - BHX

Mistral Air operated a Boeing 737-300 charter flight from Genoa

to BHX with the aircraft then positioning out to Lourdes

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Photo: Ron Kosys

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A SAS Airbus A319 made a second visit to BHX on the morning

Copenhagen service in place of the grounded Dash 8Q-400's.

Photo: Gordon Stretch

Thursday 20 September 2007 - EMA

Thomas Cook Airlines of Beligum used Airbus A320 OO-TCJ on a charter flight

to EMA with the aircraft wearing the "Kamagurka Hairlines" special scheme

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Photos: Dave Sturges

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Air Moldova Airbus A320 ER-AXT which arrived at EMA on 14 September 2007

(for photo see blog of that date) in basis TAM colours has now been repainted into

their own scheme and is seen departing on delivery

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Photo: Dave Sturges

Thursday 20 September 2007 - BHX

SAS used Airbus A319 OY-KBP on their evening service from Copenhagen to

Birmingham in place of the usual Dash 8Q-400 which are currently grounded

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Photo: Mike Hollick

Tuesday 18 September 2007 - Wellesbourne

Two from Wellbourne

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Cub G-OOMF which is believed to be Enstone based

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Ikarus C42 G-FROM

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Photos: David Depledge

Thursday 20 September 2007 - RAF Brize Norton

RAF Brize Norton see's many MOD charters by
civilian airliners with Air Finland Boeing 757 OH-AFI
and Omni Air International DC 10 N621AX being visitors
on Thursday 20 September 2007

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Photos: Paul Sliwinski

Tuesday 18 September 2007 - BHX

LAT Charter sent Airbus A320 YL-LCD on place of the usual YL-LCC on

the afternoon Air Malta flight - unlike the latter this aicraft has titles

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Photo: Ian Bowley

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Sunday 16 September 2007 - BHX

Air Slovakia used their leased Boeing 737-300 EC-JXD on their service

from Bratislava in place of the usual Boeing 757

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Photo: Dave Sturges

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Sunday 16 September 2007 - CVT

Thomsonfly Boeing 737-300 G-THOF starts its take off roll from

runway 23 at Coventry

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Photo: Gordon Stretch

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Saturday 15 September 2007 - GLO

Isle of Man based Manx2 have recently started scheduled services to

"Gloucester M5" as they have named Staverton initially using Metro's of

German operator FLM Aviation

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Photo: Ron Kosys

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Friday 14 September 2007 - EMA

Air Moldova have acquired former TAM Brasil Airbus A320 PR-MAF which arrived

at EMA for repainting in the latters basic colour scheme now registered ER-AXT

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Photo: Dave Sturges

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Thursday 13 September 2007 - CVT

Douglas DC 6 G-APSA in KLM colours departs Coventry to Jersey to take

in the air show there today.

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Photo: Gordon Stretch

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Thursday 13 September 2007 - BHX

The grounding of a number of flybe Dash 8's for checks resulted in several sub

charters at BHX in including a Hello MD 90, which operated to Dubrovnik, and

an Astraeus Boeing 737-700 to cover their flying programme.

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Photo: Dave Sturges

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Photo: Dave Sturges

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Tuesday 11 September 2007

Air India have now painted the first of their Boeing 777-200's into their new
colour scheme. It first visited BHX on Monday 10 September 2007
and returned from Toronto the following afternoon.

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Photo: Dave Sturges

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Falcon 2000 OY-CKN visited BHX during the afternoon of Tuesday

11 September 2007

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Photo: Ian Bowley
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RAF Tristar KC1 ZE706 visited BHX on the morning of Tuesday

11 September 2007 on a medivac flight

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Photo: Ian Bowley

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Sunday 9 September 2007 - CVT

Air Atlantique Douglas DC 6 G-APSA has been painted into the original KLM "The

Flying Dutchman" colour scheme to take part in a film. It is seen here after arriving

back from a display at the Portrush Air Show in Northern Ireland.

Photo: Gordon Stretch
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Former Air Inter Viscount 700 F-BGNR, which for many years lived at Perth Airfield

in Scotland, has recently arrived at the Midlands Air Musuem. The wings are stored

behind the fuselage.

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Photo: Gordon Stretch
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Not at Coventy but connected! -
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A recent visit to Scotland allowed the opportunityto track down long time Coventry

resident Air Atlantique Convair 440 G-CONV. This left the Midlands on the back of

a lorry at the end of 2006 after being stored at Coventry since an engine fireback in

2001. It is now located in Reynard Nursery/garden centre justoutside Carluke in

Lanarkshire which is south of Glasgow and only a short distance off the M74.

More information on the location can be found http://www.reynardnursery.co.uk/

The good news is that while they are behind schedule the aircraft is being restored

with the aim of it being used as a guest house in due course.

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Photo: Gordon Stretch

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