Tuesday 11 March 2008 - BHX

The three British Airways "heavy" diversions from Monday made an early

departure - Boeing 747-400 G-CIVE and G-CIVU went first....

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.... with G-CIVU lifting effortlessly off runway 33....
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.... with Boeing 777 G-VIIP following
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Photos: Ian Bowley
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Cessna Citation 750 N610GR was an early arrival spending the

day parked on the Elmdon apron
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Air France used Britair Canadair CRJ-900 F-GRZO on both their Lyon

services in place of the usual -200

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Lufthansa Regional swapped over the Dash 8Q-400's on maintenance with flybe

with D-ADHP arriving and D-ADHE (behind) then departing back to Munich
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The Cheltenham Gold Cup Festival resulted in a number of helicopter

movements including AW 139 M-ERIT....

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.... and Jetranger G-GSJH
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Thomas Cook airbus A320 G-OMYA lifts off runway 15
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Photos: Mike Hollick