Friday 31 July 2009 - Husband Bosworth

The 18m National Gliding Competion was held at Husband Bosworth

between Saturday 25 July and Sunday 2 August 2009 - visitors

included ZS-GCS JS1 Revelation ZS-GCS....

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Schempp-Hirth Ventus 2 D-5410

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DG808 EI-GMN

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Wilga G-BUNC

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Photos: Chris Mabbott

Friday 31 July 2009 - CVT

A Volkswagen corporate event resulted in a packed south apron

at Coventry with their Airbus A319CJ VP-CVX visiting with a

number of other biz jets

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Photo: Chris Mabbott

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Volkswagen Airbus A319CJ VP-CVX lands on Runway 23....
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.... preceded by their Falcon 900EX VP-CLB
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Air Atlantique Dakota G-ANAF continues to be used for Radar trials
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Magic Bird BAe ATP G-BTPL remains in storage....
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.... with First Flight BAe ATP's G-MANC and G-OBWP
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Photos: David Depledge

Friday 31 July 2009 - BHX

Westair Lear Jet 45 EI-WFO was an early arrival on the Elmdon apron

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Photo: Chris Mabbott

Tuesday 28 July 2009 - BHX

Pakistan Boeing 777-300ER AP-BHV operated their flight to Islamabad

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Photo: Ron Kosys

Monday 27 July 2009 - BHX

Twinjet Airbus A319CJ G-NMAK was a morning departure

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Cyprus Turkish Airbus A320 TC-TCC - which is leased from Turkuaz
Airlines - operated their service to Ercan via Dalaman

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Photos: Ron Kosys

Sunday 26 July 2009 - BHX

SAS Canadair CRJ 900 OY-KFI operated their morning service

from Copenhagen - its first visit to BHX

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Photo: Chris Mabbott

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Swiss Airbus A319 HB-IPV operated their evening service

from Zurich in place of the usual Helvetic Fokker 100
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Photo: James Ralph

Saturday 25 July 2009 - BHX

Hellenic Imperial Boeing 747-200 SX-TIE positioned in to operate
their inaugural scheduled service to Athens and onto Jeddah making
a "precision" approach landing exactly on the piano keys!!

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Photo: Ron Kosys

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Photo: Ron Kosys
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Photo: James Ralph
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Photo: Martin McGrath
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Photo: Ian Bowley
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Photo: Chris Mabbott
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Onur Air Airbus A320 TC-OBD operated their IT flight from Bodrum
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Photo: Ian Bowley
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Swiss Airbus A320 HB-IJL operated their morning service
to Zurich in place of the usual Helvetic Fokker 100

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Photo: Ron Kosys
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Turkuaz Airlines Airbus A321 TC-TCE operated their weekly
IT flight from Antalya - its first visit to BHX
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Photo: Ian Bowley
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Photo: Ron Kosys

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Air Finland Boeing 757 OH-AFI positioned out to fly for Viking
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Mahan Air Airbus A310-300 F-OJHH operated

their service from Tehran

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Photos: Ron Kosys
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Air Berlin Airbus A320 D-ABDW operated their flight from Hannover
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Citation Jet SE-RIO was an afternoon visitor to the Elmdon apron
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Photos: Chris Mabbott

Tuesday 21 July 2009 - BHX

Via Tauro Metro EC-JIP was an early morning arrival on a freight

charter spending the day parked on the Elmdon apron

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RAF C 17 ZZ173 was a visitor operating a medevac flight

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Photos: Ron Kosys

Monday 20 July 2009 - BHX

flybe Dash 8Q-400 G-FLBC arrived from Reykjavik at the

end of its delivery flight from Canada

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RAF C 17 ZZ172 lifts off Runway 33 on its way to Brize Norton
after operating a medivac flight

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Photos: Chris Mabbott

Saturday 18 July 2009 - BHX

Turkuaz Airbus A321 TC-TCF operated the first service

of a new weekly IT flight to Antalya

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RAF Tristar KC1 ZD952 arrived on a medivac flight
before positioning to Brize Norton

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Photos: Ron Kosys

Wednesday 15 July 2009 - BHX

Hawker 800XP A6-MAB which had arrived on Tuesday evening

spent the morning parked on the Elmdon apron before departing

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Beechjet 400 SE-DRS spent the morning parked on the Elmdon apron

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Sky Taxi Saab 340 SP-MRB which was an early morning arrival
operating a cargo charter from Wroclaw positioned out during the
afternoon to Frankfurt

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Photos: Ron Kosys

Tuesday 14 July 2009 - BHX

Arcus Air Dornier 228 D-CAAM was a morning arrival operating

a cargo charter from Katowice and parking on the Elmdon apron

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Photo: Ron Kosys

Monday 13 July 2009 - BHX

Cyprus Turkish used Airbus A320 TC-TCC on their service to
Ercan via Dalaman - the aircraft is leased from Turkuaz Airlines

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Bin Air Merlin IVC D-CBIN was an afternoon visitor to the
Elmdon apron operating a cargo charter

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Air Contractors ATR 72 EI-SLH spent the day parked

on the Elmdon apron
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Photo: Ron Kosys

Saturday 11 July 2009 - BHX

Air Berlin Airbus A320 D-ABDU operated their service to Hannover

.Mahan Air Airbus A310-300 F-OJHI operated their service to Tehran
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Air Finland Boeing 757 OH-AFI was an afternoon arrival....
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.... as was First Choice winglet equipped Boeing 757 G-OOBH
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Photos: Ron Kosys

Friday 10 July 2009 - CVT

Silesia Air Citation Excel OK-SLX was an afternoon visitor

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Cessna 177 PH-WYN was another visitor
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Photos: Chris Mabbott

Thursday 9 July 2009 - EMA

Miniliner Fokker 50 I-MCLT which continues to be the

regular on the feeder service from Frankfurt

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DHL Boeing 757 F G-BMRC arrives on with an additional service

from Leipzig, apparently instead of the usual Lufthansa MD11F

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Aeronava Metro EC-JCU is another regular evening arrival
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Photos: John Gregory