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| RAF C-17A Globemaster III ZZ177 was a lunchtime arrival operating a medevac flight Photo: Paul Davies |
Monday 31 December 2012 - Birmingham
Sunday 16 December 2012 - Birmingham
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| Enter Air Boeing 737-43Q SP-ENI was a morning arrival from Gatwick.... |
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| .... positioning in to operate a "Santa" flight to Enontekio in Finnish Lapland |
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| Austrian Boeing 737-8Z9 OE-LNT
operated their first IT flight of the ski season to Innsbruck a day late! - the aircraft is in "Star Alliance" colours with the 15th anniversary markings Photos: Ron Kosys |
Saturday 15 December 2012 - East Midlands
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| British Airways Cargo/Global Supply Systems Boeing 747-87UF G-GSSE was a morning arrival.... |
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| .... departing during the early afternoon to Toulouse |
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| Enter Air Boeing 737-43Q SP-ENI was a morning departure to Enontekio in Finnish Lapland operating a "Santa" flight Photos: John Gregory |
Monday 10 December 2012 - East Midlands
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| Royal Jordanian Cargo Airbus A310-304F JY-AGR was a lunchtime arrival from Maastricht |
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| DHL/EAT Leipzig Airbus A300B4-622RF D-AEAE is a recent addition to their fleet - before conversion to a freighter it was operated by Japan Air Lines Photos: Kevin Bates |
Monday 10 December 2012 - Birmingham
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| Emirates Boeing 777-31HER A6-ENC operated their lunchtime flight from Dubai Photo: Mike Hollick |
Wednesday 21 November 2012 - Birmingham
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| Air Berlin Boeing 737-86J D-ABMJ operated their flight from Hannover.... Photo: Ron Kosys |
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| .... it is in their "Santa Claus Tour 2012" special seasonal colour scheme Photo: Laurence Jones |
Thursday 29 November 2012 - EMA
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| Cargolux Boeing 747-4R7F LX-YCV was a morning arrival from Sao Paulo.... |
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| .... bringing back the "Formula1" cars after the Brazilian Grand Prix Photos: Ian Busby |
Tuesday 27 November 2012 - Birmingham
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| TCS & Starquest Expeditions Boeing 757-28A G-OOBE which had been parked up at BHX since.... |
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| .... it arrived on Sunday 18 November 2012 positioned back to Luton - the aircraft which is operated by Thomson and has their standard scheme on the other side of the fuselage Photos: Ron Kosys |
Friday 30 November 2012 - RAF Brize Norton
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| Royal Australian Air Force Airbus KC-30A - A330-203MRT - A39-005 was an afternoon arrival on the first leg of its delivery flight from Getafe in Spain to Australia Photo: Mark Sheen |
Monday 26 November 2012 - Kemble
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| Lucky Air Boeing 737-705 B-5092 was an afternoon arrival from Moscow Domodedovo.... |
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| .... after landing it backtracked along Runway 26 |
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| .... to park on the northside where a welcoming party awaited it! |
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| Lucky Air Boeing 737-705 B-5091 which had arrived on Thursday 15 November 2012 is parked up by the ASI hangar - both aircraft have been returned to their lessor |
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| Jetstar Pacific Boeing 737-4H6 VN-A190 which had arrived in August no longer wears its registration.... |
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| .... while Boeing 737-4H6 VN-A191 is now engineless and in the scrapping area and parked next to DHL/Air Contractors Airbus A300B4-203F EI-OZI |
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| Cathay Pacific Boeing 747-467 B-HOX is parked on the southside of the airfield.... |
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| .... as are 4 ex RAF Dominie T1's - N19EK, N19UG, N19CU and N19XY |
Sunday 25 November 2012 - Bruntingthorpe
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| Transaero Boeing 747-346 VP-BGY which arrived at the end of October 2012.... |
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| .... remains parked up and largely intact |
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| .... it will be parted out/scrapped in due course |
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| RAF VC10 C1K XV106/"W" and.... |
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| .... VC10 C1K XV108/"Y" which both arrived in early November 2012 also await their fate |
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| A general view of the location of the VC10's and the other aircraft on the airfield |
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| RAF VC10 C1K XV104/"U" is being dismantled in the scrapping compound.... |
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| .... which also contains the remains of Air Italy Boeing 737-3Q8 I-AIGM |
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| .... and former KLM Boeing 737-406 N858WL - ex PH-BDW |
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| Former Olympic Boeing 747-212B SX-OAD was now lost most of its former "ASDA" scheme |
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| RAF Nimrod MR2 XV226 is now on display in the Museum next to.... |
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| .... former Boscombe Down based Comet 4C G-CPDA - ex XS235 |
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| Other aircraft on display in the Museum include RAF Victor K2 XM715 |
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| .... a large number of "Cold War" era aircraft |
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| .... Royal Navy Sea Harrier FA2 ZD610 |
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| .... Airbus Skylink Super Guppy F-BTGV |
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| .... Portuguese Air Force Broussard 3303/G-CBGL |
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| .... while Armée de l'Air/French Air Force Dassault Mystere IVA 85/8-MV acts as Gate Guardian |
Friday 9 November 2012 - East Midlands
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| Airbus A380-841 F-WWOW which is the flying test bed.... |
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| .... for the new Rolls Royce Trent engine for the Airbus A350XWB |
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.... spent the day parked at East Midlands to allow Rolls Royce employees
involved in the design/development of this new engine to inspect it
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On departure it performed a flypast over the Rolls Royce factory in Derby
before returning home to Toulouse
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| Monarch Airbus A320-214 G-OZBW which is now based lines up to depart to Tenerife |
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| Jet2 Boeing 737-33A G-CELD was an afternoon departure to Alicante |
Wednesday 7 November 2012 - Bruntingthorpe
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| Two RAF VC10's arrived at Bruntingthorpe for parting out/scraping.... |
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| .... the first aircraft to land was VC10 C1K XV106/"W" |
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| .... which was followed in by VC10 C1K XV108/"Y" |
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| Photos: Ian Busby |
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