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| Balkan Holidays/BH Air Airbus A320-232 LZ-BHH operated their flight from Bourgas while.... |
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| Freebird Airbus A320-214 TC-FBV operated their flight to Dalaman Photos: Kevin Bates |
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| Southern Air Boeing 777-FZB N774SA was an evening arrival from Leipzig - the aircraft wears a DHL tail scheme Photo: Nick Broome |
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| Bulgaria Air Embraer 190AR LZ-BUR operated the return charter from Sofia.... |
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| .... before positioning out to Heathrow Photos: Ron Kosys |
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| Former Elitaliania Eurocopter
EC135T2+ I-PNTB is currently in temporary storage - it is in an EMS - Emergency medical services - configuration and is for sale Photo: Steve Hadley |
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| Volga-Dnepr Ilyushin Il 76TD RA-76503 which had arrived on Wednesday.... |
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| .... was a morning departure |
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| Neos Boeing 737-86N I-NEOW was an early morning arrival positioning in to fly for Monarch and departing on their service to Palma Photos: Kevin Bates |
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| Air Nostrum/Iberia Regional Canadair CRJ 200ER EC-JEP was an afternoon arrival operating a charter flight from Pamplona Photo: Ron Kosys |
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| Meridiana Fly Airbus A320-214 I-EEZI was an afternoon arrival from Malaga operating on behalf of Monarch Photo: Kevin Bates |
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| Ukraine Air Alliance Antonov 12BP UR-CGV was a morning arrival from Stavanger later departing to Billund Photo: John Gregory |
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| The end of an era! - Atlantic Airlines last airworthy Electra G-LOFC ferried from Katowice to Coventry in the early hours of Saturday after operating their final Electra commercial flight from Leipzig on behalf of DHL |
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| The aircraft has been sold to Buffalo Airways at Yellowknife and departed to Keflavik just after 1045.... |
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| .... Atlantic Airlines staff were out in force to wave it off and it received a water canon salute |
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| .... as it taxied out to depart Coventry for the last time lining up on Runway 05 Photos: Mike Hollick |
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| .... after taking off it made one final approach |
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| .... and flyby along Runway 05 Photo: Mike Hollick |
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| .... before climbing away en-route to it new home in Canada |
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| A close up look at G-LOFC earlier in the morning when the sun was out |
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| .... and a final look in the cockpit |
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| .... and at those powerful Allison turboprops |
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| "Buffalo Joe" - the owner of Buffalo Airways - was on hand to supervise the departure |
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| A final sunny shot of Lockheed Electra G-LOFC which was the last airworthy Electra in Europe Photos: James Ralph |
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| Cargolux Boeing 747-8R7F LX-VCG was a lunchtime arrival from Bahrain.... |
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| .... bringing back "Formula1" racing cars and equipment after the recent Grand Prix |
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| .... after unloading it positioned out to Luxembourg |
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| Atlas Air Boeing 747-47UF N415MC also arrived from Bahrain positioning out to Barcelona |
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| Thomson Boeing 737-8K5 G-FDZE is now in their new "dreamliner" colour scheme Photos: John Gregory |
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| Four French Army Air Corps - ALAT - helicopters including Puma 1093/DCG visited RAF Shawbury on a familiarisation flight around the UK as part on the ongoing development of interoperability between the UK and French armed forces |
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| Also dropping in for fuel was Gazelle 3546/GJF.... |
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| .... Gazelle 3947/GAS |
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| .... and Gazelle 4189/GCN all belonging to the 3rd Combat Helicopter Regiment and operating out of Middle Wallop in Hampshire Photos: Mark Presswood |
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| Embraer Phenom 300 PT-TOH was a lunchtime visitor on a demonstration flight Photo: Mark Presswood |
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| A general view of some of the aircraft stored at Kemble..... |
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| .... a wider view of the same area |
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| .... the aircraft in the scrapping area |
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| .... and a closer view - aircraft currently in storage/awaiting scrapping include |
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| former Air Contractors/DHL Airbus A300B4-203F EI-OZI |
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| former Cathay Pacific Boeing 747-467 B-HOX |
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| former Corsairfly Boeing 747-422 F-HKIS which now wears the registration TF-AMG |
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| former bmibaby Boeing 737-3L9 G-OGBD |
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| former Europe Airpost Boeing 737-348QC F-GIXI |
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| former Hi Fly Airbus A340-312 CS-TQL |
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| former MK Airlines Boeing 747-2B5BF G-MKCA |
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| former MK Airlines Boeing 747-2R7F G-MKGA |
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| A general view of BAe 146's/Avro RJ85's parked on the Chevron apron |
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| Photos: Ron Kosys |
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| Minoan Air Fokker 50 SX-BRS operated the inaugural flight of their new Oxford to Edinburgh scheduled service - flights from Oxford to Dublin start of Wednesday 6 March 2013 |
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| The team from Oxford Airport were on handed to welcome Minoan Air |
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| The cake!! |
