Thursday 12 February 2009 - BHX

NetJets Hawker 750XP CS-DUD was a visitor to the Elmdon apron....

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.... as was CitationJet 525B D-CPMI

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Photo: Chris Mabbott

Tuesday 10 February 2009 - BHX

Turkish Airlines Airbus A319 TC-JLM operated their service

from Istanbul - the first visit of a TK 319 to BHX

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Photo: Ron Kosys

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Photo: Chris Mabbott

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Falcon 7X N8000E was a visitor to the Elmdon apron operating

from/to Brno in the Czech Republic
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Photo: Mike Hollick
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Photo: John Gregory
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RAF C17 ZZ173 was a lunchtime visitor to the Elmdon apron
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Photo: John Gregory
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VLM Fokker 50 OO-VLS operated a charter from Geneva spending
the day parked on the Elmdon apron

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Photo: Ron Kosys
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Recently delivered Ryanair Boeing 737-800 EI-EBC was a

morning visitor operating a charter flight
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Photo: Chris Mabbott

Monday 9 February 2009

KLM Boeing 737-800 PH-BXA operated their KL1423/1424 service
from Amsterdam. The aircraft is now in a "retro" colour scheme to
mark the airlines 90th anniversary in 2009

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Brussels Airlines Airbus A319 OO-SSM operated their mid morning

service to Brussels in place of the usual Avro RJ85/100

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Photos: Ron Kosys

Thursday 5 February 2009 - BHX

Air Libya BAe 146-300 5A-DKQ which arrived from Kemble on

Wednesday reappeared out of the flybe and departed shortly

afterwards to Nice onto Libya on delivery

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Photos: Ron Kosys

Wednesday 4 February 2009 - BHX

Air Libya BAe 146-300 5A-DKQ positioned up from Kemble for

attention by flybe and was soon inside Hangar 2 at BHX

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Photo: Ron Kosys

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Photo: Mike Hollick

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Gazelle HA-LFB was an afternoon vistor to the Elmdon apron
- it is operated by the Honister Slate Mine in Cumbria

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Photo: Mike Hollick

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Atlantic Airways Avro RJ100 OY-FJE operated the morning SAS

service to Copenhagen - it retains the basic scheme of Faroe Jet

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Photo: Ron Kosys

Tuesday 3 February 2009 - Tudor Grange Park, Solihull town centre

County Air Ambulance Eurocopter EC-135T-2 G-WMAS made a

precautionary landing in Tudor Grange Park, near Solihull town

centre due to a technical problem....
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Bond who operate the helicopter for County Air Ambulance flew

and engineer up from Staverton on Bolkow 105 G-NDAA....
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.... and Eurocopter EC-135T-2 G-WMAS was soon on its way

back to its base at Cosford....
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.... while Bolkow 105 G-NDAA returned to Staverton
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Photos: Gordon Stretch

Tuesday 3 February 2009 - EMA

Antonov Design Bureau Antonov 124 UR-82027 arrived from

Warton and after refueling continued on to Goa

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British Airways Boeing 777 G-YMMG which had diverted in

on Monday morning departed back to Heathrow....
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.... while flyglobespan Boeing 737-600 G-CDKT went on a test flight
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Photos: John Gregory

Monday 2 February 2009 - BHX

A busy day for diversions! - British Airways Boeing 747-400

G-CIVW was operating flight"BA 118" from Bangalore when

it diverted in from Heathrow....

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.... and joined a large number of earlier diversions!

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Wizz Air Airbus A320 LZ-WZB may have lifted off Runway 33 with

easy as it positioned to Luton but it was soon back again when that

airport closed again for snow clearance
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Photos: Ron Kosys

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Airbus A340 HZ-124 came and went in the snow....

Photo: Mike Hollick
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....while some just waited for the weather to improve!

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Photo: Ian Bowley
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Next years Christmas card? - the FedEx ATR 72 on the Elmdon apron
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Photo: Ron Kosys

Sunday 1 February 2009 - BHX

Boeing BBJ N888TY arrived on Saturday evening and is now parked
up on the Elmdon apron. It is operated on behalf of Ty Corporation
who manufacture "Beanie Babies" stuffed toys and is visiting BHX in
connection with the "International Spring Fair" that is being held at
the nearby NEC this week

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Photo: Ron Kosys

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flybe Dash 8Q-400 G-ECOO arrived from Reykjavik as the

"BE 040" at the end of its delivery flight from Canada

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Photo: Chris Mabbott

Saturday 31 January 2009 - BHX

Emirates Boeing 777-300 A6-ECB operated their lunchtime

service from Dubai

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Titan Boeing 737-300QC G-ZAPZ operated their weekly
IT flight from Chambery
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KLM cityhopper Fokker 70 PH-WXC operated their
lunchtime service from Amsterdam
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Photos: Ian Hubbard

Saturday 31 January 2009 - Kemble

Air India Airbus A310-300 VT-EVX arrived at Kemble on Friday

afternoon presumably for scrapping. It is currently parked on the

northside of the airfield where it has been joined by Air Seychelles

Boeing 767-200 N767HS/S7-EXL
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BAe ATP G-JEME is one of a number of BAe aircraft parked up

in front of the Chervon hangar
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Former Monarch Boeing 757 G-MOND is now parked in the scapping

area next to Air India Boeing 747-300 VT-EPX which also arrived

earlier in the month - see below
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Photos: Gordon Stretch

Saturday 31 January 2009 - GLO

Dornier 228 D-IFLM operated the morning Manx2 service to

the Isle of Man - the aircraft is operated by FLM Aviation

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Photo: Gordon Stretch

Tuesday 27 January 2009 - BHX

Ryanair Boeing 737-800 EI-DCL which is in the Boeing "dreamliner"
colour scheme operated their afternoon service from Shannon

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Falcon 900EX PR-FRU arrived on its second visit to BHX on Monday
evening and spent the day parked on the Elmdon apron

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Citation XLS D-CAIR which had arrived on Monday evening spent
most of the day parked on the Elmdon apron - it wears Berner titles
on the engines and is called "Lucky"

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Photos: Ron Kosys

Sunday 25 January 2009 - BHX

flybe Dash 8Q-400 G-ECOK arrived from Reykjavik as the
"BE 040" at the end of its delivery flight from Canada

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Photo: Andrew Fellows