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The "
Helicopter Club of Great Britain" organised a "fly in"
to Birmingham Airport on Tuesday 4 September 2012
in conjunction with a visit to Land Rover in Solihull....
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![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCXlwwVUtWgi4YsAwhEiv_3kZDI3xAiOVNUmohA-3JJqMb2eufRFfbU4B-Dbq7ZxSrrjrVcGNG0Twr0irhjoHbMaYQPmeoFZI4ZKrdo9ii8dT-vwlnOowVZ-vUu-jw0aNhIQN0gG-OHrA4/s400/Heli_BHX_2012.09.04-02.jpg)
.... a total of 10 helicopters arrived - there were a few no shows
due to poor weather/fog in the south east - and these parked....
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![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAVbrdJclS2xBhrqoYBemTBcftlAdsBHog1XuD8MbNVBlLlVgm9MSfqONjdgju0fh2JszhAkgQrjBMueH549hp9EPQCClI1EYjZMoDNM4P4Dcu7kZQmmkA96UuMya7HLhOUbpvRqB_i0Vf/s400/Heli_BHX_2012.09.04-08.jpg)
.... in two rows on Elmdon Stand 506 and the adjacent
grass area - in order of arrival the following visited....
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Bell Longranger III G-ODCC which arrived on Monday
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Eurocopter Squirrel G-WHAM which also arrived on Monday
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Eurocopter Squirrel G-WHST
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Enstrom 280C Turbo Shark G-OTHE
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Eurocopter EC120B Colibri G-ZZOE
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Alouette II HA-PPC which was once XP967 with the Army Air Corps
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Robinson R22 G-TATO
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Robinson R44 G-WALI
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Robinson R44 G-WEGO
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Robinson R66 N66UK
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The Helicopter Club members were ferried to/from the nearby
Land Rover plant by a fleet of Range Rovers....
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![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIW65LOmFU8EZr0XOvW3r8FfK2QdJOuWwxsk5FHBh9L6SPeFe-lRMZQE8cQ1ZpRd7FgJJUR091SIC3gIWxOcnHj-5CObA8VrJIDYG036HzEqsxW5qOM6TGBKZAF1yV6hun0XmlunY9gPbV/s400/Heli_BHX_2012.09.04-11.jpg)
.... returning to the airport of a mass departure shortly before 1700
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A big well done to Richard, Chris and everyone at Birmingham
Airport and Eurojet for a well organised and safe fly in!
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Tuesday 3 September 2012