Friday 15 July 2011 - Royal Moroccan Air Force Texan T-6C's at Birmingham Airport!!

Two Royal Moroccan Air Force Texan T-6C's on delivery arrived from
Inverness - the first aircraft to land was "13/TM" (CN-BTM)....
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Photo: Laurence Jones
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.... followed 10 minutes later by Texan T-6C "14/TN" (CN-BTN)
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Photo: Mike Hollick
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Both aircraft, which are on delivery from the USA, parked up on
the Elmdon apron to spend the weekend at Birmingham - they
are planned to depart on Tuesday 19 July 2011 Photo: Mike Hollick
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Farnair Europe ATR 72-201F HB-AFG was an afternoon visitor
arriving with a load of freight from Casablanca Photo: Mike Hollick
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Learjet 45 G-SOVB was an afternoon visitor departing to Nice....
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.... other visitors included Centreline Air Citation CJ2 G-OCJZ
Photo: Mike Hollick

.... Woodgate Air Charter Navajo Chieftain G-JAJK
Photo: Ron Kosys

.... and Eurocopter EC 135 T2+ G-HOLM Photo: Mike Hollick

Thursday 21 June 2012 - Royal Thai Air Force Boeing 737-4Z6 HS-CMV/11-111 visits BHX!!

Royal Thai Air Force Boeing 737-4Z6 HS-CMV/11-111 was
a lunchtime arrival from Farnborough.... Photo: Laurence Jones
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.... bringing Crown Prince Maha Vajiralongkom of Thailand on
a visit to Birmingham - after spending the afternoon parked up....
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.... on the Elmdon apron it departed back to Farnborough
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Aer Arann ATR 72-201 EI-REI has now joined EI-REH
in gaining Aer Lingus Regional titles Photo: Ron Kosys
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Cello BAe 146-200 G-RAJJ made a rare visit to the terminal
side of the airport spending the day operating for flybe
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Gulfstream 550 HB-IGM made a brief afternoon visit

Monday 11 June 2012 - Sunwing/Thomson Boeing 737-8K5 C-FTLK off to "Euro 2012"!!

Sunwing Boeing 737-8K5 C-FTLK positioned in from Dublin
to operate a Thomson charter flight to Donetsk in the Ukraine
taking England fans to watch their first "Euro 2012" match
against France this evening/Monday. The aircraft - which left
BHX at 0540! - is in the Hapag Lloyd "retro" colour scheme
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Air VIA Airbus A320-214 LZ-MDB positioned in from Bourgas
to operate for Monarch initially departing on their morning
service to Alicante - this was its first visit to BHX

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Lufthansa Airbus A321-231 D-AIDB operated their morning
service from Frankfurt - its first visit to BHX - while....
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.... Lufthansa Regional Embraer 195LR D-AEBO operated their
afternoon service from Munich - also on its first visit to BHX
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Aer Lingus Regional/Aer Arann ATR 72-212A EI-REL operated
their inaugural service to Knock/Ireland West Airport - a route
dropped by bmibaby the previous day
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Suckling Dornier 328-110 G-BWWT operated the morning flybe
service to Dundee in place of the usual Loganair Saab 340
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Citation XLS+ D-CHEM was a morning arrival parking up to night
stop on the Elmdon apron - its first visit to BHX Photo: Mike Hollick
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Jet Ranger III G-MFMF operating in the area as "Electricity 18"
made a precautionary landing on the Elmdon apron adjacent to
Taxiway Golf - after a check it was on its way again Photo: Mike Hollick

Sunday 16 May 2010 - the Icelandic Volcanic Ash Cloud is coming back again....

.... but first we have the diversions! With the Volcanic Ash Cloud

returning to UK air space many airports north of BHX closed

resulting in a large number of aircraft diverting in during the

afternoon filling the 70's and 80's stands....

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.... and with 7 Ryanair Boeing 737's parking on Taxiway Tango

the former cross/short runway - BHX closed at 1900.....

Aurigny ATR 72-202 G-BWDB operated the afternoon Guernsey

to Manchester service to BHX while ....
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.... a number of biz jets also diverted including Learjet 40XR G-HPPY
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.... and Learjet 31A D-CSAP
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Pegasus Boeing 737-8S3 TC-APH operated their weekly flight
to Antalya - the aircraft wears billboard "flypgs.com" titles
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Turkmenistan Boeing 737-7GL EZ-A007 was an early morning
visitor as it made a fuel stop on its way back to Ashkabad from

Lackland in the US where it had been for maintenance

Tuesday 22 April 2008 - Air Comet Airbus A320 EC-KBM diverts to BHX

Air Comet Airbus A320 EC-KBM diverted into BHX due to a

runway closure at Gatwick - after refueling it departed off

Runway 15 back to Gatwick
.Swiss used Contact Air Fokker 100 D-AGPH on their lunchtime

service from Zurich in place of the usual Avro RJ 100 - the aircraft is in Star Alliance colours
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. Danish Air Transport ATR 72 OY-RUB operated a charter flight
from Billund with the aircraft parking up on the Elmdon apron
.Royal Air Force Tristar C2 ZE705 operated a medivac flight
before positioning out to RAF Brize Norton

Friday 20 April 2012 - Sunderland FC arrive in Suckling Airways Dornier 328 G-BWIR

 

Suckling Airways Dornier 328-110 G-BWIR was an afternoon

visitor to the Elmdon apron bringing in Sunderland FC for

their Premier League match again Aston Villa on Saturday

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Blue City Aviation Metro II G-GEGE was an afternoon

departure on a training flight to Cherbourg

Piper Malibu N926AD was an afternoon visitor Photos: Mike Hollick

Former Olympic Airlines ATR 72-202 SX-BIG remains parked up

on the Elmdon apron after another visit to the flybe hangar

Saturday 14 April 2012 - ATR 72 SX-BII departs to Sonderborg after parking at BHX

Former Olympic Airlines ATR 72-212 SX-BII which had arrived
at BHX back on Thursday 5 January 2012 for long term parking
under the care of flybe departed to Sonderborg in Denmark as
"Southern Cross 1231" - fellow ATR 72 SX-BIG is also expected
to depart Birmingham in the next few days
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More photos later!!

Sunday 9 December 2018 - Danish Air Transport ATR 72-212A OY-RUV flying for Blue Islands

Danish Air Transport ATR 72-212A OY-RUV operating a sub charter on behalf of Blue Islands was
an evening arrival bringing Wolves home after their "Premier League" match against Newcastle....

.... its first visit to BHX - after unloading it positioned back to Copenhagen

Vulkan Air Antonov 26B UR-CQD spent the day parked up on the Elmdon apron before departing to Liege

Capital Air Ambulance Learjet 45 G-OICU was an afternoon departure to Bournemouth

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Tuesday 7 March 2017 - ASL Airlines Boeing 737SF F-GIXC operates a cargo charter to Vienna

ASL Airlines Boeing 737-38BSF F-GIXC was a morning arrival on the Elmdon apron....

.... when it positioned in from Toulouse - its first visit to BHX

.... to operate a cargo charter to Vienna

Fleet Air International Saab 340AF HA-TAB was an early morning arrival operating a cargo charter
from Bucharest - it had been escorted into BHX following a loss of communications by two RAF
"Quick Reaction Alert" Eurofighter Typhoons - for a full photo report see here Photo: Ron Kosys

Zimex Aviation ATR 72-202F HB-ALQ was an early morning arrival from Porto spending the day
parked up on the Elmdon apron - it is still in the basic colours of former operator Aurigny

flybe Dash 8-402Q G-PRPK which is still in United Express colours did engine runs on Taxiway Juliet before....

.... taxying over to Stand 83 - it later departed to East Midlands for painting into flybe colours Photo: Matt Waudby

Blue Air Boeing 737-46N YR-BAE operated their flight to Bucharest

Icelandair Boeing 757-208 TF-FIP operated their flight from Reykjavik Keflavik - the aircraft
has recently been fitted with Aviation Partners Boeing Scimitar Blended Winglets

Eurowings Airbus A320-214 D-AIZS operated their afternoon service to Dusseldorf

Lufthansa Regional Embraer 195LR D-AEBC operated their afternoon flight from Munich

Robinson R-44 Raven II G-MUSH was a day stopping visitor on the Elmdon apron

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