Friday 11 October 2013 - Exin Antonov 26B SP-FDR is an afternoon departure to Copenhagen

Exin Antonov 26B SP-FDR which had arrived in the early hours of the morning from Katowice
was an afternoon departure to Copenhagen - it had last visited BHX back in November 2000!

Tuesday 23 July 2013 - Exin Antonov 26B SP-FDT is a day stopping visitor to the Elmdon apron

Exin Antonov 26B SP-FDT was an early morning arrival parking up on the Elmdon apron....

.... after crew rest it positioned out to Katowice Photos: Mike Hollick

.... departing off Runway 15

Atlantic Airlines BAe ATP G-BTPA operated a freight charter from Leipzig Photo: Mike Hollick

Citation CJ1 F-HKRA was an evening arrival

Other visitors to the Elmdon apron included Navajo Chieftain G-STHA and....

Eurocopter EC 135 T2+ G-HOLM which made a brief afternoon visit Photos: Mike Hollick

.... departing to Oxford

Aer Lingus Regional/Aer Arann ATR 42-300 EI-CBK operated their late afternoon service to Dublin

Swiss Avro RJ100 HB-IYS operated their evening service to Zurich
- the aircraft is in the "Shopping Paradise Zurich Airport" scheme

Air Malta Airbus A320-214 9H-AEN operated their flight to Malta

Sunday 5 May 2013 - RAF Battle of Britain Memorial Flight Dakota ZA947 performs flypast at Birmingham

Royal Air Force Battle of Britain Memorial Flight Douglas C-47A Dakota ZA947 performed
a flypast down Runway 15 while en-route from Wednesbury to Bletchley Park....

.... arriving from the north the Dakota circled over Sheldon waiting for a gap in the traffic

.... before flying down Runway 15 and past Birmingham Airport's historic Elmdon Tower
that has recently been replaced by the new ATC Tower

.... the aircraft is painted to represent Dakota FZ692 of 233 Squadron

.... around the D-Day period in 1944

.... and turned to the left as it climbed away en-route to Bletchley Park

Exin Antonov 26B SP-FDT had made an early morning visit to the Elmdon apron....

.... to collect an urgent consignment of motor racing equipment Photos: Ian Cruise

First Choice Boeing 767-324ER G-OOBM was a morning arrival from Cancun, Mexico

Lufthansa Cityline Canadair CRJ 701ER D-ACPR operated their morning service to Frankfurt

SAS MD 81 LN-RMR operated their evening service from Copenhagen

Falcon 900EX N988H which had arrived on Saturday was a morning departure to International Falls

Wednesday 20 March 2013 - Another day - another RAF VC10 makes a flypast at Birmingham Airport!!

RAF VC10 K3 ZA148/"G" made an approach and go around to Runway 33 at lunchtime....

   

.... while on a training flight out of RAF Brize Norton

.... the second VC10 to visit BHX in three days! Photo: Mike Hollick

.... this time performing a flypast with the undercarriage down before climbing away
and returning to RAF Brize Norton - maybe still not the last visit of a VC10 to BHX!?

Exin Antonov 26B SP-FDS was an afternoon arrival from Brno operating a priority freight charter....

.... after unloading it was soon on its way again departing to Hahn

Swiftair Embraer Brasilia EC-JBD which had gone "tech" in the morning was
an evening departure back to Belfast International

Thomson Boeing 737-8K5 G-TAWN operated their weekly IT flight to Enfidha - its first visit to BHX

Citation XLS G-EYUP made a brief late afternoon visit to the Elmdon apron while.... Photo: Mike Hollick

Solaris Aviation Citation Excel S5-BDG which had visited Eurojet for maintenance also departed

An view of a busy Elmdon apron 

Wednesday 6 March 2013 - Exin Antonov 26B SP-FDS is an early morning arrival from Prague

Exin Antonov 26B SP-FDS operated a priority freight charter from Prague

- its first visit to BHX - parking up to night stop.... Photo: Mike Hollick

.... it had earlier emerged out of the early morning mist

.... as it landed on Runway 15

Thomson Boeing 737-8K5 G-TAWM operated their weekly IT flight to Enfidha

- the first visit to BHX of an aircraft that was only delivered the previous week

Thomas Cook Airbus A321-211 G-DHJH operated their IT flight to Enfidha

as they resumed their weekly service for the rest of the winter season

Air Berlin Boeing 737-86J D-ABMJ operated their flight to Hannover - it had

previously visited when wearing their Christmas 2012 scheme - photos here

North Flying Metro 23 OY-NPE which had diverted in from East Midlands

on Tuesday evening positioned out Photo: Mike Hollick

Piper Archer N661KK was a visitor to the Elmdon apron Photo: Mike Hollick