Tuesday 19 August 2014 - Challenger 300 M-EVAN is an evening visitor to the Elmdon apron

Challenger 300 M-EVAN was an evening visitor to the Elmdon apron bringing in the Chairman
of Ipswich Town Football Club to watch his team play against Birmingham City at St Andrews

Aviavilsa Antonov 26B HA-TCV positioned in to be loaded with freight....

 

.... later departing to Gothenburg

Air Taxi Europe Cessna 406 Caravan II D-ICCC which arrived in the early hours spent the day parked up

Lufthansa "Sharklet" Airbus A320-214 D-AIUF operated their evening service from Frankfurt

National Police Air Service - NPAS - MD 900 Explorer G-CMBS overflew the airfield during the early evening

Monday 25 August 2014 - Aviavilsa Antonov 26B HA-TCV is an afternoon departure to Prestwick

Aviavilsa Antonov 26B HA-TCV which had arrived on Friday was an afternoon departure to Prestwick....

.... after spending the morning undergoing maintenance on the Elmdon apron

Monarch "Sharklet" Airbus A320-214 G-ZBAA operated their afternoon service to Alicante
on a wet Bank Holiday Monday

Friday 22 August 2014 - Blue City Aviation handle three Antonov 12 freighters plus an An 26 in a day!!

Cavok Air Antonov 12B UR-CJN was an afternoon visitor to the Elmdon apron.... Photo: Mike Hollick

.... one of three Antonov 12s that arrived during the day bringing in an urgent consignment
of freight from Timisoara, Romania - after being unloaded by local ground handler
Blue City Aviation it positioned to East Midlands - the other flights were operated  by....

Ruby Star Antonov 12BP EW-394TI which arrived in the early evening to night stop and....

Ukraine Air Alliance Antonov 12BK UR-CAH which positioned out to Prestwick after unloading

Aviavilsa Antonov 26B HA-TCV was a morning arrival from Leipzig parking up to night stop

More photos later!!

Tuesday 5 August 2014 - China Southern Airbus A330-243 B-6058 operates final charter to Beijing

China Southern Airlines Airbus A330-243 B-6058 rotates off a very wet Runway 15
operating the third and final flight of a short series of charters to Beijing, China....

.... it had earlier arrived in the half light at 0542 nearly an hour early!

.... and had a "Follow Me" vehicle to ensure it found its way

.... to Stand 56C

.... while it may have been a grey start to the day a couple of hours later it was sitting in the sun!

This flight was taking the second group of Chinese tourists home after their UK holiday....

.... China Southern Airlines Flight number: CZ3002

Unfortunately by the time Airbus A330-243 B-6058 was on its way to depart the rain had arrived....

.... so as it lifted off Runway 15 it produced a cloud of spray

.... before climbing away to Beijing - again nonstop from Birmingham!

Ryanair Boeing 737-8AS EI-EMK operated their morning service to Perpignan departing off Runway 15....

.... and giving another view of its "National Express - UK Airport Transfers" logo jet colour scheme

Jettime Boeing 737-382QC OY-JTF operated the Mistral Air student exchange charter to Rome

Thomas Cook Boeing 767-31KER G-TCCB was an afternoon arrival when it diverted after Manchester was closed
by a security alert involving a Qatar Airways Airbus A330 - after refuelling it continued to Manchester

Aviavilsa Antonov 26B HA-TCV was a lunchtime visitor operating a freight charter and departing to Stavanger

Gulfstream 650 N673HA which had arrived on Monday evening was an afternoon departure to Paris Le Bourget

Tyrol Air Ambulance Astra SPX OE-GBD made a brief afternoon visit to the Elmdon apron

FAI Learjet 55ER D-CAAE which had arrived on an air ambulance flight on Monday evening departed to Nuremberg

Piper Malibu Mirage N186CB which had arrived the previous week as an afternoon departure

Thursday 10 April 2014

Aviavilsa Antonov 26B HA-TCV was an early morning arrival from Brescia, Italy,
parking up on the Elmdon apron Photo: Mike Hollick

More photos later