Saturday 30 July 2011 - "Global Gathering" at Long Marston airfield results in influx of biz jets!

The "Global Gathering" festival being held at Long Marston airfield
near Stratford on Avon continued to attract interesting movements
to the Elmdon apron - Solid Air Citation Bravo PH-DYN wears
"Swedish House Mafia" titles - a group of Swedish DJ's Photo: Ron Kosys
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Colmuba Air Citation CJ2 9A-CLN arrived from Ohrid Photo: Mike Hollick
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Other visitors included Citation II D-CJJJ
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....and Augusta Air Citation XLS D-CLLL Photos: Mike Hollick
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Flight Ambulance Learjet 35A D-COKE was an evening arrival
from Turkey operating an air ambulance flight
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Jetairfly - TUI Belgium - Boeing 737-8K5 OO-JAX positioned
in from Brussels to operate a return student flight to Rome
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flybe Dash 8Q-402 G-JECF is named "Adam Stansfield" in memory
of the Exeter City footballer who died in 2010 Photo: Ron Kosys
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BA Cityflyer Embraer 190-100LR G-LCYJ positioned in
from Glasgow to operate a peak season IT flight to Palma

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 14 July 2011 - CityLine Antonov 26B HA-TCO is an early morning arrival from Casablanca

CityLine Hungary Antonov 26B HA-TCO was an early morning
arrival operating a freight charter from Casablanca via Brest....
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.... parking on the Elmdon apron Photo: Mike Hollick
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Let's Fly Metro III EC-GEN arrived from Marseilles in the early
hours of the morning later departing to Le Touquet Photo: Ron Kosys
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KLM Boeing 737-9K2 PH-BXP operated their evening service to Amsterdam
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Lufthansa Regional Avro RJ85 D-AVRQ made a now rare appearance
when it operated their afternoon service from Munich Photo: Mike Hollick

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Dubrovnik Airline MD 83 9A-CDA operated the second of a series
of Alitalia student exchange charters flights from Rome

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Gestair Learjet 60 EC-JVM was a morning visitor to the Elmdon
apron departing to Palma Photo: Ron Kosys
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East Midlands Helicopters Agusta A-109E Power G-EMHC
made a brief afternoon visit Photo: Mike Hollick

Thursday 8 July 2010 - Air One Airbus A320-216 EI-DSL arrives with Ferrari team for British GP

Air One Airbus A320-216 EI-DSL operated a charter flight from

Bologna (under Alitalia /AZ flight numbers) bringing in the Ferrari

team for the British Grand Prix - it positioned out to Rome
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Aviavilsa Antonov 26B LY-APN which had arrived from Kosice on

Wednesday evening was an afternoon departure to Dusseldorf....
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.... climbing slowly off Runway 15
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Aviavilsa ATR 42-300F LY-ETM operated another

priority freight charter flight from Barcelona
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Learjet 60XR CS-DTH was a visitor on a training flight from/to Luton
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Cessna 510 Mustang F-HDPY was a visitor to the Elmdon apron

Sunday 4 July 2010 - Icejet Dornier 328JET TF-NPB operates a charter to Glasgow

Icejet Dornier 328JET TF-NPB positioned in

to operate a charter flight to Glasgow....
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.... while TAG Aviation Learjet 45XR G-SNZY arrived

to operate a flight to Faro
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Air Berlin Boeing 737-86J D-ABKK operated their

weekly flight to Paderborn - its first visit to BHX
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Thomas Cook Boeing 767-31KER G-DAJC arrived from Dalaman....
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.... with a certain amount of attitude in the blustery crosswind!!

Wednesday 2 July 2008 - Adria CRJ200 S5-AAH operates their flight from Ljubljana

Adria Canadair CRJ200 S5-AAH operated their weekly flight
from Ljubljana

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Cessna 525 Citation CJ1 OM-HLY was another early morning

arrival that spent most of the day parked up on the Elmdon apron
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Sun Air Dornier 328JET OY-NCL operated the return charter

flight from Braunschweig before positioning back to Billund
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Farnair Europe ATR 42 HB-AFD operated another charter

flight from/to Paris CDG
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flybe Dash 8Q-400 G-KKEV has now been named "Kevin Keegan"
and sports an image of him - on the passenger door side only - in
his younger days as a Newcastle United Football Club player
. Lear Jet 45 N300AQ was an evening visitor to the Elmdon apron
.Air Berlin Fokker 100 D-AGPD operated the return charter
flight from Frankfurt before positioning to Berlin Tegal

Thursday 28 May 2020 - Channel Jets Eclipse 500 2-CLRK is a lunchtime arrival from Guernsey

Channel Jets Eclipse 500 2-CLRK was a lunchtime arrival from Guernsey on its first visit
- after parking on the Elmdon apron it later returned to Guernsey Photo: Chris Mabbott

VistaJet Bombardier Global 6000 9H-VJT was an afternoon arrival from San Diego also
on its first visit - it parked up to night stop on the Elmdon apron

GlobeAir Cessna 510 Mustang OE-FZA was an afternoon arrival from Salzburg before
positioning out to Luton

Air Alliance Express Learjet 35A D-CFIV was an afternoon arrival when it positioned
in from Siegerland to replace Learjet 35A D-CTWO as the based air ambulance aircraft

Botany Aviation Agusta A-109C N109TK was a morning visitor to the Elmdon apron Photo: Chris Mabbott

Flightline BCN Metro III EC-GPS was an afternoon arrival when it positioned in from Stansted

Jet2holidays Boeing 737-8BK G-DRTG was a lunchtime departure to Bucharest to operate
a charter back to BHX bringing in seasonal agricultural works - it replaced Boeing 737-86Q
G-GDFY which had departed to Bucharest earlier but returned to BHX with a technical issue

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