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)....
.

Photo: Laurence Jones
.

.... followed 10 minutes later by Texan T-6C "14/TN" (CN-BTN)
.

Photo: Mike Hollick
.

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
.

Farnair Europe ATR 72-201F HB-AFG was an afternoon visitor
arriving with a load of freight from Casablanca Photo: Mike Hollick
.

Learjet 45 G-SOVB was an afternoon visitor departing to Nice....
.

.... 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

Friday 5 April 2013 - RAF VC10 C1K XR808 performs a "touch and go" to Runway 33 at Birmingham!!

RAF VC10 C1K XR808 made an approach and touch and go to Runway 33....

.... the aircraft wears the special "50 years of VC10 flying - 1962-2012" and
"101 Squadron 95th anniversary 1917-2012" titles Photos Brett Allen

Look how close you need to be to get photos like the above!

The aircraft rolled along the runway....

.... and just kept rolling passed the Airport Fire Station

.... before rotating again as it passed Taxiway Kilo

Power on as it climbs off Runway 33....

 

.... and over Sheldon Country Park Photos: Robert Jones

.... next stop Newcastle!! - another classic visit by a VC10 to BHX!!

Air France Airbus A320-214 F-GKXY operated their afternoon flight to Paris CDG

Piper Navajo Chieftain N350PB was an afternoon departure

Tuesday 16 May 2017 - AirTanker Airbus A330-243 G-VYGL now flying for Jet2

AirTanker Airbus A330-243 G-VYGL lines up to depart on the final stage of its delivery flight to Jet2....

.... at Manchester - it had earlier arrived from RAF Brize Norton after a flight over the Irish Sea

.... the aircraft has been leased to Jet2 for the summer 2017 season and will be based at Manchester

.... it parked on Stand 85C for its short visit to BHX

CityJet Sukhoi Superjet 100-95B EI-FWE operated the early evening Brussels Airlines service to Brussels

bmi regional Embraer 145EP G-RJXC operated their flight to Nuremberg

Eurowings Europe Airbus A320-214 OE-IQD operated their service from Vienna

KLM cityhopper Fokker 70 PH-KZS operated their early evening flight from Amsterdam

Fleet Air International Saab 340A HA-TAD was an evening departure to Chateauroux

Citation CJ2 D-IPVD was an afternoon visitor operating a priority freight charter

Piper Turbo Navajo B N95TA was an afternoon arrival from Biggen Hill parking up to night stop

Birmingham Airport Photo Blog

to see more photos "click" HERE to go to the homepage

The BHX Blog

Thursday 30 March 2017 - Jet2 Boeing 737-8MG G-JZHT operates their inaugural flight to Malaga

Jet2 Boeing 737-8MG G-JHZO and Jet2holidays Boeing 737-8MG G-JHZT wait on Stand 42
in the early morning sun for the launch of their new Birmingham base....

Jet2holidays Boeing 737-8MG G-JHZT was the first aircraft to depart operating their
inaugural flight LS1203 to Malaga departing off a by then wet Runway 15 while....

Jet2 Boeing 737-8MG G-JZHO was soon on its way to Faro in the rain! - for a report on
the launch of the new Jet2 and Jet2holidays base at Birmingham Airport see here

Ryanair Boeing 737-8AS EI-FZG operated their early morning service from Dublin - its first visit to BHX

King Air M-MOSJ - arriving from Stansted - and Dart Group Navajo Chieftain G-IFIT - arriving
from Leeds - were early morning visitor for the launch of the new Jet2 base at BHX

Birmingham Airport Photo Blog

to see more photos "click" HERE to go to the homepage

The BHX Blog

Tuesday 21 March 2017 - Wizz Air "Sharklet" Airbus A321-231 HA-LXE operates their flight to Warsaw

Wizz Air "Sharklet" Airbus A321-231 HA-LXE operated their flight to Warsaw

Air France Airbus A318-111 F-GUGC operated their morning service to Paris CDG

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

Falcon 2000EX N147CJ which had arrived on Saturday was a morning departure to Hamburg

Citation CJ1 D-IRKE was a day stopping visitor on the Elmdon apron

King Air D-IMPO which had arrived on Tuesday evening spent the day parked
on the Elmdon apron before departing back to Bielefeld

Flight Calibration Services Navajo Chieftain G-FCSL visited to check the ILS/Instrument Landing System

Birmingham Airport Photo Blog

to see more photos "click" HERE to go to the homepage

The BHX Blog

Friday 12 February 2016 - easyJet "Shakespeare" and "Hamburg" Airbus A319-111s are lunchtime visitors

easyJet Airbus A319-111 G-EZBI which wears an image of William Shakespeare on the rear
fuselage operated their flight to Geneva - it is named "Romeo Alpha Juliet" while ....

easyJet Airbus A319-111 G-EZBG which wears a "Hamburg" flag on the rear fuselage
operated their lunchtime service to Belfast International Photo: Ron Kosys

KLM Cityhopper Fokker 70 PH-KZS operated their lunchtime service to Amsterdam

Turkmenistan Boeing 777-22KLR EZ-A778 operated their flight to Ashkhabad....

.... departing off Runway 15

Norwegian Boeing 737-8JP LN-DYW operated their flight from Malaga

Wizz Air "Sharklet" Airbus A320-232 HA-LYA operated their flight from Warsaw while....

Wizz Air Airbus A320-232 HA-LWF operated their service to Poznan

Cello Aviation Boeing 737-476 G-RAJG operated a charter to Rome for the "Six Nations" Rugby match

Swiss Airbus A320-214 HB-IJD operated their morning service to Zurich

Ryanair Boeing 737-8AS EI-FOG operated their morning service to Dublin - its first visit to BHX

Former TUIfly Nordic Boeing 767-304ER SE-RFS is now parked back on Stand 25

Jet Executive Learjet 55 D-CGBR was a lunchtime visitor operating an air ambulance flight Photo: Ron Kosys

Synergy Super King Air G-SYGA was a lunchtime visitor operating an air ambulance flight

Dart Group Navajo Chieftain G-IFIT was a morning visitor to the Elmdon apron

Birmingham Airport Photo Blog

to see more photos "click" here to go to the homepage