Sunday 18 May 2014 - Ukraine Air Alliance Antonov 12BP UR-CGW operates relief flight to South Sudan

Ukraine Air Alliance Antonov 12BP UR-CGW positioned in from Riga to operate a relief flight....

.... on behalf of Oxfam to Juba in South Sudan - photo report here - with the aircraft
departing off Runway 15 to its first stop at Heraklion Photos: Mike Hollick

GainJet Boeing 737-406 SX-ATF operated the return charter from Santorini....

.... parking on stand 42L before positioning out to Luton Photo: Matt Kidgell

Austrian Dash 8-402Q OE-LGF operated the afternoon Brussels Airlines flight in place of the usual aircraft OE-LGC

Blue1 Boeing 717-23S OH-BLJ operated the SAS service from Stockholm Arlanda Photo: Matt Kidgell

 

Turkish Airlines Boeing 737-8F2 TC-JHO which had gone "tech" on Saturday afternoon was towed
to the Elmdon apron for engine runs before departing back to Istanbul Photo: Mike Hollick

Estonian Air Embraer 170LR ES-AEB positioned out to Edinburgh to operate a charter back to Farnborough

Challenger 300 N425DB which is a Bombardier demonstration aircraft made an early morning visit
routing from Bradley, Connecticut, via Goose Bay and then continuing onto Geneva where it was to
be displayed at annual the EBACE business aircraft show

Gulfstream 200 N217BA was an evening arrival from Teterboro, New York....

.... parking up to night stop on the Elmdon apron Photo: Mike Hollick

Super King Air N820DL made a brief evening visit Photo: Mike Hollick

Robinson R-66 Turbine N4480W made a brief morning visit

Friday 15 November 2013 - Flight Design CTLS G-CGRB makes first visit of type to BHX

Flight Design CTLS G-CGRB made a morning visit - the first visit of this type of aircraft to BHX

Other visitors to the Elmdon apron included Gama Aviation Gulfstream 550 G-MRLX....

Gulfstream 550 EI-GDL which parked up on arrival to night stop....

Netjets Citation XLS CS-DXH which spent the day parked up....

London Executive Aviation Citation II G-SPUR which brought Princess Anne in to visit an event at the NEC

.... while Citation CJ1 D-INCS made a brief afternoon visit Photos: Mike Hollick

Cross Aviation Citation XLS N575NR was an afternoon departure after a visit to the Eurojet hangar

Robinson R-66 N66EV was a lunchtime visitor to the Elmdon apron

JCB Sikorsky S-76C M-JCBA made an approach and go around to Runway 33 during the afternoon

Monarch Airbus A300B4-605R G-MONS which had arrived on Monday 4 November 2013 and has been
in their hangar ever since was pushed outside now devoid of Monarch titles and insignia....

.... it was then towed over to the terminal side of the airport of some engine runs in preparation for its
planned departure on Saturday to Tupelo in the USA where it will be parted out/scrapped Photo: Mike Hollick

Thomson Boeing 757-28A G-OOBD was a morning arrival from Luton for short term parking....

.... it is currently being operated on behalf of "TCS and Starquest Expeditions" on VIP air tours

Thursday 10 October 2013 - RAF Sentinel R1 ZJ693 does "touch and go" on Runway 33

RAF Sentinel R1 ZJ693 made two approaches to Runway 33 during the afternoon....

.... on the first it did a "touch and go"

.... rolling well down the runway

.... while on the second approach it did a go around before continuing onto its base at RAF Waddington

Turkish Boeing 737-9F2ER TC-JYF operated their morning service to Istanbul - its first visit to BHX

Eastern Embraer 145MP G-CGWV positioned in from Newcastle to operate a charter to Belfast International
taking Leicester Tigers to Northern Ireland for their "Heineken Cup" match against Ulster on Friday evening

Falcon 2000 LX-MBE which had arrived on Wednesday evening was a lunchtime departure Photo: Mike Hollick

Piaggio P-180 Avanti HB-LTN was an afternoon visitor to the Elmdon apron

Robinson R-66 Turbine N4480W and .... Photo: Mike Hollick

.... Robinson R-44 Raven II G-ROYM both visited the Elmdon apron during the day

Tuesday 5 June 2012 - Robinson R-66 N4524Y makes first visit of "type" to BHX

Robinson R-66 N4524Y made a brief morning visit to
the Elmdon apron before departing to Gloucester - this
was the first visit of this type of helicopter to BHX
.

Strategic Airlines Airbus A320-212 LX-STA was an afternoon arrival
operating their IT flight from Heraklion - its first visit to BHX