Thursday 14 October 2010 - Saudi Arabian Royal Flight Boeing 747SP HZ-AIF departs

Saudi Arabian Royal Flight Boeing 747SP-68 HZ-AIF was towed

back to the Elmdon apron to depart after its 24 hour stay at BHX....
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.... another tour of the airport and it was ready to depart
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.... lining up on Runway 33 at Echo 1 bringing the first visit of
a Boeing 747SP to Birmingham to a conclusion
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Sikorsky S 92 G-LAWX was a late afternoon arrival....
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.... with the passengers for Boeing 737-73T BBJ N500LS
which was soon on its way back to the United States
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Cirrus Airlines Dornier 328-110 D-COSA was an afternoon
visitor to the Elmdon apron
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Room for a little one! - Premier 1A G-EVRD was an afternoon

visitor to an always packed Elmdon apron....
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.... while Agusta A-109C G-HBEK was a morning arrival

Wednesday 13 October 2010 - first visit of a Boeing 747SP to Birmingham!!

Saudi Arabian Royal Flight Boeing 747SP-68 HZ-AIF touches down

on Runway 33 becoming the first "747SP" to visit Birmingham!!

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It taxied back around the airport to park on the Elmdon apron
. The aircraft has recently gained "God Bless You" titles on the nose
. After an extended stay on the packed Elmdon apron
the departure was cancelled....
. .... and HZ-AIF was towed back across the Runway
to park up for the night on Stand 85C
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Aviavilsa Antonov 26B LY-APK which arrived on a priority
freight charter in the early hours of the morning spent the
day parked up on Taxiway Lima - its first visit to BHX
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Eastern Embraer 135ER G-CGMB positioned in from Paris Le Bourget
to operate a charter to Geneva on Thursday - another first visit!
. Lufthansa Flight Training Citation CJ1 D-ILHB also made
a first visit operating a training flight departing and to Dublin

Sunday 10 October 2010 - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia Boeing BBJ HZ-MF1 departs

Kingdom of Saudi Arabia Boeing 737-7FG BBJ HZ-MF1 was
a late afternoon departure to Paris Le Bourget....

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.... it had arrived on Saturday evening and had spent the day
day parked up on the Elmdon apron.. Photo: Ron Kosys
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KLM cityhopper Embraer 190-100LR PH-EZI operated

their late afternoon service from Amsterdam
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Eastern Saab 2000 G-CFLU which had arrived

on Saturday evening positioned out to Norwich
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Eurocypria Boeing 737-8Q8 5B-DBV operated their
weekly IT flight to Larnaca
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TAS Aviation Citation Bravo EC-KKO was a morning arrival
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Fox Flight Learjet 35A C-GUAO which was an early morning arrival
spent the day parked up on the Elmdon apron.. Photo: Ron Kosys

Thursday 15 January 2009 - Airbus A340 HZ-124 morning departure off Runway 15

Airbus A340-213 HZ-124 which had arrived on Tuesday
evening was a morning departure off a wet Runway 15

Thursday 23 October 2008 - Airbus A340 HZ-124 departs to Riyadh in Saudi Arabia

Airbus A340-200 HZ-124 which had arrived on Wednesday

evening was a morning departure to Riyadh in Saudi Arabia

Sunday 12 October 2008 - AMC Airlines Boeing 737 SU-BPG operates IT flight from Sharm el Sheikh

AMC Airlines Boeing 737-800 SU-BPG operated their
weekly IT flight from Sharm el Sheikh in Egypt

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Fog in the South East again resulted in a number of diversions....

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.... Monarch Airbus A330-200 G-SMAN was a Brize Norton
diversion and continued on there after refueling....

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.... while Viking MD 83 SE-RDI which had diverted in from

Gatwick in the early hours of the morning was an afternoon

departure to Kalamata in Greece
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RAF Islander CC2A ZF573 was an afternoon visitor
to the Elmdon apron
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Airbus A340-200 HZ-124 was an afternoon arrival
parking up on the 80's stands
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Swiss Avro RJ100 HB-IYS operated their lunchtime service
from Zurich - the aircraft is in the "Shopping Paradise Zurich
Airport" special colour scheme

Sunday 5 October 2008 - Air Caraibes Airbus A330 F-OPTP positions out to Paris

Air Caraïbes Airbus A330-223 F-OPTP - which had arrived
on Saturday evening - positioned out to Paris Orly....

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.... before its departure it was parked next to Airbus A340-213
HZ-124 on the 80's stands - a pity about the weather!!
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Titan Boeing 757-256 G-ZAPX was an afternoon arrival
parking on the Elmdon apron
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Eastern Jetstream 41 G-MAJM positioned in to operate
a charter flight on Monday morning. The aircraft is in a
"North East" colour scheme

Friday 3 October 2008 - Airbus A340 HZ-124 is a morning departure

Airbus A340-200 HZ-124 which had been parked up

at BHX for several days was a morning departure
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Flightline MD 83 G-FLTL operated a charter flight to Tenerife
- while the aircraft has recently been on lease to VolareWeb

and worn their titles they had recently been painted out!
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LTE Airbus A320 EC-JTA operated their weekly

IT flight to Tenerife
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Aeronova Metro EC-JCU positioned in during the

afternoon to operate a freight flight
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European Boeing 737-200 G-CEAE operated the

return charter flight from Montpellier
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Based Legacy G-IRSH was a late afternoon arrival

Saturday 30 August 2008 - Citation G-YPRS visits the Elmdon apron

Cessna 550 Citation Bravo G-YPRS was a morning visitor to

the Elmdon apron. It was previously registered G-IPAC with

BHX based Eurojet

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Isle of Man Air Ambulance Service Navajo Chieftain G-LIDE

arrived in the early hours and parked on the Elmdon apron
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Airbus A340-200 HZ-124 spent the morning on the Elmdon

apron before departing during the afternoon

Friday 29 August 2008 - Airbus A340 HZ-124 a morning arrival on the Elmdon apron

Airbus A340-213 HZ-124 was a morning arrival

parking on the Elmdon apron

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Lufthansa Canadair CRJ900LR D-ACKA operated
their mid morning service to Munich

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KLM used Air Express Fokker 100 SE-DUV on their

early morning service from/to Amsterdam....

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.... while CityJet used Baboo Embraer 190LR HB-JQG
on their first Air France service from Paris CDG