Wednesday 21 April 2010 - Ash cloud? - Birmingham Airport is back in business!!

After clearance was granted on Tuesday evening to reopen UK

airspace the race was on to restart operations - first departure

(with passengers) from BHX on Wednesday morning was

Monarch flight ZB 402 to Faro which was operated by

Airbus A321-231 G-OZBG - well done to Monarch

for having 3 of the first 4 departures from Birmingham ....

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.... and to Tim and Lucy from the "Express and Star" for

being on hand to catch the first departure

- see http://tinyurl.com/bhxexpressandstar -

which earned them a copy of the "BHX Flight Guide"!!

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Monarch Airbus A321-231 G-OZBG lifts off Runway 33 on its way
to Faro - the first departure since Thursday 15 April 2010! - the
race was then on to repatriate all the stranded passengers....
. .... Lufthansa used CityLine Embraer 195LR D-AEBB to operate
their afternoon service to Munich - its first visit to BHX - in
place of the usual Canadair CRJ 900 while....
..... Turkish Airlines laid on two extra flight to repatriate passengers
stranded in Istanbul - Airbus A321-231 TC-JRB was an evening
arrival with 321 TC-JML operating an (extra) lunchtime service
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Eurocypria Boeing 737-8BK 5B-DBZ operated their

much delayed IT flight to Paphos

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Hawker 850XP G-CERX was an overnight arrival

spending the day parked on the Elmdon apron....
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.... while Eurojet Citation XLS G-KPEI was an afternoon visitor
operating a training flight

Friday 20 April 2012 - Sunderland FC arrive in Suckling Airways Dornier 328 G-BWIR

 

Suckling Airways Dornier 328-110 G-BWIR was an afternoon

visitor to the Elmdon apron bringing in Sunderland FC for

their Premier League match again Aston Villa on Saturday

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Blue City Aviation Metro II G-GEGE was an afternoon

departure on a training flight to Cherbourg

Piper Malibu N926AD was an afternoon visitor Photos: Mike Hollick

Former Olympic Airlines ATR 72-202 SX-BIG remains parked up

on the Elmdon apron after another visit to the flybe hangar

Tuesday 19 April 2011 - Air Transat Airbus A310 C-GFAT operates their flight to Toronto

Air Transat Airbus A310-304 C-GFAT was a morning departure
operating their weekly flight to Toronto

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CitationJet G-SFCJ was a morning arrival on the Elmdon apron
. .. while Dauphin 2 EI-GJL was an evening arrival.. Photos: Mike Hollick

Friday 18 April 2008 - Loganair Saab 340 G-LGNG takes West Brom to Norwich

Loganair operated a Saab 340 charter flight to Norwich carrying

the West Browich Albion football team for their match on Saturday.

The aircraft G-LGNG - which was in British Airways colours -

positioned in from Glasgow

Saturday 17 April 2010 - Day 3 of the Volcanic Ash Cloud

The setting sun turns red as it decends into the Volcanic Ash....

WARNING - do not look directly into the sun with a camera etc

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On Saturday the sun turns a dark red
.A "brighter" sun set the day before
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Meanwhile the aircraft are still going nowhere!

Thursday 17 April 2008 - Samsung Boeing 737 BBJ HL7770 is an afternoon visitor to the Elmdon apron

Boeing BBJ HL7770 of Samsung arrived from Farnborough in

the early afternoon parking on the Elmdon apron until it

returned to Farnborough in the early evening This was the

first Korean registered to visit BHX

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.Kenn Borek Twin Otter C-GKBR arrived from Brindisi on its

way back to Canada from the Maldives. After refueling at BHX

it departed to Keflavik but subsequently diverted to Stornoway

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Friday 16 April 2010 - Day 2 of the Volcanic Ash Cloud

The airport remained closed because of the danger to flying....

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.... aircraft here, aircraft there but no one going anywhere!

Thursday 15 April 2010 - Cloud of Volcanic Ash closes Birmingham Airport!!

The danger to flying from a Cloud of Volcanic Ash drifting towards
the UK from Iceland resulted in the closure of the airspace above BHX
from 0700 stranding many passengers and aircraft at the airport....
..... with all flights for the rest of the day being cancelled

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.... and the media in attendance to record the days events

Tuesday 14 April 2009 - Turkmenistan Boeing 767 EZ-A700 on the way to the USA!!

Turkmenistan Boeing 767-300 EZ-A700 prepares to depart for

Lakeland/Kelly AFB outside San Antonio in Texas, USA....

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.... it had earlier arrived from Ashkabad, Turkmenistan, and is a

VIP/Goverment aircraft like Boeing 737-700 EZ-A007 which had

passed through BHX in the opposite direction at the start of April -

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http://bhxflightguide.blogspot.com/2009/04/wednesday-1-april-2009.html

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Air Slovakia Boeing 757 OM-ASG operated their service from

Amritsar via Bratislava before positioning out to Paris CDG
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Monarch Airbus A321 G-OZBT positioned in from Manchester
to operate a service to Palma - its first visit to BHX
. Regional Fokker 100 F-GPXL operated the early morning
Air France service from/to Paris CDG in place of the usual
CityJet Avro RJ 85 - its second visit to BHX in a week

Saturday 14 April 2012 - ATR 72 SX-BII departs to Sonderborg after parking at BHX

Former Olympic Airlines ATR 72-212 SX-BII which had arrived
at BHX back on Thursday 5 January 2012 for long term parking
under the care of flybe departed to Sonderborg in Denmark as
"Southern Cross 1231" - fellow ATR 72 SX-BIG is also expected
to depart Birmingham in the next few days
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More photos later!!

Monday 13 April 2009 - Airlift Douglas DC 8F 9G-RAC diverts in from Lyneham

Airlift International Douglas DC 8 63F 9G-RAC was an early

morning diversion from RAF Lyneham....

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.... after refueling it departed off Runway 33 onto Lyneham
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While waiting for the weather at Lyneham to improve it parked
on the Elmdon apron - the aircraft had previously visited BHX in

1987 as OY-KTG when it diverted in operating a SAS flight - for
a photo of it on that visit please see -http://baeg.blogspot.com/
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Welcome Air Dornier 328 OE-GBB was an afternoon visitor

to the Elmdon apron operating an Air Ambulance flight

before departing off Runway 15 to Brussels
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flybe Dash 8Q-400 G-ECOR which had arrived on delivery

on Friday spent the day parked on the Elmdon apron

Sunday 13 April 2008 - baboo Dash 8 HB-JQA receives attention from flybe

flybaboo Dash 8Q-400 HB-JQA - which had arrived on Friday night

for attention by flybe - went for an early morning engine test at the

end of the former Runway 06 before departing back to Geneva at 1015
.

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Monarch Boeing 757 G-MONE operated an end of season IT flight

from Geneva before positioning out to Innsbruck....
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.... while Titan Boeing 737-300 G-POWC operated flights to

Murcia and Knock on behalf of bmibaby

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