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Wednesday 30 September 2009 - Meridian Antonov 12 UR-CGW arrives from Katowice

Meridian Aviation Antonov 12BP UR-CGW was an early
morning arrival on the "Katowice airlift" with yet more
freight - after spending the morning parked on the Elmdon
apron it departed to Vatry, France
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West Midlands Police are in the process of accepting delivery of
Eurocopter EC 135 T1 G-SUFF which was previously with the
Suffolk Police - it replaces G-WMAO which was destroyed in an
arson attack in the early hours of Monday 8 June 2009 -
http://bhxflightguide.blogspot.com/2009/06/appeal-for-help-from-west-midlands.html
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US Airways Boeing 757-2B7 N937UW operated the final flight of
their seasonal service from Philadelphia

Tuesday 29 September 2009 - bmibaby Boeing 737 G-BVKB flying for "Pudsey Bear"

bmibaby Boeing 737-59B G-BVKB - "Pudsey Bear" - remained
BHX based operating the mid morning service to Nice
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Bin Air Metro III D-CPSW was an afternoon arrival on yet
another freight charter parking up on the Elmdon apron
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Danu Oro ATR 42 LY-OOV was an early morning arrival
from Katowice with yet more freight - it spent the day
parked up before departing in the early evening
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Fleet Air International Saab 340A HA-TAD which had arrived on
Friday afternoon positioned out to Lviv in the Ukraine

Monday 28 September 2009 - Farnair Friendship HA-FAH operates freight charter from Katowice

Farnair Europe Fokker Friendship 500 HA-FAH which
had arrived with freight from Katowice in the early hours
of Saturday morning positioned out to Budapest
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Sky Taxi Saab 340A SP-MRB was an early evening with yet
more freight from Katowice before positioning out to Wroclaw

Sunday 27 September 2009 - CityLine Hungary Antonov 26's HA-TCM and HA-TCN visit

The "Katowice airlift" stepped up a pace with two Cityline
Hungary Antonov 26's making late evening visits....
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.... first in was HA-TCM in an all white scheme
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 .... followed in by HA-TCN which wears their full scheme - after
offloading their freight both aircraft positioned out to Budapest
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Sprint Air Saab 340A SP-KPH which had arrived on
Saturday evening from Katowice....
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.... positioned back to Warsaw
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Hawker 800XP G-CDLT was a morning visitor to the Elmdon apron

Saturday 26 September 2009 - Danu Oro ATR 42 LY-OOV operates freight charter from Katowice

Danu Oro ATR 42 LY-OOV was an early morning arrival from
Katowice on a freight charter and spent the day parked up
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.... as did Farnair Europe Fokker Friendship 500 HA-FAH
which had also arrived from Katowice in the early hours
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Fleet Air International Saab 340A HA-TAD which had arrived
on Friday afternoon spent the day parked on the Elmdon apron

Friday 25 September 2009 - SAS MD 81 OY-KHP in "Star Alliance" colours

SAS MD 81 OY-KHP which is in "Star Alliance" colours operated
their morning service to Copenhagen in place of the usual CRJ900

Air Finland Boeing 757-2Q8 OH-AFJ positioned out to Paris
CDG as the "BIE 880F" to operate for Air Méditerranée
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Aer Arran ATR 72 EI-REM was a morning visitor to the
Elmdon apron before departing on a charter to Galway
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The freight "airlift" gathered pace with Fleet Air International
Saab 340A HA-TAD arriving from Katowice....
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 .... to join Zorex Metro II EC-HJC which had arrived
from Wroclaw on Thursday evening
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.... and ACH Hamburg Metro 23 D-CNAC which had
arrived in the early hours of the morning
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.... while Bin Air Metro III D-CBIN was a late afternoon arrival

Thursday 24 September 2009 - Zorex Metro EC-JYC arrives from Vittoria

Zorex Metro II EC-JYC arrived from Vittoria, Spain, in the early
hours of the morning and spent to day parked up....
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.... with ACH Hamburg Metro 23 D-CNAC which had arrived
from Katowice also in the early hours of the morning
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Businesswings Twin Otter D-IVER was an evening arrival from
Monchengladbach operating yet another freight charter
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RAF Tristar C2 ZE705 operated a medevac flight
before departing to Brize Norton
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bmibaby Boeing 737-500 G-BVKB - "Pudsey Bear" - has gained
"spots" in advance of the BBC's annual "Children in Need" appeal
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Aer Arran ATR 72 EI-REH operated their service from Waterford
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Global Express VP-CNY was an afternoon arrival parking up
on the Elmdon apron - it is operated for "New Yorker" - a
German fashion company

Tuesday 22 September 2009 - PIA Airbus A310 AP-BDZ operates their flight from Islamabad

PIA Airbus A310-308 AP-BDZ operated their flight from
Islamabad in place of the usual Boeing 777 - the aircraft
wears the "Hyderabad - City of Perfume" tail colour scheme
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 Emirates Boeing 777-21H A6-EME operated their lunchtime
service to Dubai in place of the usual 777-31H-ER
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Lufthansa Boeing 737-330 D-ABEW operated
their evening service from Frankfurt

Monday 21 September 2009 - Cyprus Turkish Boeing 737 TC-CTA operates flight from Ercan

Cyprus Turkish Boeing 737-86N TC-CTA operated their
flight from Ercan, Northern Cyprus, via Dalaman
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Agusta A-109S Grand G-STGR was a visitor to the Elmdon apron

Sunday 20 September 2009 - Mahan Air Airbus A310 EP-MHO operates their flight to Tehran

Mahan Air Airbus A310-300 EP-MHO operated their flight to Tehran
- it has different/larger style titles compared to the F- aircraft
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Eurocypria Boeing 737-800 5B-DBU operated their flight to Larnaca
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 Aeronova Metro III EC-HCH was an early morning arrival on a
cargo charter spending the day parked up on the Elmdon apron

Saturday 19 September 2009 - Thomson Boeing 757 G-BYAY now flying with winglets

Thomsonfly Boeing 757 G-BYAY was a morning arrival from Alicante
- this is the second Thomson 757 with winglets to be based at BHX
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Thomas Cook Airbus A321 G-TCDA operated their flight to Mahon
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 Onur Air MD 88 TC-ONM operated their IT flight from Dalaman

Friday 18 September 2009 - Eastern Jetstream G-MAJV takes West Brom to Durham Tees Valley

Eastern Jetstream 41 G-MAJV positioned in to take the West
Bromwich Ablion football team to Durham Tees Valley for their
match against Middlesbrough on Saturday

Thursday 17 September 2009 - ADAC Learjet D-CFCF visits on air ambulance flight

ADAC - the German "AA" - Learjet 35A D-CFCF was an afternoon
visitor to the Elmdon apron operating an Air Ambulance flight
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PIA Boeing 777-240LR AP-BGY touches down on Runway 15
at the end of its flight from Islamabad
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RAF Tristar C2 ZE704 operated a medevac flight
before departing to Brize Norton