Celebrating 70 years of Elmdon!
A number of aircraft visited for Airport's 70th anniversary celebrations - Classic Flight Dragon Rapide G-AGTM came over
from Coventry to have its photo taken next to the Emirates A380....
- a Rapide having operated the first service from the Elmdon
terminal back in 1939!
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.... a Rapide having operated the first service from Elmdon - seen here in the distance across the runway - back in 1939!
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So that the original Elmdon terminal - which opened on 1 May 1939 -played its full part in the Airport's 70th anniversary celebrations the
Airport and Signature Flight Support - who are based in the building -
organised a "fly in" of 19 "vintage" aircraft
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Visitors included Piper Tri-Pacer G-ARGY from Wellesbourne.....
.... and Piper Cub G-BTZX from Bidford.
Photos of all the visitors to the Elmdon apron can be seen at -http://baeg.blogspot.com/2009/09/bhx-at-70.html
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In addition two "retro" airliners visited during the day - KLMBoeing 737-8K2 PH-BXA which is in their 90th anniversary scheme
operated their mid morning service to Amsterdam....
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.... while Lufthansa Airbus A321-131 D-AIRX in their retro schemeoperated their evening service from Frankfurt
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Lufthansa Airbus A321-131 D-AIRX departs off Runway 33to bring a very sucessful day at Birmingham to a close
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