Thursday 12 July 2012 - Airport Fire Service marks 15 years of United Airlines at Birmingham Airport

The Airport Fire Service were on hand to mark the celebration of
the 15th anniversary of United Airlines service to Birmingham....
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.... with a water cannon salute as Boeing 757-224 N17128 taxied
for departure back to Newark, New York, as the "UA 027"....
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.... with the early morning sun creating a rainbow!
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For more on United Airlines 15th anniversary celebration see here
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Swiftair Embraer Brasilia EC-HTS which is normally a
nocturnal visitor operating the FedEx Feeder flight
from/to Belfast International failed to depart and spent the
day parked up on the Elmdon apron Photo: Mike Hollick
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Citation II N80AX which was formerly G-JETJ with Eurojet
finally reappeared out of their hangar and departed to Wick
on delivery to the USA Photo: Mike Hollick
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Ukraine Air Alliance Antonov An 12BK UR-CAH was an
evening departure with a load of freight for Monrovia
via Malaga by which time it was raining again!