Wednesday 28 May 2014 - Gulfstream IVSP N432HC "Hotel California" is an arrival from Amsterdam

Gulfstream IVSP N432HC was an afternoon arrival from Amsterdam bringing in the "Eagles"
- an American rock band - for their concerts at the LG Arena - the "HC" in the aircraft coming
from their 1976 album "Hotel California" one of their greatest hits

Gulfstream V N225EE made a brief afternoon visit to the Elmdon apron....

.... before continuing onto Farnborough Photos: Mike Hollick

Aravco Embraer Legacy 650 G-OTGL was an evening arrival parking up to night stop

Air Transat Airbus A310-304 C-GTSH operated their weekly flight to Toronto
making use for the first time of the extended runway

Turkish Airlines Boeing 737-8F2 TC-JHV operated their morning service to Istanbul
catching some brightness on a very wet day as it proceeded along Taxiway Sierra

Hamburg Airways Airbus A320-214 D-AHHF operated their weekly flight to Hannover
entering the runway via Taxiway Echo/Echo 1 - no full length departure for him!

Thursday 15 May 2014 - Mistral Air Boeing 737-4Q8 EI-ELZ operates a charter from Rome

Mistral Air Boeing 737-4Q8 EI-ELZ was a lunchtime arrival from Rome.... Photo: Mike Hollick

.... on its first visit to BHX - it wears "Poste Italiane" titles and normally operates for the Italian Post Office

GainJet Boeing 737-406 SX-ATF which had arrived on Wednesday was a morning departure to Santorini

Aravco Embraer Legacy 650 G-OTGL was an afternoon departure to Newquay

Gulfstream IV N728LB was an afternoon arrival from Teterboro, New York, parking up to night stop Photo: Mike Hollick

Waltair Super King Air SE-LLU which had arrived on Wednesday departed back to Gothenburg

Vans RV-9 G-ZUMI was an afternoon visitor to the Elmdon apron Photo: Mike Hollick

Wednesday 14 May 2014 - GainJet Boeing 737-406 SX-ATF is an early evening arrival from Perpignan

GainJet Boeing 737-406 SX-ATF was an early evening arrival from Perpignan.... Photo: Mike Hollick

.... as it positioned in to operate a charter to Santorini on Thursday morning its first visit
as such to BHX but it had been a regular when it was operated by KLM as PH-BTB

Hamburg Airways Airbus A320-214 D-AHHG operated their weekly flight to Hannover....

.... its first visit as such to BHX - it had previously visited when it was G-BKXC with Thomas Cook

Air Transat Airbus A310-304 C-GTSH was an early morning arrival from Toronto....

.... operating their first weekly flight of the summer 2014 season

flybe Dash 8Q-402 G-JECY - the "#purpleplane" - was a morning departure....

.... to Jersey and Guernsey

AIS Airlines Jetstream 32 PH-OCI operated the morning Eastern Airways service from Newcastle

Aravco Embraer Legacy 650 G-OTGL was a lunchtime arrival from Northolt....

.... parking up to night stop on the Elmdon apron

Irish Air Corps Learjet 45 258 made a brief lunchtime visit

Netjets Citation XLS CS-DXY was an afternoon visitor

Sky Service Citation CJ3 OO-FYS was a day stopping visitor - it wears "Forest Wings" titles on the tail

Waltair Super King Air SE-LLU which had arrived on Wednesday spent the day parked up Photos: Mike Hollick