The "Helicopter Club of Great Britain" fly in to Birmingham Airport to visit Jaguar

The "Helicopter Club of Great Britain" organised a "fly in" to Birmingham Airport on
Tuesday 10 September 2013 in conjunction with a visit to Jaguar at Castle Bromwich....

.... a total of 8 helicopters arrived with 7 parking on Taxiway Lima
- in order of arrival the following visited -

Eurocopter Squirrel G-WHAM which arrived on Monday and parked on Stand 505

Eurocopter EC 120B Colibri G-ZZOE

Robinson R-22 Beta G-HIZZ

Robinson R-44 Astro G-NSEW

Enstrom 280C Turbo Shark G-OTHE

Robinson R-22 Beta G-ZAPY

Robinson R-44 Raven II G-NISA

Eurocopter EC 120B Colibri G-FCKD

 

A view of the 7 helicopters parked on Taxiway Lima with Runway 33 in the background

The Helicopter Club members were ferried to the nearby plant by a fleet of Jaguars....

.... returning after the event in something a bit faster and more colourful!

There was then a mass departure of all the helicopters shortly after 1600

A big well done to everyone at Birmingham Airport and Eurojet for a well organised and safe fly in!

 For a photo report on the 2012 "Helicopter Club of Great Britain" fly in see here

Tuesday 10 September 2013

Tuesday 4 September 2012 - SAS MD 87 OY-KHU still flying with "Euro 2012" titles

SAS MD 87 OY-KHU operated their morning service to Copenhagen
- a now rare visit as SAS withdraw their "M87"'s from service. The
aircraft still wears "Denmark UEFA EURO 2012 National Team" titles

Brussels Airlines Airbus A319-111 OO-SSU operated their morning
services in place of the usual Avro RJ - its first visit to BHX

Monarch Airbus A320-214 G-MRJK was an early departure to Venice

Arcus Air Dornier 228-212 D-CUTT was a morning arrival
from Valencia parking up to night stop Photo: Mike Hollick

Citation XLS D-CCVD was a day stopping visitor....

.... with King Air F-HARC

.... and Multiflight Eurocopter Dauphin G-CEYU Photos: Mike Hollick

The "Helicopter Club of Great Britain" organised a "fly in"
in conjunction with a visit to Land Rover in Solihull - for
a full photo report please click here

The "Helicopter Club of Great Britain" fly in to Birmingham Airport to visit Land Rover

The "Helicopter Club of Great Britain" organised a "fly in"
to Birmingham Airport on Tuesday 4 September 2012
in conjunction with a visit to Land Rover in Solihull....
.

.... a total of 10 helicopters arrived - there were a few no shows
due to poor weather/fog in the south east - and these parked....
.

.... in two rows on Elmdon Stand 506 and the adjacent
grass area - in order of arrival the following visited....
.

Bell Longranger III G-ODCC which arrived on Monday

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Eurocopter Squirrel G-WHAM which also arrived on Monday

.

Eurocopter Squirrel G-WHST

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Enstrom 280C Turbo Shark G-OTHE
.

Eurocopter EC120B Colibri G-ZZOE
.

Alouette II HA-PPC which was once XP967 with the Army Air Corps
.

Robinson R22 G-TATO
.

Robinson R44 G-WALI
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Robinson R44 G-WEGO
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Robinson R66 N66UK
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The Helicopter Club members were ferried to/from the nearby
Land Rover plant by a fleet of Range Rovers....
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.... returning to the airport of a mass departure shortly before 1700

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A big well done to Richard, Chris and everyone at Birmingham
Airport and Eurojet for a well organised and safe fly in!
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Tuesday 3 September 2012