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

Saturday 25 August 2012 - Airways Flying Club Piper Dakota G-ODAK visits the Elmdon apron

(British) Airways Flying Club Piper Dakota G-ODAK made
an afternoon visit to the Elmdon apron Photo: Mike Hollick
.

Netjets Gulfstream 450 N450QS was an afternoon arrival when
it diverted in from Brize Norton due to thunderstorms in the area
.

East Midlands Helicopters Robinson R-22 G-SCHO made

a brief lunchtime visit Photo: Mike Hollick
.

Shovkoviy Shlyah - Silk Way Ukraine - Antonov 12B UR-CAF
remained park up before departing in the early hours of
Sunday morning after nearly a weeks stay at BHX
.

Swiftair ATR 72-212A EC-KUL positioned in to operate a flybe
service to the Isle of Man - its first visit to BHX. After spending
the afternoon parked up on Stand 24 it departed to Madrid