Birmingham: (BHX) - Expected Movements & Heads Up

[Ray Finkle]

There is another VC10 fly past planned for next Wed the 25th some time between 10:45 and 11:15 when it travels from Brize Norton to Bruntingthorpe.

In other news SAS are now using Blue1 717's, the first visit for BHX is planned for this Monday (23rd) on the morning Copenhagen service. BHX has seen the Turkmenistan 717 delivery flights pass through but I think this may well be the first ever 717 passenger flight?

All subject to change of course.

 

[Aviador]

It's a smashing aircraft, we used to see them frequently up here at LBA doing the various airlifts, usually two or three on the deck together.

 

[Ray Finkle]

There's some nice pictures of the VC10 on the BHX photo blog.

http://bhxflightguide.blogspot.co.uk/20 ... -2013.html

 

[Ray Finkle]

Just a reminder that there will be a flypast of the RAF VC10 tomorrow as she travels from Brize Norton to her final resting place in Bruntingthorpe. It's expected some time between 10:45 and 11:15 and should be quite a sight from Sheldon Country Park.

 

[kebabselector]

I'm at work 🙁

 

[Ray Finkle]

Me too :s_sad

 

[Ray Finkle]

Slightly late due to the weather but RAF VC10 K3 ZA147 did a 'touch and go' at 15:35.

Photo from the BHX Blog.

http://bhxflightguide.blogspot.co.uk/

 

[Hassaan]

ABQ226 heading towards BHX. No arrival time available yet.

Meanwhile, Air India is over an hour late.

 

[Ray Finkle]

Air Bright AN26 LZ-ABR arrived this evening. I'd have loved to try and grab a picture of this colour scheme.

 

[Aviador]

Very dashing.

 

[Ray Finkle]

LZ-ABR has been in and out regularly over the last week or so. Apparently it was painted in that scheme for a part in the film The Expendables 3.

 

[Ray Finkle]

A Star Air 767F was in early this morning and should be passing through for the next few Mondays due to runway works at EMA.

 

[User0001]

How is BHX able to handle it, when its own runway is closed overnight Mon-Fri?

 

[Ray Finkle]

The runway is only closed Monday evening to Friday evening/Saturday morning so Sunday nights through to Monday mornings it's open as normal, these are arriving in the early hours of Monday.

 

[Ray Finkle]

Qatar A300F A7-ABX should be in around midday.

 

[justplanecrazy]

Cheers Ray! Do you know the reasons for the visit?

 

[Ray Finkle]

Cheers Ray! Do you know the reasons for the visit?

It's on it's way to Bruntingthorpe for scrappage but as the weather is bad it'll be at Birmingham till it improves.

 

[User0001]

A7-ABX as QR3251 is currently on finals to EMA.

 

[Ray Finkle]

Yeah she went to EMA in the end. I wouldn't have seen it as I've been at work all day but there were a few disappointed people, not too far up to EMA if you are desperate.

B757-200 G-MONJ positioned in earlier.

 

[User0001]

Yeah she went to EMA in the end. I wouldn't have seen it as I've been at work all day but there were a few disappointed people,

Just out of interest, where did the info come from about the Qatar? Flight path seems to indicate it was always EMA bound, no deviation to BHX or Bruntingthorpe, just the usual EMA descent and arrival?

From an FR24 point of view, it certainly didn't seem a last minute decision to go to EMA anyway.