British Airways operated daily flights to New York from Birmingham. The aircraft used for G8 summit in 1998 was Boeing 767. This flight was normally operated by a Boeing 757. The route was axed following 9/11. Also can be seen the tails of two Japanese 747's and also a Russian Air Force Rossia Ilyushin IL96 RA-96012. Japanese Air Force jets was a Boeing 747-400 20-1101 20-1102.
This is a list of the associated visitors by ian531 of North West Air News
OO-LFR Learjet 25D - Abelag Aviation - Jacques Santerre (UN)
F-RAFQ Falcon 900 - French Air Force - French President
F-RAFL Falcon 50 - French Air Force - Back up for F-RAFQ
F-RADA Airbus A310-300 - French Air Force - French Press
MM62013 McDonnell Douglas DC-9-32 - Italian Air Force -Italian President
20-1102 Boeing 747-400 - Japan Air Self-Defence Force -Japanese Prime Minister
20-1101 Boeing 747-400 -Japan Air Self-Defence Force - Back up for 20-1102
12+04 Canadair Challenger 601 -Luftwaffe - Helmut Kohl
15005 Airbus CC-150 Polaris -Royal Canadian Air Force - Canadian Prime Minister / VIP
RA-96012 Ilyushin 96 - Russia State Transport Co. - Boris Yeltsin
RA-86710 Ilyushin 62 - Russia State Transport Co. - Russian Press
RA-86561 Ilyushin 62 - Russia State Transport Co. - Presedential Aircraft - Back up for RA-96012
RA-78817 Ilyushin 76 - 224th Flight Unit, State Airlines - Collecting Presidential Zil Cars
159351 Sikorsky VH-3D (Sea King) - United States Air Force -Bill Clinton
159357 Sikorsky VH-3D (Sea King) - United States Air Force - Fly over
68-10924 Sikorsky MH-53J (Jolly Green Giant) - United States Air Force - Fly over
70-1626 Sikorsky MH-53J (Jolly Green Giant) - United States Air Force - Fly over
73-1648 Sikorsky MH-53J (Jolly Green Giant) - United States Air Force - Fly over
60149 Lockheed C-141 Starlifter - United States Air Force - Support Aircrft