While the Emirates A380 is visiting on Wednesday to markthe "official" opening of the new International Pier theday is also the Airport's 70th birthday party........ so BHX is going "retro" for the day!!Classic Flight Dragon Rapide G-AGTM will be coming overfrom Coventry - ETA circa 1100 - to be ready to have itsphoto taken next to the A380 - a Rapide having operatedthe first service from BHX in 1939!The Rapide will then be performing a number of localflights that are being raffled in the aid of charity bythe Airport Company to its invited guests. As theseflights will now be departing from the new InternationalPier I am afraid it was not possible to organise anyenthusiast pleasure flights - sorry about that.For those into heavy metal KLM 73H PH-BXA - which is intheir 90th anniversay scheme - is planned to operate themorning KL1423/1424 - 1030/1130 - service while Lufthansa321 D-AIRX - in the retro scheme - is planned to operatethe evening LH4904/4905 - 1745/1825On the lighter side BHX have been running a "£3.80" offerfor visiting "classic" aircraft - see below. By 1700 lastFriday all 20 available "slots" had been booked so assumingreasonable weather the Elmdon apron will be full!Types coming include a Tiger Moth, Piper Cub, Chipmunkand various types that meant nothing to me! - I will tryand get a full list with "slot" times in due courseWhile yesterday's A380 flypast was fairly low key this isa major event for the airport that has had a lot of advancepublicity and is likely to attract a large crowd - if youare coming to BHX on Wednesday allow plenty of time!The BBC will be flying in on the A380 from Dubai so expectgood media coverage and Tim Clarke, Emirates President,will also presentMeanwhile the BAEG blog at http://baeg.blogspot.com/ hasbeen updated again to include further photos from SaturdayI hope to have more information on the operational "plan"for the day on TuesdayCredits Gordon Stretchwww.bhxflightguide.net