My latest log from Airbus-land,this time with the benefit of a hire car and tour of the A330/340 line for good measure.
The usual disclaimers apply:Brackets indicate assumed reg. from previous intelligence. No brackets = positive sighting. All times are French local.
Blagnac –Tuesday 07/08/2007 10:45 –22:40L
AIRBUS
A300
238 300B4-203 Parked outside A300 hall in prototype colours.
655/1 300-608ST F-GSTA Not seen.
751/2 300-608ST F-GSTB Not seen.
765/3 300-608ST F-GSTC Not seen.
776/4 300-608ST F-GSTD Not seen.
796/5 300-608ST F-GSTF All white. Not seen.
A320 family
001 320-211 F-WWBA House. Not seen.
2949 319-115X 9M-NAA Malaysian Gvmt. Arrived 13:20 and positioned to Delivery Centre (DC). Departed by 15:45 and landed back (returning to same position at DC) 18:08.
3164 320-214X VP-BXT All white colours,parked outside SOGERMA hangars. Engine covers on.
3196 320-232 F-WWIE Sichuan,full colours. Parked at front of DC.
Re-positioned to the stand used earlier in the day by MSN 3210 late afternoon.
3199 320-214X F-WWIY Berkut ,full colours. (Note: Has ‘F-WWIY underwing –on decal). Parked at rear of DC. Static all day.
3201 320-216 F-WWID Air Asia,full colours. ‘AFZ’on nosewheel door. Departed 11:46. Landed back 12:01 and positioned to rear of DC,where it remained.
3206 320-214 B-6316 Shenzhen,full colours. Parked at front of DC. Departed –on delivery –17:15.
3208 320-232 F-WWIS Turkish,full colours. Parked on main 320 apron. Static all day.
3210 320-232 B-6321 Sichuan,full colours. Parked at front of DC. Had departed by 17:00,presumably on delivery.
3211 320-214 F-WWIR TAM,full colours. Parked at front of DC. No longer present when we returned from tour. Presumably into DC hangar,or delivery?
3215 320-214 F-WWIZ East Star,full colours. Departed 11:07,performed touch &go 12:01 and landed back by 12:30. Positioned to main apron and parked.
(3219) 320-232 (F-WWBN) Air Deccan,full colours. Parked on main 320 apron. Static all day.
3221 320-214 F-WWBO East Star,full colours. Parked on main 320 apron. Static all day.
3224 320-232 F-WWBY Afriqiyah,full colours with ‘NA’on top of fin.
Initially seen in open finishing hall. Position ’1′(NEAREST to road when viewed from Auch dual carriageway). Towed out to ‘Station Carburant’late afternoon.
(3227) 320-232 (F-WW??) Indigo,full colours. Parked on main 320 apron. Static all day.
(3228) 320-232 (F-WWBD) Jetblue,full colours. Parked on main 320 apron. Static all day.
3230 320-214 F-WWBE Virgin America,full colours. Parked on main 320 apron. Static all day.
3232 320-216 F-WWBF Air Asia,full colours. No engines. Parked on main 320 apron. Static all day.
3234 320-214 F-WWBH Juneyao,full colours. No engines. Parked on main 320 apron. Static all day.
3239 320-232 F-WWBK fuselage and MSN/ test.reg seen through open window in finishing hall. Position ’5′(FURTHEST from road when viewed from Auch dual carriageway).
(3240) 320-214 (F-WW??) Primer and TAM tail,seen in open finishing hangar. Position ’3′i.e. between (confirmed) all primer frame and a second possible all primer frame. (Viewed from Auch dual carriageway).
(3244) 320-232 (F-WW??) Primer and Asiana tail,seen in open production line (from Auch dual carriageway).
(32??) 320-2?? All primer (incl. tail),seen in open finishing hangar. Position ’2′i.e. between 3224 and 3240 (viewed from Auch dual carriageway).
(32??) 320-2?? Possible all primer,seen in open finishing hangar. Position ’4′ (from Auch dual carriageway).
Bits and pieces:
3264 320-232 Separate front and rear sections,plus wings,seen in “Plat-forme Logistique”shed.
2 primer tails seen in Beluga unpack storage shed.
A330/340
001 340-311 F-WWAI House. Parked on old delivery centre stands.
360 340-642 F-WWCA House. Taxi tests and RTO during the afternoon.
837 340-642X F-WWCB Etihad,full colours. Parked at front of flightline all day.
853 330-203 F-WWYU Jetstar,full colours. Parked at rear of flightline all day.
854 330-243 F-WWYY Etihad,full colours. Parked at front of flightline all day.
855 330-343X F-WWYC Cathay Pacific,full colours. Parked at rear of flightline all day.
856 340-642X F-WWCYJ (incorrectly marked with 5-character reg on both sides). Should be allocated F-WWCJ!
Primer with Etihad tail and engine colours. Parked outside the production hall.
858 330-323E F-WWYE Northwest,full colours. Parked at old delivery centre flightline all day.
859 330-323E F-WWYF Northwest,full colours. Parked at front of flightline all day.
(860) 330-243 (F-WWYN) Air China,full colours,glimpse in partially open hangar from the tour bus.
862 330-343E F-WWYG China Eastern,full colours. Parked at front of flightline all day.
865 330-323E F-WWYJ Primer and partial-primer (red elements only) Northwest tail and engine colours. Parked at front of flightline all day.
866 330-343X F-WWYL China Eastern,full colours. Parked on corner of flightline all day.
869 330-223? F-WWYR TAM full colours,with ‘VM’fin and eyebrow i.d. Parked outside production hall,engineless.
870 340-642X F-WWCK Primer with Etihad tail. On line in position ‘C’. Registration could not be seen.
873 330-243 F-W??? Primer with Air China tail. On line in position ‘D’. Registration could not be seen.
874 330-223 F-WWKA Primer with solid (Kingfisher) red tail. Kingfisher stickers on fuselage. On line in position ‘B’.
875 330-243 F-WWKB All primer,including tail. On line in position ‘A’. ‘CIT’stickers on fuselage = CIT Aerospace (leasing company). For Hainan Airlines?
876 330-223? In ‘Poste 35B’jig awaiting attachment of tail and horizontal stabiliser. TAM stickers.
Bits and pieces:
(876) 330 tail on trolley in full TAM colours. No MSN sticker. Awaiting attachment to frame in Poste 35B. Production hall.
879 330-343E Centre section with wings attached. Next to empty ‘Poste 36/37′. Next frame to be assembled? Believed for China Eastern. Production hall.
881 330-243 Centre section –no wings –seen by production jigs. Believed for CIT Aerospace/ Hainan Airlines. Production hall.
882 330-203 Centre section –no wings –seen by production jigs. Believed for Jet Airways (India). Production hall.
8…330 tail on trolley in full (new) Hainan colours. No MSN sticker. Production hall.
8… Set of wings in wing-to-centre section mating jig. Presumably awaiting join to 881 or 882 centre section? Production hall.
8… China Southern tail seen on trolley in Beluga unpack storage shed.
A380
001 380-841 F-WWOW Airbus House colours. Parked on 380 development flightline all day.
002 380-841 F-WXXL Airbus House colours. Not seen.
004 380-841 F-WWDD All white. Arrived 14:50,departed while we were on the tour,and landed back 20:15.
007 380-841 F-WWJB Airbus House colours. Believed to be the house colours frame towed out of hangar to rear of development flightline late afternoon.
009 380-861 F-WWEA Airbus House colours. Parked on 380 development flightline all day.
011 380-861 F-WWSG Primer and Emirates tail. Engines installed. Parked on main 380 production apron.
(020)? 380-861 (F-WWS?) Primer,seen in Delivery Centre hangar,engineless. Tail not seen as door remained shut all day. (Based on recent reports regarding this location).
026 380-841 No reg. Orange primer and (old) Qantas tail colours. No engines. Stored on main 380 production apron.
For anyone interested in taking the 380 tour,I understand for a fellow spotter we met on the 340 tour that MSNs 10,12 and 14 are currently on view in general finishing hall.
Bits and pieces:
5000 380-8xx Fatigue specimen. Outside,in process of being broken up. Now in several pieces. ‘PAMELA’stickers still in place.
ATR plant
098 72-212A F-WWEY House,in hangar.
667 42-500 F-WWLA AHY full colours. Also wears 4K-AZ52. Seen taxiing back to flight line as we landed (10:45) and seen test flying during the afternoon,landing back at 16:12.
(740) 72-212A (F-WWEU) Air Deccan,full colours. Parked on flightline. Static all day.
757 72-212A F-WWER Finncom,full colours. Parked on flightline. Static all day.
(7??) 72-212A (F-WWE?) Kingfisher,full colours. In A300 hall. Note:may have been tailless as this could not be seen.
(???) 42-500? (F-WW??) All primer,with white engine cowlings (no props) and no tail. Parked in open production hall? Clearly visible from Auch dual carriageway.
Latecoere
(???) F-WQNF 42-??? All white. Parked outside hangar.
(???) 42-300 All white,inside hangar. No visible markings.
(???) 42-300? Danish Air Transport. In hangar parked,tail-on impossible to read off.
(???) 42-500 Air France colours,tail inside hangar,impossible to read off.
F-GIXF 733 FPO (old colours) inside hangar.
VISITORS
C-GPAT 313 TSC TSC190 YUL-TLS
CN-RMZ 752 RAM790 CMN-TLS
CN-ROF 321 BMM2040 RAK-TLS
CN-TSR Diamond ???
CS-TPN ER4 PGA960 LIS-TLS
D-ACKB CR9 DLH4382 MUC-TLS
D-ACKD CR9 DLH4388 MUC-TLS
D-ACKE CR9 DLH4386 MUC-TLS
D-AKNJ 319 GWI7432 HAM-TLS
D-ILAM Citationjet 2
EC-HCF EM2 SWT
EC-ICX DH8 IBE8770 MAD-TLS
F-GDNP TB-20 Trinidad
F-GELT Falcon 100
F-GFJH AT4 SFA
F-GFUF 733 FPO (new colours)
F-GGGA Citation F550 AOV
F-GIXD 733 FPO (new colours)
F-GIXF 733 FPO (old colours –in Latecoere hangar)
F-GJVF 320 AAF756 ORN-TLS
F-GPYA AT5 RLA opf AFR (in full colours)
F-GRZM CR7 BZH
F-HSEX 744 CRL884 RUN-NTE-TLS
G-CELG 733 LS357 BFS-TLS
G-EZAD 319 EZY5337 LGW-TLS
G-EZAG 319 EZY4117 ORY-TLS
G-EZAV 319 EZY5331 LGW-TLS
G-EZBO 319 EZY6139 BRS-TLS
G-EZPG 319 EZY7857 MAD-TLS
HB-FPS PC-12/45 Redex Air
N101AJ Learjet 36 INTERMAP
OO-TNK 733SF TAY
OY-SRG 762SF SRR
TS-IMH 320 TAR786 TUN-TLS
VP-BLD Jetstar (stored,engineless)
VP-CSM Jetstar (stored?)
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