My 13th and final log from the Airbus Theme Park for 2007, this time with car and combined tour of the Clement Ader plant (A330/ 340 production) plus preserved Air France Concorde F-BVFC. The SSC visit is highly recommended as it also provides extended close-up views of the (old) delivery stands – currently used by ATR and various other production and painting hangars not easily visible from elsewhere on the perimeter.
Details on the retirement of this wonderful aircraft, and some great photos, can be found at http://www.concordesst.com/retire/fc_final.html
Note. ‘BIKINI’ engine test cell is now intact again having been repaired following the recent Etihad 346 accident.
Blagnac – Friday 28/12/2007 10:25 – 21:40L
The usual disclaimers apply: Brackets indicate assumed reg. from previous intelligence. No brackets = positive sighting. All times are French local.
As we visited during the Christmas holidays, apart from the visitors to the terminal area, all frames noted were parked-up all day.
AIRBUS plant
A300
238 300B4-203 F-WUAB Parked outside A300 hall in prototype colours.
655/1 300-608ST F-GSTA Parked-up at Beluga apron area.
751/2 300-608ST F-GSTB Not seen.
765/3 300-608ST F-GSTC Parked-up at Beluga apron area.
776/4 300-608ST F-GSTD Parked-up at Beluga apron area.
796/5 300-608ST F-GSTF All white. Parked-up at Beluga apron area.
A320 family
001 320-211 F-WWBA House. Not seen.
3353 320-216 F-WWIE Air Asia, full colours. At rear of Delivery Centre.
3354 320-232 F-WWIG Wizz Air, full colours. At rear of Delivery Centre.
3357 320-232 F-WWIH Indigo, full colours. At rear of Delivery Centre.
3359 320-214 F-WWII Virgin America, full colours. 320 apron.
(3362) 320-216 (F-WWIR) Air One, tail only seen from terminal area. 320 apron.
3373 320-214 F-WWDG Aeroflot, full colours. 320 apron.
3374 320-214 F-WWDH Mexicana, full colours. At Station Carburant.
3378 320-232 F-WWDK TACA International, full colours. 320 apron.
3379 320-232 F-WWDL (Air Deccan/ Kingfisher) all white (incl. tail). 320 apron.
3381 320-232 F-WWDM JetBlue, full colours. At Station Carburant.
3384 320-232 F-WWDO Wizz Air, full colours. At Station Carburant.
3391 320-214 (F-WWDR) Primer with TAM tail (no fin i.d.), no engines. 320 apron.
3400 320-216 (F-WWBT) Primer with Click Air tail, no engines. 320 apron.
Bits and pieces:
3412 320-216 Air One. Tail fin seen sitting on trolley in paint? hangar ‘C33′ (only visible from tour bus inside the plant).
3418 320-2xx Front and rear fuselage sections noted in Plat-forme Logistique shed. No customer stickers visible from vantage point. Customer unknown.
3418 320-2xx Front and rear fuselage sections noted in Plat-forme Logistique shed. No customer stickers visible from vantage point. Customer unknown.
3420 320-2xx Front and rear fuselage sections noted in Plat-forme Logistique shed. No customer stickers visible from vantage point. Believed to be destined for Air France.
Additional frames which could not be read off due to position were:
1. Primer with Air Asia tail 320 of Air Asia/ Thai Air Asia glimpsed at dusk in lit finishing hangar (from Auch dual-carriageway) believed to be 3394.
1. Primer with Air Asia tail 320 of Air Asia/ Thai Air Asia glimpsed at dusk in lit finishing hangar (from Auch dual-carriageway) believed to be 3394.
2. White fuselage 320 (parked (road-side) next to above frame in general finishing hangar).
A330/340 family
747 330-203 MRTT (EC-330) Royal Australian Air Force, full colours. Parked by (old) delivery centre stands.
779 340-642X VP-CCC National Air Services, full colours. Seen outside ‘Airbus Corporate Jets’ (formerly SOGERMA?) hangar.
846 340-642 (F-WWCx) Primer with all-white tail. Lufthansa customer stickers on fuselage. Test reg (if applied) obscured by equipment. Clement Ader production line in position ‘D’.
874 330-223 F-WWKA Kingfisher, full colours, no engines. Parked outside finishing hangars.
890 330-243 F-WWYM Air China, full colours. At front of Delivery Centre.
891 330-223 (F-WWYO) Primer with basic Kingfisher tail (i.e. no logo). Rear of l’aubrevouir.
892 330-202 F-WWYT Qantas, full colours. Front of l’aubrevouir.
893 330-302 F-WWYK Qatar Airways, full colours. Rear of l’aubrevouir.
895 330-342 F-WWYV Cathay Pacific, full colours. Front of l’aubrevouir.
897 340-642 F-WWTI Primer with all-white tail. Lufthansa customer stickers on fuselage. No engines. Parked outside Clement Ader production hall. Note: Test reg applied to right side of fuselage only. Presumably applied in error as F-WWTx series used for -500 series.
The scene outside the Clement Ader production hall
899 330-202 F-WWKN TAP Air Portugal, full colours. At corner of l’aubrevouir.
901 330-203 F-WWKQ Jet Airways, full colours. Complete with engines. Parked outside Clement Ader production hall.
902 340-541 (F-WWTJ) Tailess, all primer fuselage and mated wings in Clement Ader production line, poste 35B. Test reg (if applied) obscured by equipment. Kingfisher customer stickers on fuselage. See ‘Bits and pieces’ below for tail.
906 330-243 F-WWYD Hainan Airlines, full colours. No engines. Parked outside Clement Ader production hall.
907 330-302 (F-WWYE) Qatar Airways, full colours. Rear of l’aubrevouir.
908 330-343E F-WWYF Primer with China Southern tail. China Southern customer stickers on fuselage. Clement Ader production line in position ‘C’.
911 330-223 (F-WWYA) Carried ‘F-WW’ only with last 2 not yet applied. Primer with Air Berlin tail. No engines. Parked outside Clement Ader production hall.
913 330-343X F-WWYJ Primer with primer tail. Lufthansa customer stickers on fuselage. Clement Ader production line in position ‘A’.
914 330-202 (F-WWYL) Primer with TAP Air Portugal tail. TAP customer stickers on fuselage. Test reg (if applied) obscured by equipment. Clement Ader production line in position ‘B’.
2. 915 centre section with wings attached, on trolley awaiting move into (empty) poste 36/37 for assembly. Believed to be for Cathay as a 330-342.
3. 916 unmated centre section on trolley beside wing/ centre section mating jig, which was occupied by another frame, unfortunately identification is impossible from tour balcony. 916 is believed to be for China Eastern as a 330-243.
4. 918 all primer 330 tail on trolley. Believed to be for Qatar as a 330-302.
5. 919 all primer 330 tail on trolley. Believed to be for Hainan as a 330-243.
6. 9xx all primer 345/346 (rudder has tell-tale notch at base) tail on trolley, MSN obscured by another in front of it. Presumed to be either 848, 910, 912 or 917.
A380
004 380-841 F-WWDD All white. Parked 380 development flight line.
010 380-841 F-WWSG Primer, with (full) Singapore Airlines tail. Complete – with engines. 380 production flight line.
012 380-841 F-WWSI Primer, with (full) Singapore Airlines tail. Complete – with engines. 380 production flight line.
014 380-841 F-WWSK Primer, with (old) Qantas tail. Complete – with engines. 380 production flight line.
A380-841 MSN014 F-WWSK destined to become VH-OQA with Qantas
019 380-841 (F-WWSP) Primer (reportedly with (full) Singapore Airlines tail). Incomplete, i.e. missing belly fairings and engines. Noted in closed DC hangar. MSN stencil read-off through side window after dark.
Additional frames which could not be read off due to position were:
1. 380 House colours. 380 development flight line.
2. 380 House colours. 380 development flight line.
1. 380 House colours. 380 development flight line.
2. 380 House colours. 380 development flight line.
Bits and pieces:
5000 380-8xx Fatigue specimen. Remains are still onsite and were noted crated and piled up in yard nearby to tour visit entrance (by museum).
ATR
098 72-212A F-WWEY House, parked (terminal-side) of delivery stands.
671 42-500 (F-WWLE) CEIBA, full colours. Parked (terminal-side) of (old) delivery stands.
766 72-212A EC-KKZ Islas Airways, full colours. Parked (plant-side) of (old) delivery stands.
(768) 72-212A F-WQNB Primer with all-white tail. Parked (plant-side) of (old) delivery stands. Although no line number was carried, believed to be 768 given the scheme (previously reported as F-WWEG).
Additional frames which could not be read off due to position were:
1. 72-212A, seen in old A300 production hall. All primer, without tail.
1. 72-212A, seen in old A300 production hall. All primer, without tail.
Latecoere
010 42-300 LY-RUM DOT. Receiving attention outside hangar. Departed after dark.
041 42-320 F-WQCT, all white. Parked outside on storage apron.
(049) 42-300 F-GJFH SEFA. Inside hangar.
066 42-320 F-WQND , all white. Parked outside on storage apron.
(403) 42-320 (F-OIAM) no reg carried. All white. Parked outside on storage apron.
484 42-500 F-GPYC Airlinair/ Airbus. Inside hangar.
FPO 737 F-GIXE was also noted in the hangar.
Additional frames which could not be read off due to position were:
1. ATR white tail with thin red and blue stripes along fin leading edge. Rear of hangar.
1. ATR white tail with thin red and blue stripes along fin leading edge. Rear of hangar.
Visitors
D-ACKI/ ACKK CR9 CLH
D-AWBA 143 WDL
EC-IRI CR2 ANE
F-GIXF/ GIXJ 733 FPO
F-GLNF Be1900 TJT
F-GLNF Be1900 TJT
F-GRZD/ GRZL CR7 BZH
F-GVZG AT7 RLA
F-GYAJ 321 BIE
G-BIKO 752 DHK
G-EJJB/ EZAJ/ EZBF/ EZIK/ EZMS/ EZSM 319 EZY
OO-TAH 143 TAY
OO-TAS 143 TAY
OY-SRH 762 SRR
PH-OFF 100 KLC
TS-IMI 320 TAR
TS-IMI 320 TAR
TS-IQA 321 LBT
CS-DHW 125 NJE
CS-DML 400 NJE
A380spotter
Bits and pieces:
1. 902 all primer 345 tail on trolley. Awaiting attachment to the fuselage in poste 35B (for KFA see above).
001 340-311 F-WWAI House. Parked rear of main production apron.
360 340-642 F-WWCA House. Not seen.
