Second trip of the month, with another tour of the Clement ADER plant (A330 & A340) for good measure.
The usual disclaimers apply: Brackets indicate assumed reg. from previous intelligence. No brackets = positive sighting. All times are French local.
All frames parked-up all day, unless noted.
Toulouse: Blagnac – Wednesday 30/04/2008 (11:10 – 22:14L)
AIRBUS PLANT
A300
238 300B4-203 F-WUAB Parked main apron in prototype colours.
655/1 300-608ST F-GSTA Not seen.
751/2 300-608ST F-GSTB Arrived at 18:05.
765/3 300-608ST F-GSTC Not seen.
776/4 300-608ST F-GSTD Arrived early evening.
796/5 300-608ST F-GSTF All white. Arrived early afternoon, and noted unloading A320 wing-sets.
A320 family
0001 320-231 F-WWBA House. Parked 320 apron.
3461 320-214 F-WWBQ East Star Airlines, full colours. Temporary storage? mid-field apron.
3477 320-216 F-WWDH Air Asia, full colours. Parked at rear of ZIEGLER DC.
3481 320-232 F-WWDL China Eastern, full colours. Landed at 11:49 (as F-WWDL). Positioned to rear of DC. Seen there late afternoon, now as B-6346.
General view of rear of ZIEGLER DC, including MSN3481 B-6346
3482 320-216 EI-DSP Air One, full colours. Parked at rear of DC. Departed on delivery to CIA at 17:40 as ADH8975.
3483 320-232 (F-WWDN) Asiana Airlines, full colours. Parked DC, terminal-side.
3484 320-232 (F-WWIE) Air Astana, full colours. Parked main 320 apron.
3485 320-214 F-WWIG Juneyao Airlines, full colours. Parked rear of DC.
3486 320-216 F-WWIH Air Asia, full colours. Parked rear of DC. Performed acceptance flight during the afternoon, landing back at 18:05.
3487 320-214 F-WWII Cebu Pacific, full colours. Parked DC, terminal-side.
3495 320-232 F-WWIJ JetStar, full colours. Parked main 320 apron.
3496 320-232 F-WWIL Asiana Airlines, full colours. Parked main 320 apron. Noted performing engine runs in BIKINI at 22:15.
3497 320-232 F-WWIM IndiGo, full colours. Parked at Station Carburant.
3501 320-214 F-WWBQ Aer Lingus, full colours. Parked at Station Carburant.
3502 320-216 F-WWBR Air One, full colours. Rolled-out of paint hangar at 18:55, positioning to Station Carburant.
MSN3502 F-WWBR rolling out of the paint hangar
3510 320-233 F-WWBX Primer with TACA International tail. Parked main 320 apron. Towed into paint hangar (vacated by MSN3502) at 19:10.
3511 320-214 F-WWBZ Primer with Aeroflot tail. Rolled out of General Finishing hangars at lunchtime, initially positioning to Station Carburant. Noted early evening on main 320 apron.
3517 320-232 (F-WWDQ) Primer with JetBlue (dots) tail. Parked main 320 apron.
Additional frames which could not be read off due to position were:
1. 35xx 320-2xx Primer with (solid?) blue tail, seen in furthest position in General Finishing hangar (from Auch dual carriageway).
2. 35xx 320-2xx Primer fuselage (no wings attached) seen on open production line (from Auch dual carriageway).
3. 35xx 320-2xx Primer fuselage (no wings attached) seen on open production line (from Auch dual carriageway).
Bits and pieces:
3536 320-216 Front and rear sections, plus wing-set seen in Plat-forme Logistique storage shed. Believed destined for Air Asia.
A330/340
0001 340-311 F-WWAI House. Parked at l’aubrevouir, terminal-side. Static all day.
0360 340-642 F-WWCA House. In hangar at Clement ADER plant.
0360 340-642 F-WWCA House. In hangar at Clement ADER plant.
Reference shot of ‘laubrevouir. View large size on flickr for full effect
0846 340-642 D-AIHT Lufthansa, full colours. Parked at ZIEGLER DC, terminal-side. Departed on delivery at 21:02 as DLH8851.
0848 340-642 F-WWCI Lufthansa, full colours. ‘HU’ fin i.d. Parked at l’aubrevouir, terminal-side. Moved to hangar, mid-plant early afternoon. Then back to original position at l’aubrevouir.
Additional frames which could not be read off due to position were:
0863 330-243 (3B-TSL) All white. Engines cocooned (large red sleeves covering nacelles and pylons). Parked mid-field apron.
0874 330-223 F-WWKA/VT-VJK Kingfisher Airlines, full colours. Arrived after photo-flight at 12:31.
0886 340-542 F-WWTG/VT-VJA Kingfisher Airlines, full colours. Arrived after photo-flight – chased by Corvette F-GPLA – at 12:33 and positioned to rear of DC.
0894 340-542 F-WWTH Kingfisher Airlines, full colours. Parked DC, terminal-side.
0910 340-542 F-WWTK Kingfisher Airlines, full colours. ‘VJD’ on nosewheel door. Parked outside C. ADER production hall.
0912 340-542 F-WWTL Kingfisher Airlines, basic colours i.e. no tail logo. Parked, engineless mid-field apron.
0915 330-342 B-LAH Cathay Pacific, full colours. DC, terminal-side. Departed on delivery at 19:53, as CPA330.
0920 330-302 (B-18353) China Airlines, full colours. DC, terminal-side. Carrying it’s delivery registration, although this could not be read-of due to position/ heat haze.
0921 340-313E F-WWJK Finnair, full colours. Rear of l’aubrevouir, plant-side. Flying early evening, performed missed-approach at 18:05, landing back at 18:08.
MSN0921 F-WWJK performing a very impressive (more shots on flickr)
0922 330-343X F-WWYY Lufthansa, full colours. ‘KN’ fin i.d. Rear of l’aubrevouir, plant-side.
0923 330-202 (F-WWYZ) Jet Airways, full colours. Rear of l’aubrevouir, plant-side.
0924 340-642X F-WWCP Primer with basic (old) Royal Jordanian tail. Outside C. ADER production hall.
0925 330-203 F-WWKB Low-visibility grey scheme. L’aubrevouir, terminal-side.
0931 330-202 F-WWKU Primer with Air Europa tail. Noted performing engine runs in BIKINI at 11:00. Then positioned to l’aubrevouir, terminal-side.
0935 330-343E F-WWKF China Southern, full colours’ ’111′ on nosewheel door. Engineless. Parked outside C. ADER production hall.
0936 330-343E (F-WWKG) Primer with China Eastern tail. Production hall, position ‘D’.
0939 330-223 F-WWKK Primer with solid red – Kingfisher Airlines – tail. Parked, engineless outside C. ADER production hall.
0941 330-243 (F-WWKO) Primer with full (standard) Air China tail. Production hall, poste 35B.
0942 330-343E F-WWYK Primer with China Eastern tail. Production hall, position ‘A’.
0943 330-223 (F-WWYM) Production hall, poste 36/37. Horizontal stabilisers attached, awaiting tail – seen on trolley nearby, fully painted in Air Comet colours – and APU, also seen below frame.
0944 330-243 F-WWYT Primer with (standard) Air China tail. Production hall, position ‘B’.
0951 330-203 F-WWYR Yellow (storage) primer. Corner of l’aubrevouir, moved to l’aubrevouir – terminal-side during the afternoon, then back to (original) corner at dusk.
Additional frames which could not be read off due to position were:
1. 330-2xx fully masked-up in paint hangar (opposite Beluga unpack hangar).
Bits and pieces:
09xx 3xx-xxx Wingbox and unattached wing-set seen in mating jig.
0929 340-642 Wingbox and unattached wing-set seen in production hall, beside (occupied) wing-mating jig.
0929 340-642 Primer tail seen on trolley in production hall, behind poste 36/37.
0946 330-223 Primer tail seen on trolley in production hall.
09xx 3xx-xxx Primer tail seen on trolley in production hall, behind 0946 tail.
A380
001 380-841 F-WWOW Airbus House colours. Not seen.
002 380-841 F-WXXL Airbus House colours. Open storage.
004 380-841 F-WWDD All white. Arrived 12:30. Departed again while we were on the tour, landing back at 19:41.
007 380-841 F-WWJB Airbus House colours. Not seen, believed hangared undergoing re-work to production standard.
009 380-861 F-WWEA Airbus House colours. Parked 380 development flightline. Departed at 13:58, returning by late afternoon.
015 380-841 F-WWSL Yellow (storage) primer with all-white tail. Parked on production flightline.
016 380-861 F-WWSM Yellow (storage) primer with Emirates tail. Parked on production flightline.
029 380-841 Primer, tail not seen. Engineless. In (closed) ZIEGLER DC hangar. For Qantas Airways as VH-OQF.
015 380-841 F-WWSL Yellow (storage) primer with all-white tail. Parked on production flightline.
016 380-861 F-WWSM Yellow (storage) primer with Emirates tail. Parked on production flightline.
029 380-841 Primer, tail not seen. Engineless. In (closed) ZIEGLER DC hangar. For Qantas Airways as VH-OQF.
ATR Plant
098 72-212A F-WWEY House, parked on (old) DC stands, terminal-side.
770 72-212A (F-WWEI) Islas Airways, full colours. Parked flight-test apron.
773 72-212A (F-WWEL) all white. Parked flight-test apron.
783 72-212A F-WWEB Finncomm, full colours. Parked on (old) DC stands, terminal-side.
785 72-212A F-WWED Air Deccan/ Kingfisher ‘Simplifly’,full colours. Parked on (old) DC stands, terminal-side.
786 72-212A F-WWEE Kingfisher Airlines, full colours. Parked on (old) DC stands, plant-side.
788 72-212A F-WWEG Kingfisher Airlines, full colours. Parked on (old) DC stands, terminal-side.
789 72-212A (F-WWEH) All white, glimpsed in (closing) old A300 hangar.
790 72-212A F-WWEJ CEIBA Intercontinental, full colours. Parked on (old) DC stands, plant-side. Towed into old A300 hangar early evening.
MSN790 F-WWEJ for CEIBA towing to production area
Additional frames which could not be read off due to position were:
1. 42-500 all white. Glimpsed as inbound on short finals. Possibly shuttle a/c F-GPYC.
2. ?2-??? Glimpsed in (closing) old A300 hangar.
Latecoere
011 42-300 F-GVZX RLA (full colours) in main hangar
036 42-300 OY-JRJ DTR (full colours) storage ramp
MSN036 OY-JRJ with open cowling
(296) 42-300 (F-WQNC) Halcyon Air (full colours) at rear of main hangar
397 42-320 F-WQNA (all white) storage ramp
397 42-320 F-WQNA (all white) storage ramp
478 72-202 SP-LFH ELO (full colours) in main hangar
Selected Visitors
CN-RNA 734 BMM
CN-RNB 735 RAM
CS-TPG ER4 PGA
D-ACKC CR9 CLH
D-ACKE CR9 CLH
D-AOLC S20 OLT
D-AOLG 100 OLT
D-AOLG 100 OLT
D-AOLH 100 OLT
EC-HFK EM2 SWT
EC-JYV CR9 ANE
EC-JZT CR9 ANE
EC-JZV CR9 ANE
F-GHIB EM2 RAE
F-GIXB 733 FPO
F-GIXJ 733 FPO
F-GIXR 733 FPO – receiving attention at Latecoere
F-GLNE Be9 TJT
F-GMZC 321 AFR
F-GMZE 321 AFR
F-GRJQ CR2 BZH
F-GRPZ AT7 CCM
F-GRZE CR7 BZH
F-GTAN 321 AFR
F-GTAP 321 AFR
F-GTAQ 321 AFR
F-OMAY 772 REU
G-EZAL 319 EZY
G-EZBK 319 EZY
G-EZBW 319 EZY
G-EZEO 319 EZY
G-EZEV 319 EZY
G-EZIK 319 EZY
G-EZIR 319 EZY
OO-TNC 733 TAY
OY-SRH 762 SRR
SU-BPZ 73H AMV
TC-SGB 313 SGA opf???
SU-BPZ 73H AMV
TC-SGB 313 SGA opf???
CS-DMA 400 NJE
D-CLAT CJ-3 Pvt
F-GGNY TB-20
F-HBRU B200
F-ZVMO C-212 A12 CEV
G-GLTT PA31-350 IME
