Toulouse:Blagnac –Wednesday 28/07/2010

A380 "wing set":MSN 0031 CZ at Aeroconstellation Nord.

A330-343E MSN 1131 F-WWYY D7

More photos at:http://www.flickr.com/photos/a380spotter/sets/72157624486732827/

The usual disclaimers apply:Brackets indicate assumed reg. from intelligence. No brackets = positive sighting. All times are French local.

All frames parked-up,unless noted.

Wednesday 28/07/2010 (09:20-22:35L)
AIRBUS PLANT

A320 family
0001 320-200 F-WWBA Airbus. Parked at the A320 flight line,St. Martin du Touch.
0659 320-232 F-WWDB DLR,testbed. Not seen.

3356 319-115(X) ACJ 9H-SNA Parked outside Airbus Corporate Jet hangars.
3974 320-214 F-WWIT Air Blue,full colours. Parked on the apron at St. Martin du Touch in storage configuration.
4376 320-214 HZ-AS19 Saudi Arabian Airlines (full) colours. Rear of the ZIEGLER DC.
4379 320-214 F-WWIF Aerogal,full colours. ZIEGLER DC,terminal-side. Taxied-out to BIKINI engine-test cell at 18:10L.
4384 320-232 F-WWBN IndiGo,full colours. Rear of the ZIEGLER DC. Taxied-out at 16:20L to BIKINI,returning to original position at 17:30.
4399 320-214 F-WWBC GoAir,full colours. St. Martin du Touch flight line. Performed an RTO on 32L at 16:40 and immediately returned to original position.
4401 320-214 F-WWBK Juneyao Airlines,full colours. Noted in BIKINI at 09:20L.
4402 320-214 F-WWBS Air France,full colours. Station Carburant.
4404 320-216 (F-WWBG) AirAsia,full colours. A320 General Finishing,poste 15E.
4405 320-214 F-WWBX Libyan Arab Airlines,full colours. Main apron at St. Martin du Touch.
4408 320-214 F-WWIE Saudi Arabian Airlines,full colours with basic (i.e. minus decal) tail. Station Carburant.
4411 320-214 “F-WW”Standard (green) primer with full Wataniya Airways tail. Main apron at St. Martin du Touch.
4417 320-214 F-WWDM Standard (green) primer with full Uzbekistan Airlines tail. Main apron at St. Martin du Touch.

Additional frames which could not be read off:
4386 320-216 (F-WWDE) Thai AirAsia,full colours. Appeared on the St. Martin du Touch flight line late afternoon. Assumed be the frame seen earlier in the day in part-open large hangar at St. Martin.
4404 320-216 (F-WWBG) General Finishing bay 15E.
441x 320-2?? All primer,including tail. General Finishing bay 15C.

Bits and pieces:
4440 (Unmated) front and aft fuselage sections in open hangar opposite Auch dual-carriageway. Believed to be destined for Hainan Airlines as a model -232.
4441 (Unmated) front and aft fuselage sections in open hangar opposite Auch dual-carriageway. Believed to be destined for TAM Brasil as a model -214.
+ a further two unmated front &aft fuselage sections on trolleys outside Beluga unpack. MSNs 444x &444x.

A330/340 family
0001 340-311 F-WWAI Airbus. Not seen.
0360 340-642 F-WWCA Airbus. Parked on the Airbus development test flight line.

0886 340-542 F-WWTG Kingfisher Airlines,full colours. Not seen.
0894 340-542 F-WWTH White with red engines. Parked on the widebody flight line,terminal-side.
0925 330-203MRTT/KC-45A F-WWKB Low visibility scheme,engineless. Parked at the rear of the St. Martin ramp.
1032 330-243F F-WWKG Etihad Crystal Cargo,full colours. ‘CA’nosewheel i.d = A6-DCA. Flight line,terminal-side. Noted entering BIKINI engine-test cell at 09:45L. Departed at 16:45L,landing back at 17:37.
1034 330-223 F-WWKS All-white colours. Flight line,corner. Departed at 11:20L. Noted back in original position late afternoon. Seen again,after dark,at the ZIEGLER DC,terminal-side.
1039 330-223 F-WWYO Standard (green) primer,with white engine colours. Parked at flight line –corner.
1059 330-223 F-WWKV All (yellow) storage primer. Parked,engineless,on midfield ramp in storage configuration.
1062 330-243F “F-WW Z”Standard (green) primer,with full Hong Kong (Hainan) Airlines tail. Complete with engines attached. Towed ex-General Finishing at 10:15L,positioning alongside Stations 18 at 11:00. Noted late afternoon in position on Stations 18 (replacing MSN 1155).
1131 330-343E F-WWYY AirAsia X,full colours. ZIEGLER DC,terminal-side. Towed into ZIEGLER hangar at 16:55.
1141 330-343E F-WWKL Saudi Arabian Airlines,full colours. Parked at DC,terminal-side. Departed at ??:??,performing a missed approach at 14:28,before landing back by 16:30.
1143 330-343E F-WWKQ EgyptAir,full colours. Parked at flight line,terminal-side. Undergoing engine inspections after first flight the previous day.
1145 330-343E F-WWYD Swiss International Air Lines,full colours. Parked at flight line,plant-side.
1146 330-343E F-WWYV Singapore Airlines,full colours. Complete with engines attached. Parked mid-field in storage configuration,i.e. engine covers and undercarriage bagged.
1147 330-343E F-WWYB Saudi Arabian Airlines,full colours (basic tail,i.e. minus decal). Parked at flight line,terminal-side.
1153 330-343E F-WWYT Saudi Arabian Airlines,full colours (basic tail,i.e. minus decal). “Stations 18″.
1155 330-223 (F-WW??) Korean Air,full colours. Stations 18. Had disappeared by late afternoon,replaced by MSN 1062.
1156 330-343E “F-WW”(last 2 characters not applied). Standard (green) primer with full Singapore Airlines tail. Stations 18.
1159 330-243 “F-WW Z”Standard (green) primer with full Hainan Airlines tail. In ADER General Finishing Poste 20E.
1161 330-202 “F-WW Z”Standard (green) primer with full KLM –Royal Dutch Airlines tail. Stations 18.

A330-243F MSN 1062 "F-WW Z"HX

Additional frames which could not be read off:
1102 340-542 (F-WWTTZ) State of Kuwait. In ADER General Finishing Poste 20C.
1149 330-343E (F-WWYH) Singapore Airlines,full colours. In ADER General Finishing Poste 20D.
1150 330-343E (F-WWYM) Turkish Airlines,full (new) colours. In ADER General Finishing Poste 20A.
1157 330-343E (F-WW??) Standard (green) primer colours. In ADER General Finishing Poste 20B.
1168 330-343(X) (F-WW??) Standard (green) primer,tail could not be seen. In body-join (Poste 35A) on the C. ADER FAL. Believed to tbe the first -300 for Hong Kong Airlines.

Bits and pieces:
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A380
001 380-841 F-WWOW Airbus. Noted on the Airbus Development flight line.
002 380-841 F-WXXL Airbus. Seen in partially-open re-work hangar at J.L.LAGARDERE.
004 380-861 F-WWDD Airbus. Noted on the Airbus Development flight line.

035 380-861 (unmarked) Standard (green) primer with full Korean Air tail colours. Complete (apart from some of belly fairing) –pylons attached but no engines. Poste 30B on the LAGARDERE FAL.
052 380-861 F-WWAN Standard (green) primer with full Air France tail and engine colours. Note that engines on right-hand wing were wearing (borrowed) cowlings featuring the EA (Engine Alliance) logo! (Engines on the left side could not be seen). Stand A19 on Aeroconstellation flight line.
061 380-841 F-WWAV Standard (green) primer with full Lufthansa tail. ‘ME’fin i.d. = D-AIME. Complete,with engines. Stand A12 on Aeroconstellation flight line.
062 380-842 (F-WWAQ) Standard (green) primer with Qantas tail. Noted in partially open re-work hangar opposite the LAGARDERE flight line.
064 380-861 F-WWAU Standard (green) primer with full Air France tail. Complete –all 4 engines installed. Stand A17 on Aeroconstellation flight line.
065 380-841 F-WWSM Standard (green) primer with full Singapore Airlines tail. Complete –all 4 engines installed. Noted in non-tour side of the LAGARDERE FAL (opposite end to balcony).
066 380-841 (unmarked) Standard (green) primer with full Lufthansa tail. ‘MF’fin i.d. = D-AIMF. Complete (apart from some of belly fairing) –pylons attached but no engines. Flap fairing sections on trolleys to the side of the aircraft. Poste 30C on the LAGARDERE FAL.
069 380-841 (presumably unmarked) Standard (green) primer with full Lufthansa tail colours. In partially-open FAL (non-tour side,balcony-end).
071 380-841 (unmarked) Standard (green) primer with full Singapore Airlines tail. Complete –pylons attached but no engines. Poste 30A on the LAGARDERE FAL.

Additional frames which could not be read off:
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Bits and pieces:
031 380-841 (unmarked) Wing set (still on low-loaders) parked inside entrance to Aeroconstellation Nord.

A400M
0001 F-WWMT Airbus Military. Not seen.
0002 EC-402 Airbus Military. Not seen.
0003 F-WWMS Airbus Military. Parked on Airbus Development flight line. Departed at 16:35L,performed a missed-approach at 18:15,landing back at 18:30.

ATR Plant
811 42-600 F-WWLY Full house scheme. Parked at the ATR DC,terminal-side. Departed at 14:50L,landing back at 17:25.

918 72-212A F-WWEP Trip Linhas Aereas,full colours. Parked at the ATR DC,terminal-side. Noted taxiing back to parking position from the compass bay area at 09:45L.
926 72-212A (F-WWE?) Trip Linhas Aereas,full colours. Appeared on St. Martin du Touch apron circa. 17:30L.

Additional frames which could not be read off due to position were:

St. Martin du Touch,flight line:
826 72-212A (F-WWEU/D2-FLY) Fly540,full colours.

Rear of St. Martin du Touch,close to hangars:
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ATR DC –plant-side:
911 72-212A F-WWEE Trip Linhas Aereas,full colours. Parked at the ATR DC,plant-side.
916 72-212A F-WWEN Finncomm,full colours. Parked at the ATR DC,plant-side.

ATR Production line 28/07/2010

ATR hangar next to A320 FAL:
..as seen from the Auch dual carriageway:
098 72-600 F-WWEY Full house scheme. Receiving attention.
??? 72-212A Primer with all-white tail.
??? 72-212A Primer with all-white tail.
??? 72-212A Dark blue tail seen in silhouette,possibly MSN 925 or 927 for Vietnam Airlines.
+ 1 more frames which could only be seen in silhouette.
+ 2 all-(green) primer fuselage sections.

Original A300 hall:
72-212A Standard (green) primer with white tail.
72-212A Jet Airways,full colours. Believed to be either MSN 919 or 920.
72-212A Jet Airways,full colours. Believed to be either MSN 919 or 920.
42-500 Precisionair Services,full colours. Believed to be MSN 819.

Latecoere Aeroservices
419 72-202 F-WNUD All-white also wearing HB-AFW (which was partly uncovered by peeling sticker) on left-side only. Departed on a test flight at 10:07L. Back to Latecoere –rear ramp –by mid afternoon.
478 72-202 SP-LFH EuroLot,full colours. Parked outside the main hangar,receiving attention.
519 72-202 F-WKVB All-white colours,with Vietnamese flag on tail. ‘B-248′on nosewheel door. Parked on the rear storage ramp.

908 72-212A I-LZAN Belle Air Europe,full colours. Parked on the rear ramp,departed at 18:35L.

Additional frames which could not read-off/tied-up:
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Air France Industries
Nothing visible.

Paint Hangar:
Closed.

Aero Technique Espace (ATE) paint shop
320 bay
Closed.

ATR bay
Closed.

Selected visitors
D-AKNV 319 GWI
D-AOLB S20 OLT
D-AOLG 100 OLT
EC-JBD EM2 SWT
F-GLNK Be9
F-HBXD E70 RAE
F-HBXJ E70 RAE
F-OMAY 772 REU
G-CELV 733 EXS
G-CELZ 733 EXS
G-EZBX 319 EZY
G-EZDS 319 EZY
G-EZEV 319 EZY
G-EZIN 319 EZY
G-EZTD 320 EZY
G-EZTI 320 EZY
G-TOYM 733 BMI
HB-JQF E90 BBO
OO-TAH 146 TAY
OY-SRO 762 SRR

D-CHLM LJ45
F-GGGA Citation
F-GGGT Citation
F-GHOC B200
F-GNSC Beech 58
F-HDPP EA-300/L
G-DRBN Phenom
P4-ALA Hawker 900XP

114 CN-235 French Air Force (Coded 62-IJ)
R210 Transall French Air Force (Coded 64-GJ)

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