Wednesday 26/11/2008 (09:50 – 21:50L)

On foot, but an A380 tour with the addition of Concorde No.1 provided access to the main St. Martin du Touch site and a glimpse at 330/340 production.

Credit due to ‘Yogi Bear’ for his help with tie-ups.

Shots at: http://www.flickr.com/photos/a380spotter/sets/72157610231844495/

H. ZIEGLER DC from Parc Auto P3

L’Aubrevouir from Parc Auto P3: panoramic

L’Aubrevouir from Parc Auto P3: closer

Midfield apron

A380-841 MSN021 F-WWSQ SQ

A380-841 MSN034 F-WWSC SQ

A319-132 MSN3548 B-6178 JD

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 26/11/2008 (09:50 – 21:50L)

AIRBUS PLANT

A300

238 300B4-203 F-WUAB Parked outside A300 hall in prototype colours.

655/1 300-608ST F-GSTA Not seen.

751/2 300-608ST F-GSTB Departed at 11:20.
765/3 300-608ST F-GSTC Departed at 10:09.

776/4 300-608ST F-GSTD Not seen.
796/5 300-608ST F-GSTF Not seen.

A320 family
0001 320-211 F-WWBA House. Not seen.

0659 320-232 F-WWDB DLR testbed. Parked on main St. Martin apron.

3621 320-232 F-WWIK Kingfisher Airlines, full colours EXCEPT for tail logo. Parked at rear of H. ZIEGLER DC. Taxied out at 11:00, into BIKINI for engine runs until 12:05 when it taxied back to its original position.

3662 320-214 F-WWDV TAM Brasil, full colours. ‘YA’ on fin. Rear of DC.

3666 320-216 (EI-DSY) Air One, full colours. Parked on old DC stand.

3667 320-214 XA-ZIH Interjet, full colours. Parked on main St. Martin apron. Temporary storage?

3676 320-232 VT-INW IndiGo, full colours. Rear of DC.

3690 320-214 XA-ABC Interjet, full colours. Parked on main St. Martin apron. Temporary storage?

3693 320-232 A6-EIH Etihad Airways, full colours. Pushed back at 15:10, departing at 15:29 as EY9015 TLS-AUH. Delivery flight.

3695 320-216 (EI-DSZ) Air One, full colours. Parked on old DC stand.

3699 320-214 VP-BME Aeroflot, full colours. DC, terminal-side.

3703 320-232 G-EUYB British Airways, full colours. Towed out of DC hangar at 10:00, positioning to stand at rear of DC.

3706 320-214 F-WWIP East Star Airlines, full colours. Rear of DC. Taxied out at 10:35, departing at 10:42. Landed back at 12:00. Back to original position. Noted late afternoon now wearing delivery registration: B-6557

3723 320-214X Prestige F-WWDE Oman Air Force. Noted near Station Carburant at 09:55. Re-positioned to main St. Martin apron shortly afterwards and parked.

3724 320-232 F-WWDG JetBlue, full colours. Noted performing engine runs in BIKINI at 09:55. Then positioned to main apron at St. Martin.

3726 320-232 (F-WW??) British Airways, tail only seen. Parked on main St. Martin apron.

3729 320-216 (F-WWDK) AirAsia, full colours. At Station Carburant.

3734 320-232 F-WWDN Tiger Airways, full colours. Engineless. Rolled out of Aero Technique Espace paint hangar at 15:00. Towed to St. Martin area and out of sight.

3736 320-232 “F-WWCI” (another typo as this is a 340-600 test reg!!) Primer with (full) new Middle East Airlines tail. Noted on main St. Martin apron am, then positioned into Aero Technique Espace paint hangar at 15:00.

(3748) 320-232 (F-WW??) Primer with solid red Kingfisher tail. Noted on main St. Martin apron at dusk – fresh off the production line?

Bits and pieces:

(3756) 320-214 (full) Shenzhen Airlines tail noted in Beluga storage hangar (facing the terminal).

(3758) 320-214 (full) Juneyao Airlines tail noted in Beluga storage hangar (facing the terminal).

A330/340
0001 340-311 F-WWAI House. Not seen.

0360 340-642 F-WWCA House. Ex-hangar at 10:35, departed at 10:57. No further sightings.

0856 340-642(X) F-WWCJ Etihad Airways, basic colours with titles painted out. Only centre section now remains intact. Rear section and a wing are on ground nearby.In scrapping area by the Musee! Couldn’t get near enough to confirm whether it’s still wearing ‘F-WWCJ’.

0886 340-542 F-WWTG Kingfisher Airlines, full colours. Parked mid-field. Stored.

0902 340-542 F-WWTJ Kingfisher Airlines, full colours. Still has ‘VJC’ on nose wheel door. Parked at H. ZIEGLER DC, terminal-side.

0910 340-542 F-WJKH Arik Air, full colours. Parked mid-field.

0925 330-203 F-WWKB Low visibility scheme. Cockpit windows heavily taped up. Storage. At rear of St. Martin apron, near A300 hall.

0933 340-642(X) F-WWCF Etihad Airways, all white. Parked l’aubrevouir, terminal-side. Pushed back at 15:08, departing at 15:18. Back on stand by dusk.

0956 330-202 F-WWYA Jet Airways, full colours. Parked by mid-field paint-hangar a.m. then towed into H. ZIEGLER DC hangar at 12:00.

0963 330-243 VP-BLX Aeroflot Russian Airlines, full colours. Parked at rear of DC.

0965 330-323X F-WWYL Air Caraibes Atlantique, full colours. Parked at l’aubrevouir, terminal-side.

0966 330-243 XA-MXP Mexicana – still in full XL Airways colours and titles! Has Mexican flag next to registration. Parked at H. ZIEGLER DC, terminal-side.

0968 330-223 PT-MVQ TAM Brasil, full colours. Towed out of DC hangar to DC, terminal-side at 11:30.

0969 330-203 F-WWYQ Royal Australian Air Force, orange -storage – primer, including tail. Parked at l’aubrevouir, plant-side.

0970 330-223 F-WWYS Air Comet, full colours. Performing engine runs in BIKINI at 09:50. Taxied out at 10:55 and positioned to rear of DC. Noted performing missed approach at 16:38, landing back at 16:52. Then to original position at back of DC and parked.

0971 330-243 F-WWYU XL Airways – full colours but minus titles. Noted at corner of l’aubrevouir at 15:10. Wasn’t there in the morning..

0972 340-642(X) F-WWCL Lufthansa, full colours – ‘HW’ on fin. Parked at l’aubrevouir, terminal-side. Pushed back at and towed to BIKINI at 11:00. Performed engine first run – smoky! – at 11:18. Back in original position by early afternoon.

0973 330-243 F-WWKA Aeroflot, full colours. Parked at l’aubrevouir, plant-side.

0974 330-343E F-WWKD AirAsia X, full colours. Parked at l’aubrevouir, plant-side.

0975 330-243 F-WWKS Primer with (full) Etihad Airways tail. Parked at l’aubrevouir, plant-side.

0983 330-343E F-WWYZ Primer with basic Singapore Airlines tail (i.e. minus orange band on trailing edge) and (full) winglet colours. Engineless, parked on general test ramp outside ADER production hall.

0984 330-243 F-WWKE Primer with basic (i.e. with Cedar tree but minus red elements) Middle East Airlines tail, engineless. Parked mid-field a.m. Positioned out of sight by late afternoon.

0986 330-343E F-WWKG Primer with full Singapore Airlines tail and winglet colours, engineless. Parked mid-field a.m. Towed of sight at 15:45.

0988 330-243 F-WWKI Primer with Hainan Airlines tail and basic (i.e. minus gold and shadow accents) winglet colours. Engineless, parked on general test ramp outside ADER production hall.

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

09?? 330-203 F-WW?? Noted on DC, terminal-side at 21:40. Appeared to be all white but possibly 0969? Engine type = General Electric, and not aware of any currently all-white 332s..

Bits and pieces:

0995 330-243 Primer with MEA customer stickers. Complete rear section noted being towed from the Beluga unpack hangar area at 15:45 to the Beluga temporary storage shed (opposite terminal building).

A380

001 380-841 F-WWOW Airbus House colours. Pushed back at 10:45. Performed simultaneous RTOs at 11:02, 11:15, and 11:30. Departed at 15:07, landing back at 15:22. Departed again at 15:31, landing back at 15:43. Performed another RTO at 16:13 and then positioned back tot he development flight line.
002 380-841 F-WXXL Airbus House colours. Not seen. Has been in long term, external storage for months.

004 380-841 F-WWDD All white. Not seen.
007 380-841 F-WWJB Airbus House colours. Not seen. Hangared undergoing re-work to production standard.

009 380-861 F-WWEA Airbus House colours. Not seen. Hangared undergoing re-work to production standard.

021 380-841 F-WWSQ (Standard green) primer with (full) Singapore Airlines tail and engine colours. Parked on production flight line. Noted pushing back at 16:30, but as I was leaving the area I can’t confirm where it was headed.

029 380-842 no reg. (Standard green) primer with all white tail. In general finishing hall, poste 30B. For Qantas.

033 380-861 F-WWSB (Standard green) primer with full Air France tail. Now with No.3 engine attached and No.4 waiting on trolley alongside. No.1, not yet attached. No.2 pylon not visible from balcony. In general finishing hall, poste 30C.

034 380-841 F-WWSC (Standard green) primer with (full) Singapore Airlines tail and engine colours. Parked on production flight line.

045 380-841 no reg. (Standard green) primer with (full) Singapore Airlines tail colours. In general finishing hall, poste 30A.

ATR Plant
098 72-212A F-WWEY House. Not seen.

691 42-500 F-WWLM All white colours. Parked on ATR DC ramp, terminal-side.

695 42-500 (F-WWLQ) Air Antilles Express, full colours. Parked on ATR flight line.

805 72-212A F-WWEQ Kingfisher Airlines, full colours. Parked old ATR DC ramp, terminal-side.

826 72-212A F-WWEU Fly 540, full colours. Noted performing taxi-runs at 10:10. Back to stand on old DC, plant-side by lunchtime.

836 72-212A F-WWEC Fly 540, full colours. Parked old ATR DC ramp, terminal-side.

838 72-212A F-WWEP Cebu Pacific, full colours. Arrived at 10:44 and positioned to old DC stand, terminal-side.

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

1. 72-212A Aer Arran, full colours. Parked on ATR flight line. Assumed to be MSN822 F-WWEL/EI-RER

2. 72-212A Kingfisher Airlines, full colours. Parked on ATR flight line. Assumed to be either MSN785 F-WWED, 786 F-WWEE or 788 F-WWEG.

3. 72-212A Kingfisher Airlines, full colours. Parked on ATR flight line. ” “

4. 72-212A Kingfisher Airlines, full colours. Parked on ATR flight line. ” “

5. 72-212A Jet Airways, full colours. Parked at very rear of St. Martin apron, outside ATR hall. Assumed to be MSN841 F-WWES.

An unknown ATR72-212A in full Kingfisher colours departed at 15:34. As I was plant-side at the time, it was possibly MSN785, 786, 788 or 805.

The rear of the DC was obscured by the overspill widebody frames parked mid-field.

Latecoere

Nothing outside, and hangar firmly shut.

Air France Industries

0311 320-211 F-HDCE All white, ‘224’ still on fin. Parked outside.

3538 319-132 B-6178 Deer Air. Parked outside, engine covers on.

Selected Visitors

D-ACKF CR9 CLH

D-AGPQ 100 GMI (all white colours)

D-AKNV 319 GWI

D-ALIB E75 RUS

D-AOLG 100 OLT

D-AOLH 100 OLT

D-AWUE 142 WDL

EC-IMX EM2 SWT

EC-JCL CR2 ANE

EC-JZS CR9 ANE

F-GIXI 733 FPO

F-GIXR 733 FPO

F-GRPZ AT7 CCM

F-GVZL AT7 RLA

F-HKIS 744 CRL

G-EZAO 319 EZY

G-EZBT 319 EZY

G-EZDB 319 EZY

G-EZIX 319 EZY

G-EZIY 319 EZY

OY-SRJ 762 SRR

CS-DGQ CJ-2 LMJ (at AFI)

CS-DHR C550 NJE

F-GHOC B200 DRT

F-GIZI Cessna 172R Skyhawk (at AFI)

F-GTQB TB20 Trinidad GT

F-GYKI DR400-140B (at AFI)

SX-BNR LJ60 AEE

+ an unknown Fouga Magister parked outside the main AFI hangar. Assume this to the frame seen earlier in the month wrapped in plastic. Now out of its shroud, but almost completely masked-up with no visible marks.

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