Saturday 07/03/2009 (23:10-01:35L) & Sunday 08/03/2009 (07:10-16:45L)

March’s first visit, this time travelling in style via Frankfurt and the delights of Lufthansa CityLine.  Being a Sunday there was little activity at the plant, however with wheels and mostly empty roads, it was easy to note – and photograph just about everything that was visible.  Hangar doors remained firmly shut for the most part, but this was compensated by the packed ramps, especially at l’aubrevouir and St. Martin du Touch. 

Arriving close to midnight gave some interesting views of the A380 (J.L. Lagardere) FAL – see photos – which thanks to the lights would not have been possible otherwise. 

An interesting new raised vantage point was discovered overlooking the rear of the main plant at Chemin de Gramont.  This spot has real potential if the C. ADER FAL is open and is recommended to anyone visiting with wheels.    

 

  

A330-343E MSN1000 F-WWYX LX

 

l’aubrevouir from Parc Auto P3: panoramic 08/03/2009

 

  

A340-642 MSN0987 F-WWCQ LH

 

 

l’Aubrevouir as seen from Chemin de Gramont 08/03/2009

 

 

A320-214 MSN3868 F-WWIC TY

 

 

J.L. LAGARDERE FAL – Poste 30A 08/03/2009

 

 

A380-842 MSN0027 F-WWSY QF

 

 

 

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

All frames parked-up, unless noted.

 

Toulouse: Blagnac – Saturday 07/03/2009 (23:10-01:35L) & Sunday 08/03/2009 (07:10-16:45L) 

AIRBUS PLANT

A300

0987  340-642  F-WWCQ  Lufthansa, full colours.  ‘HY’ on tail = D-AIHY.  Parked at l’aubrevouir, terminal-side.   

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

655/1  300-608ST  F-GSTA  Parked-up all day.        

751/2  300-608ST  F-GSTB  Parked-up all day.     
765/3  300-608ST  F-GSTC  Parked-up all day.     

776/4  300-608ST  F-GSTD  Parked up all day.   
796/5  300-608ST  F-GSTF  All white.  Parked-up until 11:50 when positioned into Airbus Inter Transport hangar.  

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

 

0659  320-232  F-WWDB  DLR, testbed.  Parked on main apron at St. Martin du Touch.

3621  320-232  F-WWIK  Kingfisher Airlines, full colours EXCEPT for tail logo.  Parked on main apron at St. Martin du Touch.

3748  320-232  F-WWBQ  Kingfisher Airlines, basic colours – no titles or tail logo.  Stored with doors taped up, with white tape on top of fin.  Parked on main apron at St. Martin du Touch.

3758  320-214  F-WWBZ  Juneyao Airlines, full colours. Parked at rear of the H. ZIEGLER Delivery Centre. 

3802  320-214  F-WWBV  Air Arabia, full colours.  Parked at rear of the DC.

3804  320-232  F-WWDJ/OD-MRS*  MEA Middle East Airlines, full colours.  Parked at DC, terminal-side.

*Note: carrying both test and delivery registrations on both sides of the fuselage.

3809  320-214  F-WWDV  All white colours.  Believed destined for Air Arabia Maroc.  Parked at DC, terminal-side.

3811  320-232  F-WWID  JetBlue, full colours.  Parked at DC, terminal-side.

3813  320-216  PK-AXG  Indonesia AirAsia, full colours.  Noted inside DC hangar.

3815  320-216  F-WWIF  All (standard green) primer, including tail.  Parked at rear of DC.  No customer stickers visible, but believed destined for Air One/Alitalia.

3817  320-214  F-WWIN  NAS – National Air Services, full colours.  Parked at DC, terminal-side.

3835  320-214  F-WWBI  Aeroflot, full colours.  Parked on main apron at St. Martin du Touch.  

3843  320-214  F-WWBO  easyJet, full colours.  Parked at Station Carburant.

3846  320-216  F-WWBY  Air One/Alitalia, all white colours, ‘TD’ on tail = EI-DTD.  Parked at Station Carburant.

3868  320-214  F-WWIC  All primer, including tail.  Parked – engineless – at rear of St. Martin apron.  No customer stickers visible, but believed to be destined for Iberworld. 

 

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

3821  320-233  (F-WWIQ)  Silk Air, full colours.  Parked on main apron at St. Martin du Touch.

3825  320-214  (F-WWIV)  Air France, full (old) colours.  Parked on main apron at St. Martin du Touch.

3837  320-232  (F-WWBJ)  MEA Middle East Airlines, full colours.  Parked on main apron at St. Martin du Touch.

3840  320-214  (F-WWBM)  Air Arabia, full colours.  Parked on main apron at St. Martin du Touch.

3850  320-232  (F-WWDG)  Aegean Airlines, full colours.  Parked on main apron at St. Martin du Touch.

 

Bits and pieces:

3891?  320-214?  Front and rear sections noted – in open – on apron near Beluga unpack.  Believed destined for SATA Internacional.

3894?  320-214?  Front and rear sections noted – in open – on apron near Beluga unpack.  Believed destined for NAS – National Air Services. Plat-forme Logistique storage shed was noted empty again.

   

 

A330/340 family
0001  340-311  F-WWAI  Airbus.  Not seen.

0360  340-642  F-WWCA  Airbus.   Parked on the development flight line. 

 

0886  340-542  F-WWTG  Kingfisher Airlines, full colours. ‘VJA’ on nose wheel door.  Parked on midfield apron.  Stored.

0894  340-542  F-WWTH  All white, with red (ex-Kingfisher Airlines, i.e. no logos) engines.  Parked on midfield apron.  Stored.

0925  330-203  (F-WWKB)  Low visibility scheme.  Cockpit windows heavily taped up.  Parked on midfield apron.  Stored.  Parked on Airbus development flight line between prototype A380 and A340.

0960  340-642  F-WWCG  Iberia, full colours.  Engine covers on.  Parked at rear of St. Martin du Touch apron.  Temporary storage?

0980  330-2xx  F-WWYR  Low visibility scheme, engineless.  Parked at l’aubrevouir, terminal-side.  Believed destined for the Royal Saudi Air Force as an MRTT.   

 

0988  330-243  F-WWKI  Hainan Airlines, full colours.  Parked at l’aubrevouir, terminal-side.  

0990  330-343E  F-WWKK  Thai Airways International, full colours.  Parked at l’aubrevouir, plant side.  

0992  330-243  F-WWKN  (Standard green) primer, including tail with white engine colours.  Parked at l’aubrevouir, terminal-side.  

0993  340-642  F-WWCK  (Standard green) primer with Iberia tail.  Engineless.  Parked midfield. 

0994  330-302E  (F-WWKO)  Finnair, full colours.  Parked at l’aubrevouir, plant-side.   

0995  330-243  F-WWKQ  Orange (storage) primer, with primer tail, with MEA Middle East Airlines winglet colours.  Parked on Airbus development flight line between prototype A380 and A340.

0996  330-2xx  F-WWKT  Orange (storage) primer.  Engineless.  Parked on Airbus development flight line between prototype A380 and A340.

0997  330-343E  (F-WWYM)  Singapore Airlines, full colours.  Parked at l’aubrevouir, plant-side.  

0998  330-243  (F-WWYT)  MEA Middle East Airlines, full colours.    Parked at l’aubrevouir, plant-side.  

1000  330-343E  F-WWYX  Swiss International Air Lines, full colours.  Parked at l’aubrevouir, terminal-side. 

1002  330-223  F-WWKP  (Standard green) primer, with full Air Comet tail and engine colours.  Parked at corner of l’aubrevouir.

1012  330-343E  F-WWKA  (Standard green) primer with (full) Singapore Airlines tail.  Parked outside C. ADER production hall. 

1015  330-343E  F-WWKV  All (standard green) primer with (full) Singapore Airlines tail.  Parked outside C. ADER production hall. 

1019  330-223  F-WWKZ  All (standard green) primer.  Parked at l’aubrevouir, plant-side.  Believed destined for Air Comet.

 

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

None noted this visit.

 

Bits and pieces:

None noted this visit.

A380

001  380-841  F-WWOW  Airbus.  Parked on the development flight line.

002  380-841  F-WXXL  Airbus.  Not seen.

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

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

 

027  380-842  F-WWSY  (Standard green) primer with all white tail.  Red paint (i.e. Qantas) around horizontal stabiliser joints.  Destined for QANTAS Airways as VH-OQE.  Parked on Aero Constellation production flight line.  Destined for QANTAS Airways as VH-OQE.

029  380-842  F-WWSA  (Standard green) primer with white/part-primer tail.  Red paint (i.e. Qantas) around horizontal stabiliser joints.  Destined for QANTAS Airways as VH-OQF.  Parked on Aero Constellation production flight line.  

040  380-861  (F-WWSE)  Noted with engine installation underway in illuminated J.L. LAGARDERE FAL after midnight.  On Poste 30A.  Destined for Air France as F-HPJB.

 

 

ATR Plant
098  72-600  F-WWEY  House.  Not seen.

 

801  42-500  F-WWLT  Air St. Pierre, full colours.  Parked on ATR flight line.  

816  72-212A  F-WWEF  fly 540 Angola, full colours.  Parked on ATR flight line. 

826  72-212A  F-WWEU  fly 540 Angola, full colours.  Parked on ATR flight line.

848  72-212A  F-WWEN  Finncomm Airlines, full colours.  Parked on ATR flight line. 

851  72-212A  F-WWEU  fly 540 Angola, full colours.  Parked on ATR DC, plant-side.

853  72-212A  F-WWEW  Aurigny Air Services, full colours.  Parked on ATR DC, terminal-side.

855  72-212A  F-OMRU  Air Austral, full (new) colours.  Parked on ATR DC, terminal-side.

857  72-212A  F-WWEB  Cebu Pacific Air, full colours.  Parked on ATR DC, plant-side.

858  72-2`2A  F-WWEC  Berjaya Air Sendirian Berhad, full colours.  Parked at the rear of St. Martin du Touch apron, near ATR hangars.  

860  72-212A  F-WWEF  Firefly, full colours.  Parked on ATR DC, plant-side, and then noted (late morning) in big hangar opposite preserved Air France Concorde. 

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

1.  42-500  Primer with all-white tail seen at very rear of St. Martin du Touch apron, near ATR hangars. 

Latecoere Aeroservices

503  42-500  VT-ADI  Air Deccan, old colours.  Parked outside main hangar, by the front gate.

510  42-500  VT-ADH  Air Deccan, old colours.  Parked outside on storage ramp.

691  F-WWLM  All white.  Parked outside on storage ramp. 

785  72-212A  F-WWED  Simplifly Deccan, full colours.  Parked outside on storage ramp, in storage configuration: wheels covered and securely tethered to the ground.  

836  72-212A  F-WWEC  fly 540 Rwanda, full colours.  Parked outside near front gate, in storage configuration.

845  72-212A  F-WWEK  fly 540 Angola, full colours.  Parked outside near front gate, in storage configuration.  

846  72-212A  F-WWEL  Islas Airways, full colours.  Parked outside near front gate, in storage configuration.   

 

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

1.  72-2xx  Full Air France colours at rear of main hangar. 

 

Air France Industries

1017  321-211  F-OIVU Air Ivoire, full colours. Moved out of hangar to rear apron early afternoon and parked.

 

Selected Visitors

 

07/03/2009

CS-TPE  100  PGA

D-ACPN  CR7  CLH

D-ACPS  CR7  CLH

EC-HZR  CR2  ANS

OO-TNH  733  TAY

 

08/03/2009

D-ACPP  CR7  CLH

D-AKNV  319  GWI

EC-HCF  EM2  SWT

EC-HTZ  CR2  ANE

EC-JZS  CR9  ANS

F-GIXH  733  FPO – moved to Latecoere hangar and raised on jacks by early afternoon.

F-GPOD  AT7  RLA

F-GPYC  AT5  RLA

F-GRPY  AT7  CCM

F-GRYL  Be9  TJT

F-GRZD  CR7  BZH

F-GZTB  733  FPO

F-HBXC  E70  RAE

G-BYAP  752  TOM

G-BYTH  320  TCX

G-CDZI  738  TOM

G-EZAO  319  EZY

G-EZIG  319  EZY

G-EZIN  319  EZY

G-NIKO  321  TCX

G-THOI  733  TOM

G-THOP  733  TOM

OO-TNH  733  TAY

TS-IMG  320  TAR

 

F-GMDL  CitationJet CJ-1

F-GNCP  Citation 550

F-GQJD  Beech C90 

F-HBMR  Citation 550

F-HBRU  Beech 200

F-HLCC  EC-135  HLC  Overlflew.

OE-GNF  Learjet 60

12+02  CL601  GAF, performed missed approaches at 14:01 and 14:11.  Did not land.

 

An unknown Embraer Xingu was noted on the GA ramp as we taxied out for departure.

 

 

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