Wednesday 24 /08/2011 (09:05-21:05L)

Photos at: http://www.flickr.com/photos/a380spotter/sets/72157627501403884/

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 24 /08/2011 (09:05-21:05L)

AIRBUS PLANT

A320 family
0001 320-200 F-WWBA Airbus. Noted at the rear of the hangar next to the A320 FAL.

0659 320-232 F-WWDB DLR Flugbetribe. Rolled out of development flight line hangar c. 09:40 and departed 32L at 09:51. Performed a single circuit of the field and landed back at 10:01. Noted departing again at 10:25 and 12:35, again on short test flights. Seen landing back for the final time at 17:43 and back to St. Martin du Touch.
4596 320-214 F-WWIX Afriqiyah Airways, full colours. St. Martin du Touch, now in storage configuration, i.e. cockpit and engines taped-up, wheels bagged, etc.
4623 320-214 F-WWBY Nouvelair Tunisie, full – revised – colours. St. Martin du Touch, now in temporary storage configuration, i.e. wheels bagged.

4800 320-214 F-WWIK Air France, full colours. Seen again at 15:30, now wearing delivery registration F-HBNH. ZIEGLER DC, rear.
4802 320-232 F-WWBC Qatar Airways, full colours. ZIEGLER DC, terminal-side. Taxied off the DC into BIKINI for engine run-ups at 17:40. Noted still there at 18:55, and back at original position on the DC by 19:25.
4807 320-216 F-WWBM Thai AirAsia, full colours. ‘ABU’ on nose wheel doors = HS-ABU. Flight line, St. Martin du Touch. Towed to rear of the ZIEGLER DC by 10:45, and then re-positioned to the DC Wash Station by 15:30.
4810 320-232 F-WWDI Qatar Airways, full colours. Noted in hangar next to the A320 FAL.
4812 320-232 F-WWDL Tiger Airways, full colours. Station Carburant. Re-positioned to the flight line, St. Martin du Touch by 14:30.
4814 320-214 F-WWDR Virgin America, full colours. Station Carburant.
4816 320-214 F-WWDX Standard (green) primer with full Spring Airlines tail. Inside A320 General Finishing. (Identified by MSN sticker/registration).
4828 320-233 F-WWIJ Standard (green) primer with full Volaris tail colours. Appeared on the apron, St. Martin du Touch before 14:30.
4833 320-214 F-WWIV Juneyao tail colours. Inside A320 General Finishing. (Identified by MSN sticker/registration).
4848 320-214 (F-WWIY) Standard (green) primer with full Air Arabia tail colours. A320 FAL, next aircraft to roll out.

Additional frames which could not be read off:
1. A further 3 examples were noted inside the open General Finishing hangar but these could not be read off and tails were in shadow.
2. A further 2 examples were noted behind MSN on the A320 FAL. These were tailless and impossible to read off.

Components:
4864 Un-mated rear section, and wing set, on transportation jigs outside Beluga unpack area. Believed to be destined for China Southern as a series -214.
4853 Basic (i.e. minus decal) Royal Jordanian colours tail seen in tail paint shed.

Airbus Corporate Jet
4228 ACJ319-115(X) VP-CMJ (All-white colours). Parked outside the main Airbus Corporate Jet hangar.
A second aircraft – with white tail featuring a red slash? – was glimpsed in partially open hangar but could not be positively identified.

A330/340 family
0001 340-311 F-WWAI Airbus S.A.S. Vendee ramp.
0360 340-642 F-WWCA Airbus S.A.S. Big re-work hangar (C63) on ADER site.

[0886 340-542 F-WWTG Full Kingfisher Airlines colours. Not seen.]
0894 340-542 F-WWTH All white colours with red engines. Noted at l’Abreuvoir upon arrival but towed off into General Finishing hangar c. 09:30.
0925 330-200 F-WWKB Low visibility (grey) scheme. Seen, engineless, in big re-work hangar (C63) on ADER site.
1136 330-224F F-WWYZ MASKargo, full colours. l’Abreuvoir, terminal-side. Taxied out c. 15:00, to BIKINI for engine run-ups. Noted early evening back at original parking stand.
1148 330-224F Standard (green) primer with full Malaysia Airlines tail colours. For MASKargo. ADER FAL, Poste 30A.
1230 330-343(X) F-WWYR EgyptAir, full colours. Short-term? storage. ZIEGLER DC, plant-side.
1238 330-343E F-WWKI EgyptAir, full colours. l’Abreuvoir, plant-side.
1240 330-243 ‘Prestige’ F-WWKQ All off-white colours, incl. engines. For the Government of Turkey. l’Abreuvoir, terminal-side.
1244 330-223 F-WWYU China Southern Airlines, full colours. DC, terminal-side. Taxied out at 10:00, to BIKINI for engine run-ups. Returned to original stand on DC at 11:25.
1246 330-343E F-WWKY EgyptAir, full colours. General Finishing hangar.
1247 330-343E F-WWYQ Aeroflot Russian Airlines, full colours. Named ‘M. SHOLOKHOV. Note was wearing incorrect test reg. ‘F-WWQY’ on the right-hand side. l’Abreuvoir, plant-side.
1248 330-243MRTT EC-331 All yellow (storage) primer, including tail, with grey engines. DC, terminal-side.
1249 330-243 F-WWYH South African Airways, full colours. l’Abreuvoir, terminal-side.
1250 330-243MRTT F-WWYD All yellow (storage) primer, including tail, with grey radome and engines. ‘Vendee’ stands, midfield.
1251 330-202 F-WWKK Jetstar Airways, full colours. Rolled out of paint hangar at 09:50 and towed to l’Abreuvoir, terminal-side. First Jetstar Airways A330 with new monochrome titles.
1252 330-202 F-WWKP Alitalia, full colours. ‘JK’ fin i.d. = EI-EJK. l’Abreuvoir, plant-side.
1255 330-343E F-WWYM Standard (green) primer with full Hainan Group tail colours. l’Abreuvoir, terminal-side.
1259 330-243 F-WWYV Hawaiian Airlines, full colours. ‘384’ on nosewheel doors = N384HA. l’Abreuvoir, plant-side.
1261 330-243 F-WWKF Standard (green) primer with full Garuda tail and winglet colours Engineless, ‘Stations 18’.
1262 330-243 F-WWKT Standard (green) primer with full China Eastern tail colours Engineless, ‘Stations 18’.
1263 330-343E F-WWYC Standard (green) primer with full Thai Airways International tail colours Engineless, ‘Stations 18’.
1264 330-343E F-WWYT Standard (green) primer, tail colours could not be seen. For EgyptAir. ADER FAL, Poste 30B.
1265 330-323E Registration, if carried, could not be seen. To become F-WWKZ. Standard (green) primer with full Air Caraibes Atlantique tail colours. ADER FAL, Poste 30C
1266 330-223 Registration, if carried, could not be seen. To become F-WWKR. Standard (green) primer with unpainted tail. ADER FAL, Poste 35A (body-join).

Additional frames which could not be read off:
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Components:
1. Unattached full SkyTeam colours tail noted being trolleyed onto the ADER FAL. Had MSN sticker but this could not be read off, believed to be MSN 1270, a 330-343E destined for Aeroflot Russian Airlines.
2. 340-642 Fuselage barrel (on trolley) fully painted-up in South African Airways colours, titles and tail logo. Believed to be the long-term resident section of the written-off Etihad -600(HGW) frame MSN 0856.

A380
[0001 380-841 F-WWOW Airbus S.A.S. Not seen.]
0002 380-841 F-WXXL Airbus S.A.S. Appears to have been overpainted with basic Airbus house colours (i.e. solid blue band on tail and rear fuselage). Also features an ugly dark blue lozenge on forward fuselage covering the previous ‘Airbus A380’ titles. Pylons attached but still engineless. LAGARDERE FAL, Poste 30C.
0004 380-861 F-WWDD Airbus S.A.S. Airbus Development flight line.

0067 380-861 F-WWSQ Standard (green) primer with Air France tail and engine colours. Production flight line (‘general testing’ side) at A é roconstellation, A19.
0068 380-861 F-WWSJ Korean Air, full colours. Arrived back from XFW after dark, and seen parked at the DC at 20:55.
0073 380-841 (unmarked) Standard (green) primer with Lufthansa tail colours. ‘MJ’ fin id = D-AIMJ. Body-join poste.
0078 380-841 (unmarked) Standard (green) primer with full Malaysia Airlines tail. Engineless. LAGARDERE FAL, Poste 30A.
0082 380-841 F-WWSH Standard (green) primer with full Singapore Airlines tail and engine colours. Production flight line (‘flight testing’ side) at A é roconstellation, stand A14.
0098 380-861 F-WWAB Standard (green) primer with full Emirates Airline tail and engine colours. Production flight line (‘flight testing’ side) at A é roconstellation, stand A12.
0099 380-861 F-WWAF Standard (green) primer with Air France tail and engine colours. LAGARDERE FAL, Poste 30B.

Additional frames which could not be read off:
0079 380-841 (F-WWST) Standard (green) primer with full Singapore Airlines tail and engine colours. Re-work hangar.

Components:
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A400M
0001 F-WWMT Airbus Military. Airbus Development flight line. Test flying.
[0002 EC-402 Airbus Military. Not seen.]
[0003 F-WWMS Airbus Military. Not seen.]
[0004 EC-404 Airbus Military. Not seen.]

Note: Two additional airframes were noted from the tour bus in big hangar at the centre of the main Airbus site but these could not be identified.

ATR Plant
098 72-600 F-WWEY Full house scheme. La Raquette (ATR DC), terminal-side.
811 42-600 F-WWLY Full house scheme. La Raquette (ATR DC), terminal-side.

849 42-500 (MSN on sheet of paper taped below cockpit). Registration, if applied, could not be seen. Structurally complete, green primer with white-tail, plus props. Open ATR hall.
967 72-600 (MSN on sheet of paper taped below cockpit). Registration, if applied, could not be seen. Structurally complete, green primer with white-tail, plus props. Open ATR hall.
968 72-600 (MSN on sheet of paper taped below cockpit). Registration, if applied, could not be seen. Structurally complete, green primer with white-tail, plus props. Open ATR hall.

..at least 5 more white-tails were seen behind these identified aircraft.

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

St. Martin du Touch, ATR flight line:
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Rear of St. Martin du Touch, close to hangars :
Two (green) primer, white-tailed aircraft were noted on landing at 09:05:
1. An ATR 72 – appeared to be -600 MSN 940 F-WWLN. Structurally complete, green primer with white-tail, and props. Had been hangared by 14:30.
2. An ATR 42 – structurally complete, with props installed, but minus tail-cone. Had been hangared by 14:30.

‘La Raquette’ (ATR DC) – plant-side :
964 72-212A PK-WFU Wings Abadi Air, full colours.

ATR hangar (old A300 hall):
Left to right as seen from the terminal:
1. 72-212A Firefly, full colours. Assumed to be either MSN 947 or 948.

Latecoere Aeroservices
542 42-500 F-GPYL Airlinair. Noted, at 17:10, performing engine run-ups on rear storage ramp.

27125/2415 737-3H6(SF) F-GIXR Europe Air Post, all-white colours. Outside main hangar.
28898/2906 737-39M(QC) F-GIXT Europe Air Post, full colours. In main hangar.

Additional frames which could not read-off/tied-up:
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Air France Industries
0115 320-211 F-GHQE Air France (old colours). Parked outside main hangar, minus right-hand engine (although nacelle still attached).

Paint Hangar :
Closed.

Aero Technique Espace (ATE) paint shop
320 bay
Closed

ATR bay
Closed

Selected visitors
EC-JXJ 319 VLG
EC-LAC 733 SWT
EI-DSG 320 AZA
F-GIXB 733 FPO
F-GRPK AT7 CCM
F-HBXG E70 RAE
F-OREU 77W REU
G-CELV 733 EXS
G-EZAC 319 EZY
G-EZAD 319 EZY
G-EZDP 319 EZY
G-EZFL 319 EZY
G-EZTL 320 EZY
G-MAJY J41 EZE
OO-TAS 146 TAY
OY-SRG 762 SRR
TC-JRL 321 THY
TS-IEB 73W TAR TU0282 TUN-TLS