Wednesday 09/11/2011 (10:25-21:55L)

Photos at: http://www.flickr.com/photos/a380spotter/sets/72157627969615036/

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 09 /11/2011 (10:25-21:55L)

AIRBUS PLANT

A320 family
0001 320-200 F-WWBA Airbus S.A.S. Noted at the rear of the hangar next to the A320 FAL.
4639 320-214 F-WWBN Afriqiyah Airlines, full colours. ZIEGLER DC, rear.
4833 320-214 B-6768 Juneyao Airlines, full colours. Main apron, St. Martin du Touch.
4884 320-232 ZK-OJR Air New Zealand. ‘Crazy About Rugby’/All Blacks colours. ZIEGLER DC, rear.
4891 320-214 F-WWIS Avianca Brasil, full colours. ZIEGLER DC, rear. Departed on test flight at 10:27, landing back at 11:46. Wearing PR-AVP under wing.
4894 320-214 N846VA Virgin America, full colours. ZIEGLER DC, rear.
4899 320-232 F-WWBS Jetstar Airways, full colours. St. Martin flight line.
4902 320-232 F-WWBT Spirit Airlines, full colours. Big hangar, St. Martin du Touch.
4904 320-232 F-WWBX jetBlue Airlines, full colours. St. Martin flight line.
4912 320-232 F-WWBQ China Southern Airlines, full colours. Departed at 11:42 as ‘AIB01BQ’ on ferry flight TLS-XFW.
4913 320-214 F-WWDA Avianca Brasil, full colours. St. Martin flight line. Performed RTO, on 14R, at 11:40.
4915 320-214 F-WWDC SriLankan Airlines, full colours. St. Martin flight line.
4918 320-232 F-WWDN Tiger Airways, full colours. Station Carburant.
4920 320-232 F-WWIB Shenzhen Airlines, full colours. St. Martin flight line.
4922 320-232 F-WWIK Jetstar Asia, full colours. A320 General Finishing.
4926 320-232 (F-WWIT) Air New Zealand, full colours. Big hangar, St. Martin du Touch.
4927 320-214 (F-WWBH) Full Cebu Pacific tail colours (fuselage colours could not be discerned). A320 General Finishing.
4939 320-214 (unmarked) Standard (green) primer with full Avianca tail colours. A320 FAL.
4942 320-214 (unmarked) Standard (green) primer with full Avianca (Brasil) tail colours. A320 FAL.

Additional frames which could not be read off:
1. Tail-less A320 at end of 320 FAL. Assumed to be MSN 4944, a –233 destined for TACA International.

Components:
4968 320-232 Un-mated forward and rear fuselage sections plus wing set, on transportation jigs outside Beluga unpack area. Believed to be a –232 destined for Qatar Airways.

Airbus Corporate Jet Centre
4768 ACJ319-115(X) VP-CMJ (All-white colours). Parked outside the main Airbus Corporate Jet hangar.

1240 ACJ330-243 ‘Prestige’ TC-TUR. All off-white colours, incl. engines. Government of Turkey.

A330/340 family
[0001 340-311 F-WWAI Airbus S.A.S. Not seen.]
0360 340-642 F-WWCA Airbus S.A.S. Vendee ramp. Departed at 11:20, landing back at 11:48. Departed again at 11:59, performing a touch & go on 14R at 12:45, landing back at 12:50.

[0886 340-542 F-WWTG Full Kingfisher Airlines colours. Not seen.]
0894 340-542 F-WWTH All white colours with red engines. l’Abreuvoir terminal-side.
0925 330-200 F-WWKB Low visibility (grey) scheme. Seen, engineless, in big re-work hangar (C63) on ADER site.
1148 330-224F F-WWYL MASkargo, full colours. ZIEGLER DC, rear. Departed on a test flight at 15:52.
1230 330-343E SU-GDT EgyptAir, full colours. ZIEGLER DC, terminal-side.
1238 330-343E F-WWKI EgyptAir, full colours. ZIEGLER DC, terminal-side.
1246 330-343E F-WWKY EgyptAir, full colours. Vendee ramp. Engine covers on. Temporary storage?
1255 330-343E B-6539 Hainan Airlines, full colours. ZIEGLER DC, rear.
1258 330-202 VH-EBS Jetstar Airways, full colours. ZIEGLER DC, terminal-side. Towed into DC hangar at 17:15.
1261 330-243 PK-GPN Garuda, full colours. ZIEGLER DC, terminal-side.
1262 330-243 F-WWKT China Eastern Airlines, full colours. ZIEGLER DC, terminal-side.
1263 330-343E F-WWYC Thai Airways International, full colours. Named ‘AMNAT CHAROEN’. ZIEGLER DC, rear.
1264 330-343E F-WWYT Aeroflot Russian Airlines, full colours. ZIEGLER DC, terminal-side.
1265 330-323E F-WWKZ AIR CARAÏBES Atlantique, full colours. ZIEGLER DC, terminal-side.
1266 330-223 F-WWKR Vietnam Airlines, full fuselage colours with unpainted tail. l’Abreuvoir plant-side.
1267 330-243 F-WWKH China Eastern Airlines, full ‘SkyTeam’ colours. l’Abreuvoir, terminal-side.
1268 330-302 F-WWKN EVA Air, basic colours. l’Abreuvoir, terminal-side.
1269 330-343E F-WWKV Thai Airways International, full colours. l’Abreuvoir, terminal-side.
1270 330-343E F-WWYG Aeroflot Russian Airlines, full colours. l’Abreuvoir plant-side.
1271 330-243 F-WWYX South African Airways, full colours. l’Abreuvoir plant-side.
1275 330-243MRTT F-WWKJ Yellow (storage) primer. l’Abreuvoir plant-side.
1280 330-243 F-WWKM Standard (green) primer with China Eastern Airlines tail colours, engineless. ‘Stations 18’.
1282 330-243 (F-WWKS) Standard (green) primer with Air China tail colours, engineless. C. ADER FAL, Poste 30A.
1284 330-343E (F-WWYA) Standard (green) primer with Aeroflot Russian Airlines tail colours, engineless. C. ADER FAL, Poste 30B.
1285 330-343E (F-WWYE) Standard (green) primer with unpainted tail Believed destined for Cathay Pacific. C. ADER FAL, Poste 30C.

Additional frames which could not be read off:
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Components:
1287 330-302E (F-WWYP) Tail (on transportation jig) in full KLM colours noted in open storage shed near to Beluga unpack. First A330-300 destined for KLM Royal Dutch Airlines.
1290 330-343E (F-WWKU) Unmated rear fuselage section on transportation jig outside the ADER FAL, body-join Poste 35B. Believed to be destined for Swiss International Air Lines.

A380
0001 380-841 F-WWOW Airbus S.A.S. Noted in part-open re-work hangar at A é roconstellation.
[0002 380-841 F-WXXL Airbus S.A.S. Not seen, believed to still be on the FAL].
0004 380-861 F-WWDD Airbus S.A.S. Production flight line (‘general testing’ side) at A é roconstellation, stand A17.

0063 380-842 F-WWSK QANTAS Airways, full colours. Production flight line (‘flight testing’ side) at A é roconstellation, stand A12. Taxiied out at 12:45, stopping at the holding-point for 14R at 12:53. Noted back on flight line at 13:25.
0072 380-841 F-WWSR Standard (green) primer with Lufthansa tail colours. ‘MI’ fin id = D-AIMI. Production flight line (‘flight testing’ side) at A é roconstellation, stand A18. Towed out to BIKINI engine test cell at 10:50. No. 2 engine first start at 10:58. No. 4 engine first start at 11:01, then performed engine run-ups. Noted back at flight line by 13:25.
0073 380-841 F-WWSP Standard (green) primer with Lufthansa tail colours. ‘MJ’ fin id = D-AIMJ. Production flight line (‘general testing’ side) at A é roconstellation, stand A19.

Additional frames which could not be read off:
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Components:
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A400M
0001 F-WWMT Airbus Military. Airbus Development flight line.
[0002 EC-402 Airbus Military. Not seen.]
[0003 F-WWMS Airbus Military. Not seen.]
[0004 EC-404 Airbus Military. Not seen.]

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 HC-CMB TAME Ecuador, full colours. La Raquette (terminal-side). Departed at 12:47 on first leg of delivery flight, TLS-ACE.
968 72-600 9Y-TTA Caribbean Airlines, full colours. La Raquette (terminal-side).
979 72-212A F-WWEX Skywest Airlines, full Virgin Australia colours. Parked St. Martin du Touch nearby ATR flight line.

St. Martin du Touch, ATR flight line:
976 72-212A VQ-BLL UTair Aviation, full colours.

Rear of St. Martin du Touch, close to hangars :
969 72-600 (F-WWLT) Azul Linhas Aéreas Brasileiras, full pink colours.

‘La Raquette’ (ATR DC) – plant-side :
971 72-212A F-WWLV TRIP Linhas Aéreas , full colours.
977 72-212A F-WWEV All-white colours. Performed missed approach on 14R at 11:43, touch and go at 11:50, landing back at 11:57. Destined for flyBe Nordic.
980 72-212A F-WWEZ UTair Aviation, full colours.

ATR hangar (old A300 hall):
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Latecoere Aeroservices
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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
D-ASTY 319 GMI
D-ASTZ 319 GMI
EC-LAC 733 SWT
F-GRPJ AT7 CCM
F-GUME Be9 TJT
F-HBAL 319 AAF
F-HBLJ E90 RAE
F-HBXE E70 RAE
F-OREU 77W REU
G-EZIG 319 EZY
G-EZPG 319 EZY
OO-JAM 734 JFU
OO-TAS 146 TAY
TC-JLZ 319 THY
TS-IEB 73W TAR

CN-TAX Beech C90
F-BRPS Cessna FR.172F

D-CLLL Citation 560XL BF Goodrich

R217 Transall C.160R (Coded 64-GQ)

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