Wednesday 23/11/2011 (10:15-21:40L)


17:41 Birth of an A380: descent in progress.

Photos at: http://www.flickr.com/photos/a380spotter/sets/72157628126072231/

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 23/11/2011 (10:15-21:40L)

AIRBUS PLANT

A320 family
[0001 320-200 F-WWBA Airbus S.A.S. Not seen].

4623 320-214 F-WWBY Nouvelair Tunisie, full colours. Main apron, St.
Martin du Touch. No longer in storage configuration, i.e. tape around door
seals & cockpit removed. Both front doors open, as was the cargo hold.
Work underway inside.
4906 320-233 F-WWDE TACA International, full colours. St. Martin flight
line.
4908 320-214 F-HBNJ Air France, full colours. ZIEGLER DC, rear.
4909 320-214 B-6851 Spring Airlines, full colours. ZIEGLER DC hangar,
then to rear stand by 15:00.
4912 320-232 F-WWBQ China Southern Airlines, full colours. ZIEGLER DC,
terminal-side. Taxiied out at 10:15, departing as ‘AIB03BQ’. Landed-back
at 11:40 and to original position at the DC.
4913 320-214 F-WWDA Avianca Brasil, full colours. St. Martin flight
line.
4915 320-214 F-WWDC SriLankan Airlines, full colours. ZIEGLER DC,
terminal-side.
4918 320-232 F-WWDN Tiger Airways, full colours. St. Martin flight line.
4920 320-232 F-WWIB Shenzhen Airlines, full colours. St. Martin flight
line.
4927 320-214 F-WWBH Cebu Pacific, full colours. Main apron at St. Martin.
Departed at 13:35 as ‘AIB01BH’ on first flight and ferry to XFW.
4930 320-232 F-WWBI Qatar Airways, full colours. St. Martin flight line.
Noted in BIKINI engine test cell at 15:00 performing engine run-ups.
Taxiied out at 15:10 and back to flight line.
4934 320-232 F-WWBP Etihad Airways, full colours (but minus tail decal).
Complete, with engines installed. ‘Station Carburant’.
4936 320-214 F-WWBU Peach Air (Japan), full colours. Complete, with
engines installed. ‘Station Carburant’.
4939 320-214 F-WWBN Standard (green) primer with Avianca tail. Inside
A320 General Finishing.
4948 320-214 F-WWDH Virgin America. Inside A320 General Finishing.
4959 320-214 (unmarked) Standard (green) primer with Virgin America tail
colours. Engineless. ‘Station Carburant’.

Additional frames which could not be read off:
1. Hainan Group tail colours. Inside the A320 General Finishing hall.
Assumed to be MSN 4970, a –214 destined for Hong Kong Airlines.

Components:
4985 320-200 Un-mated forward and rear fuselage sections plus wing set, on
transportation jigs outside Beluga unpack area. Believed to be destined
for Air China.

Airbus Corporate Jet Centre
4319 ACJ319-132(X) P4-RLA System Capital Management. Parked outside the
main Airbus Corporate Jet hangar.
4470 ACJ319-115(X) 9H-ALX Comlux Malta. Parked outside the main Airbus
Corporate Jet hangar.
4768 ACJ319-115(X) VP-CMJ (All-white colours). Parked outside the main
Airbus Corporate Jet hangar.
4822 ACJ319-115(X) F-WHUL All-white colours with small Emirates Airline
decal near forward pax door. Delivery registration ‘A6-CJE’ visible under
tape. Parked outside the main Airbus Corporate Jet hangar.

1240 ACJ330-243 ‘Prestige’ TC-TUR. All off-white colours, incl. engines.
Government of Turkey. Parked outside the main Airbus Corporate Jet hangar.

A330/340 family
[0001 340-311 F-WWAI Airbus S.A.S. Not seen.]
[0360 340-642 F-WWCA Airbus S.A.S. Not seen.]

[0886 340-542 F-WWTG Full Kingfisher Airlines colours. Not seen.]
[0894 340-542 F-WWTH All white colours with red engines. Not seen.]
0902 340-542 TS-KRT Government of Tunisia. Performed a missed-approach
on 32L at 14:44, as ‘AIB25RT’. Did not land.
0925 330-200 F-WWKB Low visibility (grey) scheme. Seen, engineless, in
big re-work hangar (C63) on ADER site.
1230 330-343E SU-GDT EgyptAir, full colours. ZIEGLER DC, rear.
1238 330-343E SU-GDU EgyptAir, full colours. ZIEGLER DC, terminal-side.
1246 330-343E F-WWKY EgyptAir, full colours. ZIEGLER DC, rear.
1255 330-343E B-6539 Hainan Airlines, full colours. ‘Stations 18’.
Engines covers on. Temporary storage?
1265 330-323E F-HPTP AIR CARAÏBES Atlantique, full colours. ZIEGLER DC,
wash station/compass bay.

1266 330-223 F-WWKR Vietnam Airlines, full colours (i.e. tail now
painted). Noted in BIKINI engine test cell at 10:15 performing engine
run-ups. Left BIKINI and back to ZIEGLER DC, terminal-side at 10:35.
1267 330-243 F-WWKH China Eastern Airlines, full ‘SkyTeam’ colours.
l’Abreuvoir, plant-side.
1268 330-302 F-WWKN EVA Air, basic colours. ZIEGLER DC, 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 terminal-side. Departed at 16:03 as ‘AIB02YG’ on a test flight.
1272 330-302E F-WWKD China Airlines, full colours. l’Abreuvoir,
terminal-side.
1274 330-302E F-WWKE EVA Air, basic colours. l’Abreuvoir, terminal-side.
1275 330-243MRTT F-WWKJ Yellow (storage) primer. l’Abreuvoir, plant-side.
1276 330-343E F-WWYI Swiss International Air Lines, full colours. l’Abreuvoir,
terminal-side.
1284 330-343E F-WWYA Standard (green) primer with Aeroflot Russian
Airlines tail colours, engineless. ‘Stations 18’.

Additional frames which could not be read off:
1287 330-302E (F-WWYP) Standard (green) primer with full KLM Royal Dutch
Airlines tail colours. C. ADER FAL, Poste 30B.
1288 330-243 (F-WWKL) Standard (green) primer with full Garuda Airlines
tail colours. C. ADER FAL, Poste 30D.
1289 330-343E (F-WWKP) Standard (green) primer with tail attached.
Scheme could not be seen due to position in hangar. Believed to be for Thai
Airways International. C. ADER FAL, Poste 35A (body-join).

Components:

A380
0001 380-841 F-WWOW Airbus S.A.S. Airbus Development flight line, St.
Martin du Touch.
0002 380-841 F-WXXL Airbus S.A.S. LAGARDERE FAL, Poste 30C. Now with an
engine (No. 3 engine installed). Another engine seen on trolley alongside
the aircraft.
0004 380-861 F-WWDD Airbus S.A.S. Airbus Development flight line, St.
Martin du Touch.

0063 380-842 F-WWSK QANTAS Airways, full colours. ZIEGLER DC hangar.
Rolled out to, terminal-side, stand by 15:30. Seen departing at 19:21 as
‘AIB07SK’.
0073 380-841 F-WWSP Standard (green) primer with Lufthansa tail colours.
‘MJ’ fin id = D-AIMJ. Production flight line (‘flight testing’ side) at
Aéroconstellation, stand A16. Towed out, and entered BIKINI engine test cell
at 12:00. See again at 12:30 undergoing engine first-starts. Performed
engine run-ups until 15:15 before taxiing out to the (St. Martin) compass
bay for further engine run-ups. Finally taxiied back to original parking
position at the LAGARDERE flight line at 16:45.
0075 380-861 F-WWSS Korean Air, full colours. ZIEGLER DC hangar.
0085 380-841 F-WWAH Standard (green) primer with full Singapore Airlines
tail colours. Production flight line (‘general testing’ side) at
Aéroconstellation, stand A17.
0092 380-841 (unmarked) Standard (green) primer with full Singapore
Airlines tail colours. Final A380 for SIA. LAGARDERE FAL, Poste 30B.
0103 380-861 F-WWAL Standard (green) primer with full Emirates Airline
tail and engine colours. LAGARDERE FAL, Poste 30A. Rolled out at 18:10 and
towed to Production flight line (‘general testing’ side) at
Aéroconstellation, stand A19.

Additional frames which could not be read off:

Components:

A400M
[0001 F-WWMT Airbus Military. Not seen.]
[0002 EC-402 Airbus Military. Not seen.]
0003 F-WWMS Airbus Military. Airbus Development flight line.
[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.

979 72-212A F-WWEX Skywest Airlines, full Virgin Australia colours. La
Raquette (terminal-side). Departed on test flight at 11:25.
981 72-212A F-WWEB UTair Aviation, full colours. La Raquette
(terminal-side).

St. Martin du Touch, ATR flight line:
971 72-600 PR-TKJ TRIP Linhas Aéreas , full colours.

Rear of St. Martin du Touch, close to hangars:

‘La Raquette’ (ATR DC) – plant-side:
969 72-600 F-WWLT Azul Linhas Aéreas Brasileiras, full pink colours.
980 72-212A VQ-BLM UTair Aviation, full colours.

ATR FAL:
984 72-212A Primer with all-white tail. Believed to be destined for
UTair Aviation.
987 72-600 Primer with all-white tail. Believed to be destined for Air
Lease Corp.
989 72-600 Primer with all-white tail. Believed to be destined for
Caribbean Airlines.

??? F-WWLU Primer with all-white tail. Possibly not MSN 970 which
recently carried this registration as this airframe was unfinished and did
not have props.

ATR hangar (old A300 hall):

Latecoere Aeroservices

Additional frames which could not read-off/tied-up:

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-AEBA E95 CLH
D-AOLG 100 OLT
D-ASTY 319 GMI
D-ASTZ 319 GMI
EC-HTS EM2 SWT
F-GIXE 733 FPO
F-GIXI 733 FPO
F-GIXL 733 FPO
F-GRPK AT7 CCM
F-GVZB AT5 RLA
F-HBLA E90 RAE
F-HBXA E70 RAE
F-HBXE E70 RAE
F-OREU 77W REU

G-EZBE 319 EZY
G-EZBR 319 EZY
G-EZEP 319 EZY
G-EZTC 320 EZY
G-EZTW 320 EZY
OO-JAM 734 JFU

OY-SRP 762 SRR
PH-EZF E95 KLC

F-GCAG Robin R.1180T
F-GJFC B200
F-HDAP DA.42

F-HLJP Premier 1

R218 Transall C.160R (Coded 61-ZX)

A380spotter.

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