Hi all,
Last aviation trip of the year was a quick two day trip to Toulous & Tarbes/Lourdes with the plan to catch a bumper haul as Airbus looked to get somewhere near their year end delivery total target. We weren’t to be disappointed.
First up was to meet the crew at Heathrow for a nice and civilised morning departure from T5
D-ABGH, Airbus A319 112, Eurowings (3245)
D-AIZV, Airbus A320 214SL, Eurowings (5658)
G-EUUG, Airbus A320 232, British Airways (1829)
G-FLBA, Bombardier DHC-8 402, Flybe (4253)
G-NEOY, Airbus A321 251NXSL, British Airways (9209)
G-STBO, Boeing 777 300ER, British Airways (66584)
G-VIIB, Boeing 777 236ER, British Airways (27484)
G-VIIL, Boeing 777 236ER, British Airways (27493)
G-XWBB, Airbus A350 1041, British Airways (340)
G-XWBJ, Airbus A350 1041, British Airways (490)
G-XWBM, Airbus A350 1041, British Airways (563)
G-YMMG, Boeing 777 236ER, British Airways (30308)
G-ZBJE, Boeing 787 8, British Airways (38612)
G-ZBKO, Boeing 787 9, British Airways (38631)
HB-JCF, Bombardier C Series 300, Swiss International Air Lines (55015)
N4064J, Airbus A321 271NXSL(LR), JetBlue Airways (10861)
TC-LTE, Airbus A321 271NXSL, Turkish Airlines (10259)
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Toulouse/Blagnac
After landing, it was time to get the wheels and pop up to the top of the car parks by the terminal. The circuit around the perimeter was productive and uneventful as usual. No need to worry about being jossled around here. We got really lucky with the ATR hangar which was wide open later that evening when we returned to try our luck – good call! The Thai Air Force ATR-72 being the star of the whole trip, which was closley followed by the Saudi Air Force KIng Air which departed just a few days later.
My photographs can be seen here;
https://www.flickr.com/photos/62861611@N08/albums/72177720305072866
Around the Airbus and ATR plants:
F-GSTB/2, Airbus A300 B4-608ST, Airbus Transport International (751)
F-GUGI, Airbus A318 111, Air France (2350)
F-GRXM, Airbus A319 111, Air France (2961)
F-GRXL, Airbus A319 112, Air France (2938)
D-AVWA, Airbus A319 151NSL, Airbus Industries (6464)
F-WNEO, Airbus A320 271NSL, Airbus Industries (6101)
VP-BJU, Airbus A320 251NSL, Avianca (11106)
HZ-FBA, Airbus A320 251NSL, Flyadeal (11116)
F-WWBG, Airbus A320 251NSL, Eurowings (11125)
F-WWTO, Airbus A320 251NSL, Azul Linhas Aereas Brasileiras (11133)
F-WWIF, Airbus A320 251NSL, Tunisair (11137)
F-WWIX, Airbus A320 251NSL, Avianca (11140)
HZ-NS55, Airbus A320 251NSL, Flynas (11145)
F-WWIA, Airbus A320 251NSL, IndiGo (11146)
F-WWDH, Airbus A320 251NSL, Lufthansa (11150)
F-WWBH, Airbus A320 251NSL, IndiGo (11159)
F-WWII, Airbus A320 251NSL, Scandinavian Airlines Connect (11168)
9K-AKS, Airbus A320 251NSL, Kuwait Airways (11187)
F-WWTQ, Airbus A320 251NSL, IndiGo (11197)
F-WWDS, Airbus A320 251NSL, Air Cairo (11205)
F-WWBT, Airbus A320 251NSL, Scandinavian Airlines Connect (11206)
F-WWTM, Airbus A320 251NSL, Avianca Costa Rica (11213)
F-WWBK, Airbus A320 251NSL, IndiGo (11216)
F-WWDK, Airbus A320 251NSL, Viva Air Colombia (11230)
(F-WWBF), Airbus A320 251NSL, easyJet Europe Airline (11234)
F-WWBY, Airbus A320 251NSL, Azul Linhas Aereas Brasileiras (11235)
F-WWBE, Airbus A320 251NSL, Lufthansa (11238)
F-WWDM, Airbus A320 251NSL, easyJet Europe Airline (11244)
F-WWIS, Airbus A320 251NSL, Air Cairo (11254)
F-WWDV, Airbus A320 251NSL, Azul Linhas Aereas Brasileiras (11263)
F-WWIN, Airbus A320 251NSL, Avianca (11283)
F-WWTL, Airbus A320 251NSL, Tianjin Airlines (11327)
F-WWTK, Airbus A320 271NSL, Sichuan Airlines (10188)
F-WWDE, Airbus A320 271NSL, China Express Airlines (10637)
B-329G, Airbus A320 271NSL, China Express Airlines (10644)
F-WWDI, Airbus A320 271NSL, China Express Airlines (10655)
F-WWDZ, Airbus A320 271NSL, Sichuan Airlines (10714)
F-WWDU, Airbus A320 271NSL, China Eastern Airlines (10780)
N965NK, Airbus A320 271NSL, Spirit Airlines (11124)
VT-WDC, Airbus A320 271NSL, Go First (11130)
XA-VSV, Airbus A320 271NSL, Volaris (11169)
F-WWTY, Airbus A320 271NSL, Spirit Airlines (11188)
EI-KBS, Airbus A320 271NSL, FlyArystan (11199)
F-WWBD, Airbus A320 271NSL, all white (Jet Airways) (11201)
F-WWDL, Airbus A320 271NSL, primer (Spirit Airlines) (11222)
F-WWTV, Airbus A320 271NSL, LATAM Brasil (11228)
F-WWIR, Airbus A320 271NSL, JetSMART (11252)
F-WWBV, Airbus A320 271NSL, Vistara (11315)
F-WWTN, Airbus A320 272NSL, primer (Italia Trasporto Aereo) (11313)
D-AVXB, Airbus A321 251NSL, Airbus Industries (6839)
D-AVZO, Airbus A321 251NXSL, Airbus Industries (7877)
F-WXLR, Airbus A321 271NYSL, Airbus (11000)
F-WWBZ, Airbus A321 271NYSL, Airbus Industries (11058)
F-WWYM, Airbus A330 243, all white (780)
F-WWCH, Airbus A330 243MRTT, primer (United Arab Emirates Air Force) (2023)
F-GXLH/XL2, Airbus A330 743L, Airbus Transport International (1853)
F-GXLJ/XL4, Airbus A330 743L, Airbus Transport International (1985)
F-WTTO, Airbus A330 841N, Airbus Industries (1888)
F-WWCR, Airbus A330 841N, Air Greenland (2020)
F-WTTN, Airbus A330 941N, Airbus Industries (1795)
F-WWCD, Airbus A330 941N, Garuda Indonesia (1959)
F-WWCX, Airbus A330 941N, Condor Flugdienst (1966)
F-WWCM, Airbus A330 941N, all white (Cebu Pacific Air) (1973)
F-WWYJ, Airbus A330 941N, Thai AirAsia X (1976)
F-WWYB, Airbus A330 941N, Delta Air Lines (2021)
F-WWCQ, Airbus A330 941N, Condor Flugdienst (2024)
F-WWCT, Airbus A330 941N, Virgin Atlantic Airways (2025)
F-WMIL, Airbus A350 1041, Airbus Industries (59)
F-WZND, Airbus A350 1041, Qatar Airways (409)
F-WZHI, Airbus A350 1041, French Bee (560)
F-WZFF, Airbus A350 1041, primer (Air Caraibes) (600)
no marks, Airbus A350 900XWB, (Airbus Industries) (5000)
F-WXWB, Airbus A350 941, Airbus Industries (1)
F-WWCF, Airbus A350 941, Airbus Industries (2)
F-WZNA, Airbus A350 941, Sichuan Airlines (550)
F-WZFZ, Airbus A350 941, primer (Airbus Industries) (554)
F-WZFG, Airbus A350 941, Iberia (556)
F-WZNI, Airbus A350 941, Starlux Airlines (557)
F-WZFN, Airbus A350 941, Aeroflot Russian Airlines (558)
F-WZFC, Airbus A350 941, Air China (570)
F-WZNS, Airbus A350 941, Sichuan Airlines (571)
F-WZGX, Airbus A350 941, Air China (572)
F-WZHG, Airbus A350 941, Air China (574)
F-HTYT, Airbus A350 941, Air France (578)
EC-NXE, Airbus A350 941, Iberia (579)
F-WZHK, Airbus A350 941, China Southern Airlines (583)
F-WZGT, Airbus A350 941, primer (Airbus Industries) (585)
F-WZFI, Airbus A350 941, Air China (587)
F-WZFK, Airbus A350 941, Delta Air Lines (588)
F-WZNY, Airbus A350 941, primer (Airbus Industries) (589)
F-WZFQ, Airbus A350 941, Lufthansa (590)
F-WZHH, Airbus A350 941, primer (Airbus Industries) (592)
F-WWBW, Airbus A350 941, China Southern Airlines (598)
F-WWLU, Avions de Transport Regional ATR 42 600, all white (Avions de Transport Regional) (1601)
F-WWLH, Avions de Transport Regional ATR 42 600, Oriental Air Bridge (1612)
F-WWEL, Avions de Transport Regional ATR 72 600, Toki Air (1620)
F-WWEW, Avions de Transport Regional ATR 72 600, Tarom (1629)
F-WWEY, Avions de Transport Regional ATR 72 600, IndiGo (1631)
F-WWEQ, Avions de Transport Regional ATR 72 600, IndiGo (1647)
F-WWER, Avions de Transport Regional ATR 72 600, Air Corsica (1648)
F-WWES, Avions de Transport Regional ATR 72 600, US-Bangla Airlines (1649)
(F-WWET), Avions de Transport Regional ATR 72 600, primer (Avions de Transport Regional) (1650)
(F-WWEY), Avions de Transport Regional ATR 72 600, Maldivian (1654)
F-WWEZ, Avions de Transport Regional ATR 72 600, Maldivian (1655)
(F-WWED), Avions de Transport Regional ATR 72 600, primer (Avions de Transport Regional) (1658)
(F-WWEH), Avions de Transport Regional ATR 72 600, primer (Indigo) (1662)
F-WWEI, Avions de Transport Regional ATR 72 600, primer (Avions de Transport Regional) (1663)
(F-WWEL), Avions de Transport Regional ATR 72 600, primer (Avions de Transport Regional) (1666)
(F-WWEQ), Avions de Transport Regional ATR 72 600, FedEx Feeder (1739)
(F-WWEY), Avions de Transport Regional ATR 72 600, primer (Avions de Transport Regional) (1746)
F-WWEG/60301, Avions de Transport Regional ATR 72 600F, Royal Thai Air Force (1730)
F-WWEL, Avions de Transport Regional ATR 72 600F, primer (Avions de Transport Regional) (1735)
Elsewhere around the airfield:
(4108), Textron Aviation King Air B350, Royal Saudi Air Force (FL-1213)
16+02, Airbus A340 313X, FBS BMVg, German Air Force (355)
7T-VKL, Boeing 737NG 8D6/W, Air Algerie (60748)
9H-QAH, Boeing 737NG 800/W, Malta Air/Ryanair (44816)
9H-QAN, Boeing 737NG 800/W, Malta Air/Ryanair (44795)
CN-NMR, Airbus A320 214SL, Air Arabia Maroc (6176)
CS-TPZ, Embraer EMB-190 AR, TAP Express (19000295)
D-ALES, Boeing 757 2Q8PCF, EAT Leipzig/DHL Air (29442)
EC-NDH, Airbus A319 111, Volotea (3403)
EC-NML, Boeing 737 436SF, Swiftair/West Atlantic (25859)
F-GPYN, Avions de Transport Regional ATR 42 500, Chalair Aviation SAS (539)
F-GTVC, Beech 1900 D, Twin Jet (UE-349)
F-GZTX, Boeing 737 4Y0SF, ASL Airlines France (25180)
F-HAIB, Avions de Transport Regional ATR 42 500, Air Corsica (637)
F-HFGP, Hawker Beechcraft Corp King Air B350 (FL-702)
F-HLCF, Airbus Helicopters EC135 T3 (1198)
OE-IZN, Airbus A320 214SL, easyJet Europe Airline (6966)
OE-LKC, Airbus A319 111, easyJet Europe Airline (4056)
OE-LQD, Airbus A319 111, easyJet Europe Airline (3763)
OO-SSN, Airbus A319 112, Brussels Airlines (1963)
OY-SRW, Boeing 767 346F/W, Maersk Air Cargo (35818)
TC-LCI, Boeing 737MAX 8, Turkish Airlines (60042)
TR-AEM, Raytheon Aircraft Company King Air B350 (FL-486)
TS-IMY, Airbus A320 251NSL, Tunisair (10631)
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A couple of extra bits (to me anyway) noted outside at the two museums…….
On display outside at Aeroscopia:
R212/64-GL, Trans Alliance C-160R, Aeroscopia, French (215)
On display outside at Aeroscopia:
E5, Dassault-Breguet/Dornier Alpha Jet E, Ailes Anciennes Toulouse, French (E5)
105/4, Aerospatiale TB-30 Epsilon, Ailes Anciennes Toulouse, F-SEXV, French (105)
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Air-Formation
My photograph can be seen here;
https://www.flickr.com/photos/62861611@N08/52615200723/
(5R-MHK), Aerospatiale SN.601 Corvette, Air-Formation (34)
(ZS-SLF), Airbus A340-211 (forward fuselage), Air-Formation (6)
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Lycée Saint-Exupéry
At this facility nearby. VP-BLD was being scrapped outside and we saw a metal recycling lorry going to collect some of the remains. The other Jetstar was inside the building but can be seen through the windows.
My photograph can be seen here;
https://www.flickr.com/photos/62861611@N08/52615200573/
EC-JCD, Avions de Transport Regional ATR 72 202, Lycée Saint-Exupéry, Islas (452)
F-WEGB, Avions de Transport Regional ATR 42 200, Lycée Saint-Exupéry (002)
(HZ-MA1), Lockheed Jetstar 8, Lycée Saint-Exupéry (5105)
(VP-BLD), Lockheed Jetstar 731, being scrapped, Lycée Saint-Exupéry (5117)
(F-WNUJ), Avions de Transport Regional ATR 42 500, Lycée Saint-Exupéry, Aeromar (471)
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A liitle drive North out of Toulouse and you get to Saint-Jory. This was on display outisde within a business area that seem to sell artistic metal scultures amongst other things.
My photographs can be seen here;
https://www.flickr.com/photos/62861611@N08/52614204387/
https://www.flickr.com/photos/62861611@N08/52615144725/
F-GFJH, Avions de Transport Regional ATR 42 300 (049)
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Toulouse/Balma
My photographs can be seen here;
https://www.flickr.com/photos/62861611@N08/52615206328/
https://www.flickr.com/photos/62861611@N08/52615147870/
(01), Dassault Mirage III-F2, DGA Techniques Aéronautiques, French (01)
01, Dassault Super Etendard, DGA Techniques Aéronautiques, French (01)
208/340-HB, Nord N.2501F Noratlas, DGA Techniques Aéronautiques, French (208)
(F50), Trans Alliance C-160F (fuselage), DGA Techniques Aéronautiques, French (47)
(55-0018), Lockheed C-130A Hercules (fuselage), DGA Techniques Aéronautiques, United States (3045)
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Toulouse/Rangueil
02, Dassault Mirage IIIA, Institut Supérieur de l’Aéronautique et de l’Espace-Supaero, French (02)
10, Dassault Mirage IIIA, Institut Supérieur de l’Aéronautique et de l’Espace-Supaero, French (010)
3814, Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-15bis Fagot, Institut Supérieur de l’Aéronautique et de l’Espace-Supaero, Czechoslovak (623814)
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Toulouse/Francazal
Scrape city here but always worth a visit. Made both of the Pacific Airlines Airbus and there always seems to be one or two brand new ATRs, that you would expect to be at Blagnac.
My photographs can be seen here;
https://www.flickr.com/photos/62861611@N08/albums/72177720305072760
R204/64-GD, Trans Alliance C-160R, Stored, French Air Force (204)
R226/64-GZ, Trans Alliance C-160R, Stored, French Air Force (229)
115/63-VA, Nord N.2501F Noratlas, On Display, French Air Force (115)
2-ACIA, Avions de Transport Regional ATR 72 500, all white (719)
2-FBXA, Avions de Transport Regional ATR 72 600, Liza Aviation (1260)
2-FBXB, Avions de Transport Regional ATR 72 600, Liza Aviation (1277)
2-MKJK, Airbus A319 133, all white (4259)
D-AABE, Airbus A321 231, all white (5767)
D-AABF, Airbus A321 231, all white (5774)
EI-GTN, Boeing 737NG 86J/W, Sriwijaya Air (30568)
EI-GUC, Airbus A320 214, all white (1920)
EI-HHF, Airbus A320 214, all white (4335)
F-GRPZ, Avions de Transport Regional ATR 72 500, Air Corsica (745)
F-WHUL, Airbus A320 214SL, Chengdu Airlines (9185)
F-WKVB, Avions de Transport Regional ATR 72 500F, all white (752)
F-WKVD, Avions de Transport Regional ATR 72 500F, all white (716)
F-WKVH, Avions de Transport Regional ATR 72 500, all white (753)
F-WTBO, Airbus A321 231, Qatar Airways (4406)
F-WWIC, Airbus A320 271NSL, all white (11181)
F-WWIM, Airbus A320 271NSL, S7 Airlines (10806)
F-WWLX, Avions de Transport Regional ATR 42 600, all white (Avions de Transport Regional) (1604)
I-SKYB, Embraer EMB-120 EU, Skybridge Airops (120087)
LZ-DCF, Avions de Transport Regional ATR 72 600, Air Astra (1311)
M-ABMD, Avions de Transport Regional ATR 72 500, Jet Airways (793)
M-ABPP, Boeing 737NG 846/W, all white (35353)
OE-IBQ, Airbus A320 271NSL, Jet Airways (10546)
OE-IGD, Airbus A320 214, Air France (5084)
OE-ITU, Boeing 737MAX 8, all white (43921)
OE-IWQ, Boeing 737MAX 8, SpiceJet (43926)
OE-LFG, Boeing 737MAX 8, SpiceJet (43927)
OE-LVB, Boeing 737NG 883/W, Blue Air (28323)
OY-JZG, Avions de Transport Regional ATR 72 600, Far Eastern Air Transport (1171)
OY-YEO, Avions de Transport Regional ATR 72 600, Air KBZ (1534)
PR-PDZ, Avions de Transport Regional ATR 72 600, all white (1091)
SX-ONE, Avions de Transport Regional ATR 72 500, Sky Express Greece (553)
SX-THR, Avions de Transport Regional ATR 72 500, Sky Express Greece (563)
TF-GOJ, Airbus A320 271NSL, all white (6819)
TJ-ZES, Embraer ERJ-145 MP, Fly ZeJet (145668)
VN-A560, Airbus A320 232, Pacific Airlines (3621)
VP-CQB, Airbus A320 232, Pacific Airlines (4533)
So quite a day around the city of Toulouse and after our evening bash of the ATR hangar, we retired to the hotel where a big screen was up in the bar/restaurant area and we waited patiently for England to score against the USA. It wasn’t to happen but it was a nice touch by the hotel to cater for the football.
Best regards,
Grant Robinson
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