Toulouse Francazal & Tarbes / Lourdes - 2nd December

[graham]

On what seems to be a very popular airport at the moment with the number of reports I've seen, Tony.Delliston decided to make the most of some very cheap Easyjet seats to do a day trip ourselves yesterday, where the following were noted


A6-RRA ERJ-145MP 145398 Rotana Jet Aviation
F-WWEN ATR 72 600  1377 Bangkok Airways (will become HS-PZH)
F-WWLY ATR 42 600   811 Avions de Transport Regional
F-WNUB ATR 72 600  1057 Azul Linhas Aereas Brasileiras
F-WNUC ATR 72 600  1060 Azul Linhas Aereas Brasileiras
F-WNUD ATR 72 600  1072 Azul Linhas Aereas Brasileiras
F-WNUE ATR 72 600 1076 Azul Linhas Aereas Brasileiras
F-WNUF ATR 72 600  1352 Nesma Airlines (will become HZ-ABS)
F-OIPI ATR 42 500   647 Air Caledonie
M-ABKL ATR 72 600  1028 Passaredo Linhas Aereas
M-LDME ATR 72 500   558 TACV Cabo Verde Airlines
N307RT ATR 72 202   307 Danube Wings (still marked as OM-VRC)
PR-PDE ATR 72 500   565 Passaredo Linhas Aereas
TT-ABE ATR 42 300   230 Government of Chad
ZS-XZA ATR 72 500   719 Solenta Aviation
ZS-XZB ATR 72 500   731 Solenta Aviation

Plus the following where were all nose onto the Control Tower beyond the hangars and defied identification.
9H-AGH ATR 72 500   770 Islas Airways - assumed not read off
I-SKYB EMB-120EU 120087 Skybridge Airops - assumed not read off
VQ-BCL EMB-120ER 120304 RusLine - assumed not read off
------ ATR 42/72 All white

Whilst over at the French Army Barracks
115 Noratlas 2501F 115 French Air Force

Report for Tarbes to follow once I've sorted out my notes.

Graham

[graham]

After a 2 hour drive along the A64, we arrived at Tarbes / Lourdes with just enough daylight to log everything required.

Scrapping area (Southern end of airfield)
N635GT 767 37DER 26328 Nordwind Airlines - no external registration carried - msn & US registration on a card near nose wheel door
N637GT 767 306ER 27957 Nordwind Airlines - no external registration carried - msn & US registration on a card near nose wheel door
N638GT 767 306ER 28098 Nordwind Airlines - no external registration carried - msn & US registration on a card near nose wheel door
N100CL A300 B4-622RF 529 Air Atlanta Icelandic - in the process of being broken up.
LZ-PMZ A321 231 1060 Air VIA Bulgarian Airways
XA-VOF A319 133 3077 Volaris
VQ-BRM A321 231 1276 Nordwind Airlines

Line just to the north of the scrapping area
F-WXAF A340 313X 264 Air China
2-HJMO A340 313X 179 Swiss International Air Lines
V5-NMF A340 312 47 Air Namibia
F-WTDI A340 313X 201 Air China
F-WJKO A340 313X 243 Air China
2-HJMN A340 313X 175 Swiss International Air Lines
F-WHUH A340 541 485 Emirates Airline
F-WHUJ A340 541 520 Emirates Airline
F-WJKL A340 541 499 Singapore Airlines
F-WJKK A340 541 492 Singapore Airlines
F-WJKJ A340 541 478 Singapore Airlines
F-WJKI A340 541 608 Emirates Airline
F-WHUK A340 541 685 Emirates Airline
F-WHUF A340 541 611 Emirates Airline
F-WHUG A340 541 457 Emirates Airline

Hangar complex close to the terminal
F-WXAA A340 541 694 Emirates Airline
F-WXAE A340 541 471 Emirates Airline
F-HCOA 737 5L9 28084 Air Mediterranee
G-VYOU A340 642 765 Virgin Atlantic Airways
B-HXE A340 313X 157 Cathay Pacific Airways (no registration carried, XE on nose wheel door)
+ one other all white A340, looked freshly painted (ex Cathay?)

Tarmac Aerosave area
G-VNAP A340 642 622 Virgin Atlantic Airways
F-WJKM A330 243 314 Emirates Airline
N835JM A300 B4-203F 259 DHL Air
F-WJKH A340 313X 192 Air China
EC-MKT A330 223 802 Orbest
F-GLZM A340 313X 237 Air France
TF-EAA A330 223 343 Saudi Arabian Airlines
F-WZNW A350 941 4 Airbus Industries
EI-FSS 777 2Q8ER 32701 Vietnam Airlines
YL-LCD A320 211 359 SmartLynx Airlines
YL-LCM A320 211 244 SmartLynx Airlines
V5-NME A340 312 51 Air Namibia
PT-MVC A330 223 247 TAM
F-GLZC A340 311 29 Air France
PT-MVB A330 223 238 TAM
HZ-AIW 747 468 28340 Saudi Arabian Airlines
F-GITD 747 428 25600 Air France
G-VHOT 747 4Q8 263426 Virgin Atlantic Airways (forward fuselage only)
+ one other Cathay Pacific A340, either B-HXA, B-HXB or B-HXC)

None of the recently arrived Emirates A330s (A6-EAQ / A6-EAR / A6-EAS ) were seen nor was the Orbest A330 CS-TRH which also recently arrived, so assumed hangared.

Still guarding the car park at Daher was Ms.760 Paris F-MSAD.

In addition the following GA were logged
F-BSMC  Ms. 893A
G-GKQR  Dr 400/120

Graham and Tony D

[graham]

Three additions to Tarbes thanks to Tony who was jumping in and out of the car as we drove around the perimeter at Tarbes.

CS-TQV A310 White
T7-MAN A340 Iberia
PTMVD A330 TAM

Graham