Toulouse ‘Airbus Trip' 26th Sep 2022

[billsamuels]

Evening Folks,

Special request from Graham for me to print a trip report/log for my last Toulouse trip to see the new Airbus's. I'll make my apologies at the outset for the way the ADU reports migrate without the aid of excel/word... So, if parts are cut off, or parts of words are missing - I'm sorry. My new laptop has very little on it, apart from ADU, but I don't have either of the forementioned programmes.... 

It was an eventful day from beginning, the alarm went off as normal at 3am, quick shower/shave and was on the road by 3.30am - meet time at STN was 05.00am. It takes me about 10 min's to get on the M3 then at that time of the morning its fingers crossed that the M3/M25/M11 are all open and trouble free... Well, I was hurtling down the M3 when all of a sudden, I realised I hadn't picked up my passport... The words that came out of my mouth would have curdled milk... I eventually got back to the house and under way again at 04.10am... I then felt as if I'd never make it but what the heck. Long story cut short, I set the cruise control up at the pointed the car... It turned out the entire drive was completed by 05.20am, which for me is an all time record.

Anyhow, Ryanair took off on-time and we arrived into TLS about 5 min's early - and just ahead of the Air Arabia's which saved us a good half an hour in the immigration queue... We then started logging quite a lot of Airbus's but for the first time in several years, not as many as normal. Our plan for the day was Toulouse, Francazal, plus we also wanted to get to Balma, Muret and Lasborde. This is how it went. Those beginning with F are frames, those with R are scrapes, those with neither and drops... 

Monday, 26 September, 2022 London Stansted



Reg/Code Type C/n Airline/Operator/Owner

F 2-SMSN Bombardier Challen5030 Air CM Global Limited

9H-MPW Boeing B.737 25417 Air Horizont

R C-FBQM Bombardier Challen5941 Image Air Charter Limited

EI-DYV Boeing B.737NG 37512 Ryanair

G-JMCK Boeing B.737 28701 West Atlantic UK

G-LUSO Pilatus PC-12 1880 Eurokey Aviation Limited

N7600G Dassault Aviation 234 SAS Institute Inc


Monday, 26 September, 2022 Toulouse



Reg/Code Type C/n Airline/Operator/Owner

F 0122 Airbus Military A4122 French Air Force

F 1226 Boeing C-17 Globem50239 United Arab Emirates Air

1404 Bombardier Global 9417 German Air Force

F 497 Boeing B.707 18480 French Air Force

R 9A-BER Airbus A319 3950 Sundair

F B-58304 Airbus A330 2017 Starlux Airlines

F C-FGFG Bombardier Challen5383 Skyservice Business Aviat

D-AHLK Boeing B.737NG 35143 TUIfly

D-CLBM Embraer Phenom 30050500173 Liebherr Aerospace Linden

F D-CPOS Textron Aviation C680-0583 IFM Traviation GmbH

EC-MVC Bombardier CRJ 10019062 Iberia Regional

EC-NCB Airbus A319 2043 Volotea

EC-NDG Airbus A319 3364 Volotea

EC-NOG Airbus A330 786 Wamos Air

F EC-NOP Airbus A320 3597 Volotea

R EC-NTU Airbus A320 5950 Volotea

F EC-NVS Airbus A320 11035 Iberia

F EC-NXV Boeing B.737NG 33799 Swiftair

EI-HGM Boeing B.737MAX 65875 Ryanair

F EI-KBP Airbus A320 11120 FlyArystan

F-GBTM Dassault Aviation 397 Institut National Des Sci

F-GLNK Beech 1900 UE-269 Twin Jet

F F-GPAA Dassault Aviation 103 Aviation Defence Service

F-GRHX Airbus A319 1524 Air France

R F-GTLS Cessna 421 421C0805 Private

F F-GUJD Eurocopter Ecureui4569 H2i

F-GXLJ Airbus A330 1985 Airbus Transport Internat

F-HFGP Hawker Beechcraft FL-702 APG Airlines

R F-HIQD Boeing B.737NG 33603 ASL Airlines France

F-HLCF Airbus Helicopters1198 SAF Helicopteres SAS

R F-HSLI Hawker Beechcraft BY-143 Altagna Financement

F F-HTYS Airbus A350 576 Air France

F F-HZUL Airbus A220 55174 Air France

F F-WWBH Airbus A320 11159 IndiGo

F F-WWBJ Airbus A320 11088 Spirit Airlines

F F-WWBN Airbus A320 11130 Go First

F F-WWBS Airbus A320 11124 Spirit Airlines

F F-WWBT Airbus A320 11206 SAS Connect

F-WWCC Airbus A330 1988 Condor Flugdienst

F F-WWCG Airbus A330 2018 Virgin Atlantic Airways

F-WWCM Airbus A330 1973 Cebu Pacific Air

F F-WWCQ Airbus A330 2024 Condor Flugdienst

F F-WWDA Airbus A320 11024 Peach Aviation

F F-WWDG Airbus A320 11055 IndiGo

F F-WWDQ Airbus A320 10701 easyJet Europe

F F-WWDU Airbus A320 10780 China Eastern Airlines

F F-WWDV Airbus A320 10885 IndiGo

F F-WWDW Airbus A350 578 Air France

F F-WWDY Airbus A320 10994 China Eastern Airlines

F F-WWED Avions de Transpor1750 Avions de Transport Regio

F F-WWEG Avions de Transpor1730 Avions de Transport Regio

F F-WWEI Avions de Transpor1663 Avions de Transport Regio

F F-WWEJ Avions de Transpor1664 Avions de Transport Regio

F-WWEL Avions de Transpor1620 Toki Air

F F-WWES Avions de Transpor1649 US-Bangla Airlines

F F-WWIA Airbus A320 11146 IndiGo

F F-WWID Airbus A320 11092 British Airways

F F-WWIE Airbus A320 11187 Kuwait Airways

F F-WWIF Airbus A320 11137 Tunisair

F F-WWIG Airbus A320 11045 IndiGo

F F-WWIJ Airbus A320 11043 SAS Connect

F F-WWIN Airbus A320 11026 British Airways

F F-WWIQ Airbus A320 11145 Flynas

F F-WWIT Airbus A320 11106 Viva Air Colombia

F F-WWIU Airbus A320 11097 Vistara

F F-WWKS Airbus A330 1997 Delta Air Lines

F F-WWKU Airbus A330 2005 Kuwait Airways

F F-WWLI Avions de Transpor1613 Avions de Transport Regio

F F-WWTK Airbus A320 10188 Sichuan Airlines

F F-WWTN Airbus A320 10992 Flynas

R F-WWTO Airbus A330 1888 Airbus

F F-WWTR Airbus A320 11099 IndiGo

F F-WWTY Airbus A320 11188 Spirit Airlines

F F-WWTZ Airbus A320 11111 Go First

F-WWYI Airbus A330 1874 Hong Kong Airlines

F-WWYJ Airbus A330 1976 Cebu Pacific Air

F-WWYP Airbus A330 1958 Condor Flugdienst

F-WWYQ Airbus A330 2016 Kuwait Airways

F F-WWYR Airbus A330 1970 Cebu Pacific Air

F F-WZDG Airbus A350 567 Iberia

R F-WZDG Airbus A350 567 Iberia

F F-WZFI Airbus A350 587 Air China

F F-WZFJ Airbus A350 444 Qatar Airways

F-WZFN Airbus A350 558 Airbus

F-WZFZ Airbus A350 554 Airbus

F F-WZGD Airbus A350 567 Iberia

F F-WZGM Airbus A350 577 China Eastern Airlines

F-WZGN Airbus A350 480 Starlux Airlines

F F-WZGO Airbus A350 509 Cathay Pacific Airways

F F-WZHD Airbus A350 580 Delta Air Lines

F F-WZHF Airbus A350 575 Air China

F F-WZHG Airbus A350 574 Air China

F-WZND Airbus A350 409 Qatar Airways

F-WZNI Airbus A350 557 Starlux Airlines

F F-WZNQ Airbus A350 561 China Eastern Airlines

F F-WZNT Airbus A350 599 Singapore Airlines

F HA-LVH Airbus A321 9164 Wizz Air

HB-JYA Airbus A320 4250 easyJet Switzerland

R M-YAVA Cessna Citation Br550-1050 Jet Rent

F N1213B Textron Aviation SFL-1213 Royal Saudi Air Force

OE-IVL Airbus A320 6188 easyJet Europe

R OE-LAC Airbus A330 1486 Altitude Aircraft Limited

OO-TCV Airbus A320 1968 Brussels Airlines

R212 VFW Transall 215 French Air Force

F SP-EXB Boeing B.737MAX 64296 Enter Air

F TC-LCI Boeing B.737MAX 60042 Turkish Airlines

F TC-LUK Airbus A320 11103 AnadoluJet

TS-INR Airbus A320 3487 Nouvelair Tunisie


Monday, 26 September, 2022 Francazal



Reg/Code Type C/n Airline/Operator/Owner

F 2-ACIA Avions de Transpor719 ACIA Aero Leasing

R 2-FBXA Avions de Transpor1260 Avation PLC

R 2-MKJK Airbus A319 4259 ACM GMT Asset Company LLC

A7-AIC Airbus A321 4406 Qatar Airways

R B-329F Airbus A320 10637 China Express Airlines

R B-32AE Airbus A320 9279 Chengdu Airlines

D-AABE Airbus A321 5767 Lufthansa Technik

EI-GTN Boeing B.737NG 30568 Macquarie Air Finance

R EI-GZP Airbus A320 2804 Macquarie Air Finance

F EI-HDM Airbus A320 7100 Goshawk Aviation

R EI-HHF Airbus A320 4335 AerCap

F F5 VFW Transall 5 French Air Force

F F-HETR Avions de Transpor726 Operator Unknown

R F-MJDK Eurocopter EC135 0857 French Police

F-WHUJ Airbus A320 8597 Airbus

F-WHUK Airbus A320 8845 Chengdu Airlines

F F-WHUL Airbus A320 6922 Chengdu Airlines

F-WHUR Airbus A320 9319 Chengdu Airlines

R F-WTBX Avions de Transpor524 Avions de Transport Regio

F-WWDT Airbus A320 10644 China Express Airlines

F-WWIM Airbus A320 10806 Airbus

R JA02QQ Avions de Transpor1620 Toki Air

F LZ-DCF Avions de Transpor1311 DAE Capital

M-IBAN Avions de Transpor920 Injet Leasing

F OE-ITU Boeing B.737MAX 43921 ICBC Financial Leasing

PK-SGB Airbus A320 5092 Super Air Jet

R SX-FIV Avions de Transpor590 Sky Express

R SX-THR Avions de Transpor563 Sky Express

F VP-CQB Airbus A320 4533 Macquarie AirFinance


Monday, 26 September, 2022 Balma - Toulouse



Reg/Code Type C/n Airline/Operator/Owner

F 01 Dassault Aviation 01 French Navy

F 208 Nord Noratlas 208 French Air Force

F 55-0018 Lockheed Hercules 3045 United States Air Force

F F-BUFS VFW Transall 50 French Air Force


Monday, 26 September, 2022 Muret Lherm



Reg/Code Type C/n Airline/Operator/Owner

F 27ADY Comco Ikarus C42 Private

F 31ACO B & F Funk FK-14 14-105 Private

64SH B & F Funk FK-9 Private

F 69RH B & F Funk FK-9 Private

F 82IW Best Off Sky Ranger Private

F-BISN Piel Emeraude 284 Private

F F-BJVD Scintex Emeraude 576 Private

F-BOGZ Reims Cessna F172 0333 Private

F F-BPIU Cessna 182 18258690 Private

F F-GDHX Aerospatiale Ecure1662 Private

F F-GGNI SOCATA TB10 947 ENAC - Ecole Nationale de

F F-GGNS SOCATA TB20 1267 ENAC - Ecole Nationale de

F F-GGYV Mudry CAP-10 254 Private

F F-GHYE Piper PA-32 3232051 Private

F-GKUS SOCATA TB10 1208 Private

F-GLJG Extra EA-300/200 008 Private

F-GMXS Robin DR.400 2233 Private

F-GNNU Robin DR.400 2263 Aero Club Clement Ader

F F-GOSN Cessna 152 15285410 Private

F F-GOVS Robin DR.400 2323 Private

F-GPHT Reims Cessna F172 1411 Private

F-GPNC Cirrus Design SR201408 Private

F-GSTY Robin DR.400 1876 Private

R F-GTDE Reims Cessna F172 0841 Private

F F-GTXV Robin DR.400 2420 Private

F F-GTYG SOCATA TB20 2163 ENAC - Ecole Nationale de

F-GYKH Robin DR.400 2541 Private

F-GYZC CAP Aviation CAP-1310 Private

F-HCMA Diamond Aircraft DD4.267 ENAC - Ecole Nationale de

F-HCMB Diamond Aircraft DD4.268 ENAC - Ecole Nationale de

F-HCMD Diamond Aircraft DD4.270 ENAC - Ecole Nationale de

F-HCMF Diamond Aircraft DD4.277 ENAC - Ecole Nationale de

F-HCMG Diamond Aircraft DD4.278 ENAC - Ecole Nationale de

F-HCMH Diamond Aircraft DD4.349 ENAC - Ecole Nationale de

F-HCMI Diamond Aircraft DD4.364 ENAC - Ecole Nationale de

F F-HCTD Diamond Aircraft D42.359 Private

F F-HCTE Diamond Aircraft D42.360 Private

F F-HFBC Reims Cessna F172 1533 Private

F-HOLO Robin DR.400 2308 Private

F F-HRGO Robin DR.400 2024 Aero-Club du Val d Is

F-HVMA Flight Design CT F-12-02-03 Private

F F-PCVD Vans Aircraft RV-773609 Private

F F-PMCC Piel Super Emeraud431 Private


Monday, 26 September, 2022 Toulouse Lasbordes Airport



Reg/Code Type C/n Airline/Operator/Owner

F 31AAE Comco Ikarus C42 Private

F 31AAK JMB Aircraft VL-3 VL-3-197 Private

F 31ABR Comco Ikarus C42 Private

F 31VZ Humbert Tetras Private

F 31YS Comco Ikarus C42 Private

F 85AFI Best Off Sky Ranger Private

F F-BRFY C.E.A. DR.253 140 Private

F F-BROT Robin DR.380 395 Private

F-BXHU Mudry CAP-10 83 Private

F-GCAG Robin R.1180 235 Private

F F-GFMG Robin DR.300 615 Private

F F-GFMM Robin DR.400 1451 Private

F F-GGXU Robin DR.400 1909 Private

F-GHEO Cessna R182 R18200453 Private

F F-GHLO Rockwell Thrush Co1920R Private

F F-GLVY Robin DR.400 2173 Private

F F-GMRA Robin DR.400 2253 Private

F F-GMRV Robin DR.400 1933 Private

F-GORK Robin DR.400 2286 Private

F F-GOVL Robin DR.400 2312 Aero Club De Montpellier

F-GOYF Aquila AT01 AT01-158 Private

F F-GSAO SOCATA TB10 1801 Private

F F-GTPU Robin DR.400 2424 Private

F-GTPZ Robin DR.400 2403 Private

F F-GUAC SOCATA TB10 1720 Private

F F-GUXP Robin DR.400 2487 Private

F F-GVCC Aquila AT01 AT01-148 Private

F F-GVFP Aquila AT01 AT01-119 Aero Club De Toulouse Mid

F F-GYPR Robin DR.400 2532 Private

F F-GYRL Robin DR.400 2554 Private

F F-GZAL Robin DR.400 2502 Private

F F-GZPL Aquila AT01 AT01-146 Private

R F-HCGA Cirrus Design SR201911 Aero Club de Toulouse Mid

F F-HDCM Enstrom Shark 2044 Private

F F-HEBC Robin DR.400 2746 Aero Club De Toulouse Mid

F F-HJAT Tecnam P2002 JF 341 Private

F F-HJAY Robin DR.400 2735 Aero Club De Toulouse Mid

F-HLAD Aerospool WT9 20002 Private

R F-HMAJ SIAI-Marchetti SF.361 Private

F-HTLI Vulcanair P.68 473-37-OB2 Private

F F-HXRA Robinson R22 3473 Private

F F-HZAM Tecnam P2002 JF 369 Private

F F-PGLT CASA Jungmann 2098 Private

F F-PVAC Vans Aircraft RV-625387 Private

F N8618G Cessna 340 340A0708 Private 

So, all-in-all, it was a very successful day out. But, having mentioned the very early start, the inbound flight was one of our latest ones we'd ever had. It was just after midnight by the time we landed but we had had the foresight to pre-book the Fastrack for passport control, which probably saved us a good 30–45-minute queuing. I eventually crawled into bed after 2am.

Not sure how many more of these trips I can do but thanks to the Stansted boys (Deano, Kevin and Paul) for all their help and company on a great trip.

Cheers folks.

Bill   

[graham]

Great report Bill and thanks so much for taking the time to put it together.

[billsamuels]

Morning chaps.

I don’t often take my camera on these trips but where possible I do grab photos with my phone… Here’s a few.

Here’s some from Toulouse…




This AF A350 was carrying its delivery registration…




Our outbound chariot, which despite the usual negative comments about Ryanair, has always been VERY reliable and punctual. However, in the background two Kuwait Airways A330’s almost ready for delivery. The good thing about aircraft parked over there, many of them carry their delivery registration and not the French test registration…


View of Delivery centre, BA A320, 2 Indigo A320’s, the AF 350 and IB 320…


Royal Saudi Air Force Beech 300 carrying N1213B C/N FL-1213




211 Beech 200 Tunisian Navy.



Here’s some from the GA fields…






I love the flag on the wall… G-AIRJ Tiger Moth, sadly there wasn’t anyone around to ask the relevance… 





Hope this is of interest. Apologies for the quality of these photos… 

Bill

[zz]

Great stuff

Never been to Toulouse and is very much on the “to-do” list!
If you are going again, I’d be well interested!!
Cheers
Phil

[graham]

I need the yellow Tiger on the wall picture!

[billsamuels]

Nov 6, 2022 12:20:27 GMT zz said:

Great stuff

Never been to Toulouse and is very much on the “to-do” list!
If you are going again, I’d be well interested!!
Cheers
Phil

Hi Phil,

I haven’t got another trip booked as yet. It’ll probably be next year now.

Its a good day out but it is very tiring - 3am alarm calls, for the 6.40am departures from STN, and in general it’s around midnight landing back at STN… So adding on the commute it’s 24 hours on your feet… Ryanair currently are the only carrier that gives you the ability to do a ‘day trip’ with ample time to get around TLS plus Francazal - where you can get between 20-40 additional Airbus/ATR’s plus a few odds and sods stored or in-between carriers. We don’t always do the GA fields but given time we sometimes run across to Lourdes/Tarbes which again can yield 20-50 stored Airbus and one or two other types…. 

Cost wise, Ryanair’s round trip can work out about £50-75 but we always include the Fastrack out and latterly back which just cuts out the queuing. We also book our seats out/back, so it’s excellent value for money and they operate an excellent one time system. BA’s (LHR) service currently gives you very little time on the ground. You can of course go for an overnight. EasyJet is similar to BA - so until they offer earlier departures outbound and later flights inbound their services simply add to higher overall price. Parking at STN is the only downside, my last trip at silly o’clock in both directions, and not wanted to bus it to the Long Term car park, cost me £77 for the day….

We always rent a car in order to get around and generally between four of us it’s about £40 a head. Some people might think that’s a bit stiff but we always use AVIS, at least a 4 door car - especially when going across to Tarbes.

So with food/drink added its £200+ for the day out… I used to park off airport but having had one catalytic converters chopped from the car, I’ll never do that again…

My next trip is in April ‘23, Hamburg this time. BA from Heathrow (who have let us down in the past with late cancellations) but the round trip came in at £124 approximately, plus the Airbus factory tour which is about £55.00. So again, it’s not cheap but the Hamburg trip gets us airside and around most of the hangars. Sadly Airbus don’t permit any photography airside…

Hope this helps.

Bill

[graham]

Hi Phil, never done TLS either but did do Hamburg with Bill and the gang back in 2016. It's a grand, well organised day out and any spare time can be spent spotting from the roof terrace at Hamburg. The only downside is that the terrace is surrounded by plate glass which a) makes it stiflingly hot on a warm day (as it was when we went) and b) makes photography almost impossible.

[davebasing]

Nov 6, 2022 12:59:38 GMT graham said:

I need the yellow Tiger on the wall picture!

You will need a time machine Graham. It was withdrawn from use at White Waltham in 1952! The picture on the wall is from TinTin's adventure "With the yellow biplane from Black Island". Though just why the author chose G-AIRJ is a mystery.

On the subject of pictures on walls, aircraft apart, my other main photography interests are wildlife, battlefields and odd signs. This one is on the wall of a T45 Goshawk hangar at the US Naval Air Station at Meridian, Mississippi which I took in 2011 while sheltering from rather torrential rain.

IMG_2477 by dave tompkins, on Flickr

[graham]

LOL Dave, yes I looked it up and as you say, it was withdrawn four years before I was born.