Toulouse/Blagnac, Tarbes/Lourdes, Pau (Musee des Parachutistes) & Toulouse/Francazal – Tuesday 22nd March 2022 (Mark Paulin)

Evening all,

Today dawned clear but very breezy. The temperatures reached a pleasant 17c this afternoon. The clear air gave some fantatic views of the snow covered Pyrenees on our travels.

Noted from the room and from a quick look around the Toulouse/Blagnac biz area between 0700 – 0900 yielded these:

F-WBXL A337 1824 AIB*

F-WWBM A320N 10761 for SAS as EI-SIM*

F-WWBP A320N 10802 for Avianca as N963AV*

F-WWBQ A320-N 10800 for Chengdu Airlines

F-WWBS A320N 10555 for Vistara as VT-TQI*

F-WWBU A320N 10717 for Vistara as VT-TQK*

F-WWCK A339 2010 for Delta Airlines*

F-WWER ATR72 1648*

HZ-NS47 A320N KNE*

OE-ISG A321N EZY*

F-GBTM Da20

F-HJLP EMB600*

VP-CSM L1329

 

After a very pleasant 2 hour drive through the countryside to Lourdes/Tarbes

Noted 1200 – 1245

2-RLAX A332*

2-RLAY A332*

B-30DM A359 CHH*

B-30DP A359 CHH*

B-308G A359 CHH*

B-308J A359 CHH*#

F-WWYO/PR-ANV A339 AZU*

F-WXAT/B-323V A321N UEA*

F-WXAU/B-325E A321N UEA*

N696AV A321 AVA*

OE-LDW B738MAX*

EC-FPF TBM700 (wfu)*

F-WWRA TBM900 arr*

LX-VAD PC12*

S5-CEF C525

 

From here we made our way to Pau,. First stop was the Musee des Parachutistes. The three exhibits are all outside as follows:

161/63BP N2501*

1130/DCK Sa330J

1463/GQR Sa341*

Then the short drive to Pau was made and the following noted 1425 – 1445

F-HBMP C212*

R211 C160 CTM

HA-ABD An2

2252 AS532 FMY*

2293 AS532 FMY*

F-HJLD AS355*

 

Then the drive was made back along the Autoroute to Francazal. A quick look in was made although we will be having a longer and more in depth look tomorrow.

Noted today 1630 – 1645

F-WHUL A320N UEA*

LZ-DBN ATR72*

M-IBAN ATR72*

R204 C160 FMY*

R226 C160 FMY

TJ-ZBS E145 Fly Ze Jet

 

Then it was back to Toulouse. Noted from Room 62 of the Hotel Campanile between 1715 and 2200

F-GXLJ A337 AIB*

T7-KPC E135BJ

OTT

4K-AZ101 IL76 AZG*

EC-NGP A321N IBS*

HA-LVE A321N WZZ*

07-8608 C130J USAF*

16-5883 C130J USAF*

I will report back tomorrow with a further log for the area around TLS.

Mark

 

Photograph credit: @eurospot