Toulouse T'Pau to Dax 14th - 16th April 2018 Day 3

The final day arrived and the sun had gone awol! As we'd agreed to be back at Dax for noon we had a few hours to kill. Nothing South, West would require a boat, North was a trip on its own, East it is then.

The first of two Magisters, this one on a roundabout.

Aire sur l'Adour-Town 16-04-18
226 Fouga CM-170R Magister French Air Force


Then on to the drome. A couple of hangars all locked up. A shufty in the clubhouse found a man with a set of keys. The Magister is at the Potez factory bordering the airfield.

Aire sur l'Adour 16-04-18
167 Fouga CM-170R Magister French Air Force

84-LI Aeroprakt A22

F-CCYI Wassmer WA.30

F-CELC Glasflugel H-201B
F-CELG/750 Glasflugel H-201B

F-CFDA/DA VTC VTC-75

F-CFYB/T80 Grob G.103

F-CHCO Scheibe SF-25E

F-GUXK Robin DR.400

F-HLOC Czech Sport Aircraft PS-28


Despite the large hangar it didn't contain much. The other hangar remained shut as the gent didn't have the keys for that one.

Onward to Rion. Plenty of hangars here but they were all shut up and there was nobody on site. Squinny time.

Rion des Landes 16-04-18
40-GF B & F Technik Funk FK.9
40-LK Spariero? - well that is what was on the tail
41-SI Ikarus Comco C-42

F-AZTY Piper HE-1 Cub Cruiser
F-BVOR Socata ST-10
F-BXEX Robin HR.200
F-GAIT Wassmwe Wa.81
F-PSXP Pitts S-1S
F-WRUC Yak-52

+ a Chipmunk in RAF colours

Time to head back to Dax. LB and Nay had been before so knew the layout but it was a virgin drome for Dog and Cat. We'd knock off the preserved bits and then sit at the end of the runway and pick off the Eurocopters whilst breaking out the baguettes.

Dax 16-04-18
Preserved
(1147)/DAX Aerospatiale SA.341F Gazelle - Gate Guard
1689/DAX Aerospatiale SA.341F Gazelle - Roundabout near museum
(-) Sud Aviation Alouette 2 - Gate Guard

Heli ramps

F-HBKA Eurocopter EC120B HeliDax
F-HBKB Eurocopter EC120B HeliDax
F-HBKE Eurocopter EC120B HeliDax
F-HBKH Eurocopter EC120B HeliDax
F-HBKI Eurocopter EC120B HeliDax
F-HBKJ Eurocopter EC120B HeliDax
F-HBKL Eurocopter EC120B HeliDax
F-HBKN Eurocopter EC120B HeliDax
F-HBKO Eurocopter EC120B HeliDax
F-HBKP Eurocopter EC120B HeliDax
F-HBKR Eurocopter EC120B HeliDax
F-HBKS Eurocopter EC120B HeliDax
F-HBKT Eurocopter EC120B HeliDax
F-HBKV Eurocopter EC120B HeliDax
F-HBKY Eurocopter EC120B HeliDax
F-HBKZ Eurocopter EC120B HeliDax
F-HBVA Eurocopter EC120B HeliDax
F-HBVB Eurocopter EC120B HeliDax
F-HBVD Eurocopter EC120B HeliDax
F-HBVH Eurocopter EC120B HeliDax
F-HBVI Eurocopter EC120B HeliDax
F-HBVJ Eurocopter EC120B HeliDax

F-HBVK Eurocopter EC120B HeliDax
F-HBVM Eurocopter EC120B HeliDax
F-HBVN Eurocopter EC120B HeliDax
F-HBVO Eurocopter EC120B HeliDax
F-HDFI Eurocopter EC120B Defense Conseil International
F-HDFJ Eurocopter EC120B Defense Conseil International
F-HDFK Eurocopter EC120B Defense Conseil International
F-HDFL Eurocopter EC120B Defense Conseil International

We were shown round the aeroclub by local celeb Louis Pena and his dog. As well as being an aerobatic team pilot (Louis, not his dog) he built a few of the aircraft inside and there was another on site being built from his plans.

Aeroclub
40-HN/F-JYUY B & F Technik Funk FK.9

40-KE Best Off Skyranger
F-BCDX Piper L-4A

F-BLXP/95 Morane-Saunier MS.733

F-GGXP Robin DR.400

F-GORZ Robin DR.400

F-GRRL Issoire APM-20

F-GRRP Issoire APM-20

F-PIVS Van's RV-
F-PJOQ Pena Super Joker
F-PLAU Pena Bilouis

F-PLFM Pena Montagnard

F-PZTC Pena Capena


On to the museum now as it was almost 1400L. We were hoping that the second hall would now be open to the public. Alas, it was the same situation as in 2015. It is all ready to go but they are still waiting for the military to cut through the red tape and give the okay.

Musee de l'ALAT et de l'Helicopteres (€6 entry)
66/AJR Nord N.3202
97 SNCAN NC.856A Norvigie
(133) Hiller UH-12A Raven
143 Sud Aviation HSS-1 Seabat

163 Aerospatiale Super Frelon SA.321G

269 Max Holste MH.1521M Broussard

496 SNCAN Stampe SV.4B
1028/BCA Aerospatiale SA.341F Gazelle

1032/BRD Aerospatiale SA.330B Puma

1086/AVW Sikorsky H-19D Chickasaw
1185/KBA Sud Aviation SE.3160 Alouette III

1314/BDM Bell Helicopters 47G-1
1579/CWD Aerospatiale SA.341F Gazelle

1634/BEJ Sud Aviation SE.3130 Alouette II

1721/BGG Aerospatiale SA.341F Gazelle

2010/JBM Sud Aviation SA.319B Alouette III

2430/CZZ Eurocopter AS.532UL Cougar
5309/UD Aerospatiale AS.355F1 Ecureuil

24530 Cessna L-19E Bird Dog
84-EL Gyrocopter

(F-BDQQ)/UA Morane-Saulnier MS.505
(F-BFYP)/KAK Piper PA-22
F-ZWTM/6005 Aerospatiale SA.365MTR Panther

FR14/ATN Sud-Ouest SO.1221S Djinn
FR94/BEJ Piasecki H-21C
? Alouette II in the main foyer

? PA-18 frame hanging in the main hall

At least there had been half a dozen changes since last time.

Behind the museum area was a stored Gazelle. The serial and code were incomplete
13_6/_DP Aerospatiale SA.341 Gazelle

Just the matter of about 300kms or so now to get back to TLS in time for a circuit and to catch our ride home. Luckily Nay was on hand to keep everyone in awe at the quality of his impressions. It was like Arnie was in the car! Hasta la vista, Dax. I'll be back.

Only those different logged at Airbus and a couple of those were read under the wing on approach as we were in traffic just outside the airport. Circuit done, car dropped off, car park revisited.

Toulouse-Blagnac 16-04-18
Airbus
A7-ALU Airbus A350 Qatar Airways
B-1042 Airbus A330 Capital Airlines
B-1361 Airbus A320 Lucky Air
D-AVWA 6464 Airbus A319 Airbus Industrie
F-WWAJ 254 Airbus A380 Qatar Airways
F-WWBK 7952 Airbus A320 Capital Airlines
F-WWBM 7862 Airbus A320 Volaris Mexico
F-WWDF 8211 Airbus A320 Air Arabia
F-WWDL 7811 Airbus A320 West Air
F-WWDQ 7871 Airbus A320 GoAir
F-WWDZ 7875 Airbus A320 Capital Airlines
F-WWES Aerospatiale ATR-72 - T31492A43057
F-WWIO  8184 Airbus A320 Loong Air
F-WWIS 8204 Airbus A320 Capital Airlines
F-WWIX 8272 Airbus A320 Pegasus Airlines
F-WZFV Airbus A350 Qatar Airways
F-WZGQ 112 Airbus A350 Capital Airlines
F-WZNY 216 Airbus A350 Singapore Airlines
+ primed fuselages 8346, 8354
+ A350 Hong Kong Air seen in a hangar from our EZY flight

IAP
CS-TTY Embraer Emb-195 TAP Express
D-ALEK Boeing 757 DHL
D-ASTY Airbus A319 Germania
EC-MEH Airbus A320 Iberia
EC-MRI Canadair Reional Jet 1000 Iberia Regional
EC-MTE Airbus A319 Volotea
F-GRPI Aerospatiale ATR-72 Air Corsica
F-HAJD Cessna 525 CitationJet
G-CISK Embraer ERJ-145Eastern Airways
N68AL Gulfstream G4
OK-TSR Boeing 737-82R Travel Service
OY-SRH Boeing 767 Star Air A/S
TS-INC Airbus A320 Royal Air Maroc

A full flight home was operated by OE-LQC EZY2078.

A check of Malc's Luton log meant Buster was on the look out for yet another G6 pegback upon landing. Luckily for him it was on S71.

Luton 16-04-18
A7-CGD Gulfstream G650
CS-LTE Citation 680A NetJets Europe
F-HMOD Dassault Falcon 7X
N102NY Gulfstream G450
P4-BFM Bombardier 605

Another trip chalked off though I'm sure we'll be back to TLS again sometime this year.

As usual a great trip with great company. Thanks to Snoop for another fine driving stint and some impressive local lingo, Cat for the planning, LB for taking over scribing duties and Nay for being an all round great guy. Be seeing you.