A400's
54+13 GAF (Inside the prodution Hanger on Maintenance)
54+35 GAF
T.23-04/31-24
A4M129/(ZM421) Full RAF marks
0130 Full FrAF Marked
Cn295's of Interest
TX.21-14/541-14 10285
MSN 216 All marks covered over
All the Canadians behind the production hanger are still there. 2 were on the flight ramp and 2 were on the north Side.
January 22nd:
Airbus North
295515 RCAF
295516 RCAF
Airbus south
MSN 128 A400M Spain full color
MSN 131 A400M primer German flag
54+35 A400M
54+21 A400M
295502 CC295 RCAF
MSN218 C295W Kazakh AF full markings serial taped over
TR-KJF Cn??? C295W Gabon AF full markings (camouflage)
EC-001 C-295 (cn163, spec tail)
So probably just before you were there, MSN129 with an RAF/UK flash on the tail was pushed back in the hangar (that the 131 came out of), and Canadian 509 was also behind the hangars.
And today, January 24th, a few additions.
TX.21-14 C295W for INTA (not read, serial assumed as they have only one on order)
MSN207, C295W, light grey. Titles not read due to heathaze.
0031 F-RBAH. French A400 under maintenance.
295504 C295W RCAF
A.400M EC-400, that appeared at multiple airshows in 2018 with RAF 100 markings on the tail, was said to become ZM421. But I also see other sources claiming this to have been c/n 056 which has become ZM420. Which is right please??
patrick dirksen wrote: ↑25 Jan 2023, 19:58
A.400M EC-400, that appeared at multiple airshows in 2018 with RAF 100 markings on the tail, was said to become ZM421. But I also see other sources claiming this to have been c/n 056 which has become ZM420. Which is right please??
The original plans changed. MSN075 was supposed to be RAF but went to France instead (after being in Sevilla for years).
So résumé
ZM420 = MSN056
ZM421 = MSN129
patrick dirksen wrote: ↑25 Jan 2023, 19:58
A.400M EC-400, that appeared at multiple airshows in 2018 with RAF 100 markings on the tail, was said to become ZM421. But I also see other sources claiming this to have been c/n 056 which has become ZM420. Which is right please??
The original plans changed. MSN075 was supposed to be RAF but went to France instead (after being in Sevilla for years).
So résumé
ZM420 = MSN056
ZM421 = MSN129
OK, thanks for that. But Do you mean the one at Fairford etc with EC-400 was c/n 075 and is now French AF?
patrick dirksen wrote: ↑25 Jan 2023, 19:58
A.400M EC-400, that appeared at multiple airshows in 2018 with RAF 100 markings on the tail, was said to become ZM421. But I also see other sources claiming this to have been c/n 056 which has become ZM420. Which is right please??
michel N wrote: ↑24 Jan 2023, 20:50
And today, January 24th, a few additions.
TX.21-14 C295W for INTA (not read, serial assumed as they have only one on order)
MSN207, C295W, light grey. Titles not read due to heathaze.
0031 F-RBAH. French A400 under maintenance.
295504 C295W RCAF
Received confirmation C295W with MSN207 is for Angola
Extra aircraft of note seen on the 2nd & 3rd March were:
A.400M 54+43 MSN131 fully painted. Would have expected it to be 54+42 so MSN132 will most probably be 54+42 when it is painted.
A.400M TK.23-14-10223 fully painted carrying A4M128 on it
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