Nimes-Garons (LFTW/FNI) 2023 MIL

[Bennie]

26.05 visitor from Eindhoven: NAF74. ADS-B: G-988.

[Wijgert IJlst]

A quick visit her on Saterday (early) morning 6th of May 2023 produced the following:
F-RBAD/0010 A.400M outside Sabena Technics
F-ZBAF SA.316 preserved compount Sec. Civ.
F-ZBPH EC.145 Sec. Civil parked outside (all other hangar doors where closed)
F-ZBML/79 Dash-8 Sec. Civ.
F-ZBMJ/77 Dash-8 Sec. Civ.
F-ZBFJ Beech 200 Sec. Civ.
F-ZBMH/75 Dash-8 Sec. Civ.
F-ZBMK/78 Dash-8 Sec. Civ.
F-ZBMI/76 Dash-8 Sec. Civ.
F-ZBFN/33 CL-415 Sec. Civ.
F-ZBMF/45 CL-415 Sec. Civ.
F-ZBMG/48 CL-415 Sec. Civ.
F-ZBFV/37 CL-415 Sec. Civ.
F-ZBEU/42 CL-415 Sec. Civ.
F-ZBME/44 CL-415 Sec. Civ.
F-ZBFX/34 CL-415 Sec. Civ.
59 Alizé stored, near tower (between stored Thomas Cook and South African airbusses)
31 Atlantic preserved
???? Falcon 20 (former AvDef) stored in front of AvDev hangar, still in AvDev colors but worn down by the weather.

Stored along aprons and taxitrack:
471 KC-135FR stored
(525)/93-CN KC-135FR stored
738 KC-135FR stored
475 KC-135FR stored
474 KC-135FR stored
736 KC-135FR stored (special c/s)
735 KC-135FR stored
740 KC-135FR stored
Very happy and surprised to find my very last French KC stored on this line!

There is a compound with stored S-2 Trackers, on the south west side of the field, which contains at least 5 or 6 examples. Codes 20 and 23 where easy to read off, and I think 01 was parked here aswell. But did not realy bother ID'ing the others, as I did not need any of them.


Don't know if it is of any interest to some one, but Airbus VP-BCE (ex-Saudi) was stored here, or awaiting maintenance at Sabena.

[falcx]

A quick visit her on Saterday (early) morning 6th of May 2023 produced the following:

Stored along aprons and taxitrack:
471 KC-135FR stored
(525)/93-CN KC-135FR stored
738 KC-135FR stored
475 KC-135FR stored
474 KC-135FR stored

475 KC-135FR stored (special c/s)
735 KC-135FR stored
740 KC-135FR stored
Very happy and surprised to find my very last French KC stored on this line!

Wijgert,

You mention the KC-135FR 475 twice. One with, one without special markings. Are these two different tankers, or just a typo?

Kind Regards,
Charles

[Wijgert IJlst]

Correct… the special is 736.