Tarbes-Lourdes Airport / LFBT

[Shunn31]

This Airport, I have discovered in 1999, is one of the largest Charter place in France due to catholic pilgrimmage flight. Since any year, this airport has a new contract for aircraft in end of life. An area has been created for storage and recyclable parts of aircraft...

In 2010, I have not participate at the any pilgrimmage flight but on the morning of November, 14 I have decided to go what happend at the storage area. This is I could get


A300-600R - Japan Airlines - JA8527

A310-300 - Blue Line - F-HBCS

A320-200 - Airbus - F-WWBG - c/n 4388

A340-300 - Gulf Air - A9C-LD

A340-300 - Gulf Air - A9C-LE

A340-300 - Gulf Air - A9C-LF

B737-300 - Ex. Air Slovakia - OM-ASC

B777-200 - Air India - VT-AIR

Fokker 100 - Air France / Regional Airlines - F-GMPG

Also reported but not shootable : A320-200 British Airways G-BUSG

[Prefix]

Very nice pictures why are those airplanes not in use?

[SPL]

B777-200 - Air India - VT-AIR

Wow, a 772 in storage. Very sad to see. For my feeling the tripple is still not that old. After looking on airfleets.org, the aircraft is only 15 years old. To young to be stored... ...

Nice pictures by the way (as always).


Groeten Martijn

[TAZZ]

Nice shots !
I never heard about a scrapyard in Tarbes (in fact, I only know the military scrapyard in Chateaudun )

[Stratofreighter]

Oh dear, yet another graveyard/boneyard...

Nice piccies, but the upcoming fate of these aircraft is not so nice...

[medebruijn]

This why the F100 F-GMPG is not flying:
http://aviation-safety.net/database/rec ... -0&lang=nl

[Shunn31]

I have learnt that B777 will be scrapped :'(

[Glidepath]

Nice shots !
I never heard about a scrapyard in Tarbes (in fact, I only know the military scrapyard in Chateaudun )

Perhaps because it not mentioned in the AF guide?

anyway Nice photos, merci.

[Key]

Point taken

Beautiful light, ditto scenery and some out-of-the ordinary airframes.

Erik

[Shunn31]

New upcoming at LFBT for what happened in the storage area... On April, 02








A300-600R - Japan Airlines - EI-EOT / N770E / N1724 / N3729 / N3740 / N4730 / N7151

A320 - Airbus / Private - F-WHUH (ex. F-WWDG c/n 4388)



A320 - British Airways - G-BUSG / G-BUSH / G-BUSI



A343 - Gulf Air - A40LD / A40-LE / A40-LF

[Shunn31]

A332 - Private - VP-CAC

A343 - Safi Airways - YA-TTB

B733 - Air Slovakia - OM-ASC

B772 - Air India - N719ML

MD82 - Italy Airlines - I-DAWZ

At the Airpport...


B738 - Ryanair - EI-DLT

CRJ1000 - Brit'Air - F-HMLE

Ecureuil - Private - F-GECM
And with many light aircraft on exercice due to the poor traffic...

More pics from the storage area will arrive

[Shunn31]

Any overview from the storage area and other







B735 - Air Ivoire - TU-TSC / TU-TSD (not in the best layout to shoot them one by one )


Falcon 900 - Private - Unknown registration and with still F100 from Regional Airlines F-GMPG


Mirage ???? - Unknown - Unknown c/n and registration (maybe on rebuilt or on scrapping)

And aircraft very impossible to shoot : A320 - Sun Air Sudan - F-OKRM on scrapping progress
I hope to make it in the near future...

[Shunn31]

Small stop at the Airfield : Tarbes-Laloubère - LFDT


CE43 Guepard - French Air Force - DK (under restoration for civil flight)

EC145 - French Police - F-MJBB

Enström F28A - Private - F-GIZR

[frank kramer]

A VERY interesting set of airframes over there and VERY nice pictures. Keep them coming! As for the Mirage, you can see that it is a Mirage F.1. It has high-mounted wings (although not at present ) as can be seen from the attachment points. Would love to know more of that one .

[Bjorn1979]

Allthough it's sad to see the pictures are nice. I see a Safi A340 YA-TTB, what happened to Safi Airways ?