Airbus A320-111 MSN 4

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Airbus A300B2-1C, serial number 4, first flight 20 Nov 1973. Delivered to Air Inter on 22 Jan 1977, registered F-BUAE. Converted to B2-101?? still 1C in JP91, damaged bey repair 24 Mar 1993 Montpellier 0(X) damaged beyond repair when towed into pylon, owned by Slibail (nt88, JP92) repossessed Mar 1993, registration cancelled 8 Oct 1993, stored Châteauroux 10 Mar 1999 full IT colours (ferried when?). Current status: scrapped.

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Airbus A380-841, serial number 4, first flight 18 Oct 2005. Delivered to Airbus on 18 Oct 2005. 2nd A380 for flight performance measurements, seen at Toulouse, France complete in primer 6 Oct 2004, first run all white 4 Oct 2005, f/f this date, r/o Emirates Airlines full colour scheme 17 Nov 2005, seen at Toulouse, France white colour scheme 3 Jan 2006, ferried to Medellin for "hot and high"-tests 10 Jan 2006, r/o Toulouse, France Singapore Airlines full colour scheme 15 Feb 2006, r/o Toulouse, France white colour scheme 10 Mar 2006, Etihad colour scheme 19 Jul 2006, to Abu Dhabi International, United Arab Emirates for hotweather tests 21 Jul 2006, seen at Toulouse, France white colour scheme 12 Sep 2006, seen at Toulouse, France with "Greener Cleaner Quiter Smarter"-stickers 30 Jan 2008, converted to -861 May 2009, f/f after converted 6 Jun 2009, arrived at FZO stored 18 Dec 2012, seen at Toulouse, France with "Own the Sky"-sticker 16 Jun 2013, parked Lourdes Jan 2015, returned Toulouse, France 2 Jun 2015, seen in service Paris-Le Bourget, France airshow Jun 2015, withdrawn from service Tarbes-Lourdes-Pyrénées Airport, Tarbes/Lourdes/Pyrénées 12 Feb 2016, to be scrapped as test for CFK-recycling repossessed Oct 2016, but ferried Toulouse, France to Paris-Le Bourget, France 14 Feb 2017 for preservation, seen Jun 2017 Paris-Le Bourget, France with dummy winglets and 'Total landings (in combination with TT) Plus' titles covered for airshow, not flying. Current status: stored.

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Airbus A350-941, serial number 4, first flight 26 Feb 2014. Delivered to Airbus Industrie, registered F-WZNW. Ferried Toulouse, France to Tarbes-Lourdes-Pyrénées Airport, Tarbes/Lourdes/Pyrénées 12 Feb 2016 stored, seen 23 Apr 2017 Airbus colour scheme, seen 26 Jul 2020 no engines, p[reserved Tarbes-Lourdes-Pyrénées Airport, Tarbes/Lourdes/Pyrénées 12 Nov 2024, as an instructional airframe for 'UIMM Occitanie Adour-Pyrénées'. Current status: stored.

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De Havilland Canada Dash 8-102, serial number 4. Delivered to DHC/Air Atlantic on 15 Jun 1988, registered C-GGPJ. DHC returned 31 Oct 1988. Operated by Eastern Australia Airlines on 1 Jan 1989 as VH-TQO. To be traded in to Bombardier mid 2004, seen at Sydney Kingsford Smith International Airport 19 Jun 2005 basic Qantaslink colours. Operated by QRA/Airlines of PNG on 29 Jul 2005 as VH-QQB. Ferried Cairns-Port Moresby, re-registered 2 Sep 2005, returned Cairns 21 Sep 2005 after lease to Airlines of Paranaguá Airport. Returned to Queensland Regional Airlines on 21 Sep 2005. Seen at Cairns Nov 2005 "True North"titles, for cruise ship charter. Leased to Maroomba Air Svc on 19 Jan 2006. Arrived Perth, titles on tail, Johannesburg-Randgermiston, South Africa new name/renamed Skytrans Reg Sep 2007, still operated by Maaroomba Airways, tail colours repaint Nov 2008, Skytrans Pty new name/renamed Dec 2009, Aircraft Solutions Lux XVII Seen at Arly Airport, Luxembourg 1 Feb 2014, still operated by Skytrans, withdrawn from service 2 Jan 2015, Skytrans ceased operations 2 Jan 2015, Hawker Pacific 15 Feb 2015. Operated by SkyTrans Regional Airlines on 21 Jul 2016. Airtest and returned into service Cairns after stored, seen at Brisbane, Australia 19 Aug 2017 operational. Current status: in service.

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ATR 42-300, serial number 4, first flight 21 Nov 1985. Delivered to Air Littoral on 3 Dec 1985, registered F-GEGD. Leased to Air Tahiti in Mar 1990. Returned to Air Littoral on 20 Oct 1990. Operated by Islena Airlines on 24 Apr 1996 as HR-IAX. Ferried TLS-Lanzarote etc as F-WEGD. Re-registered with Islena Airlines on 25 Feb 2006 as TG-IAX. Re-registered with Islena Airlines on 9 Feb 2007 as HP-004APP. Available for immediate sale via myairlease Sep 2012. Re-registered with Islena Airlines in Sep 2014 as TG-AGD. Presum not operational, as stored on planespotters, seen stored Panama City Albrook Feb 2019, repossessed scrapped by 2021. Current status: scrapped.