Before I was heading to Bournemouth Air Festival 2017, it's still confirm that I'll be heading to Malta International Airshow 2017 the 25th Edition which is starting this Saturday at Malta International Airport Apron 4 and Smart City "Air Display" then my airshow visit for 2017 will be over till next year. For more details about the airshow tickets can be found at Malta International Airshow website.
Tuesday, 19 September 2017
Next travel movment September 2017
Quick update about my next travel movement for September 2017. Recently I've been spotting at Lee-on-Solent, UK near Gosport some of my spotting photos are on my Flickr page. First off I'll be returning home to Malta this Thursday from/to Bournemouth, UK with Ryanair their will be no Full Flight videos and Flight Report as they have been covered. Due to my laptop is not in working order, I will not be taking my laptop with me so their will be no update of my spotting photos on my Facebook page for a week apart from mobile uploads.
Saturday, 9 September 2017
Paris International Airshow 2017 Airbus Family
A month ago I was in Paris, France for Paris Airshow 2017 so I thought to myself instead keep going to Farnborough, UK I might as well go international which is Paris Airshow 2017 my first international travel for the airshow. Paris Airshow Blog will have few parts similar to Farnborough International Airshow 2016 so for this one, is Airbus. For those who don't know where Paris Airshow is, it's located at Paris-Le Bourget.
You might have remember this Airbus A380, yes? no? maybe? this is the same Airbus A380 I saw in Farnborough Airshow 2016 registered F-WWDD which was retired from service this year. So what is the deal of this aircraft now? what you about to see Airbus has modded to have a winglet. Airbus announced from Paris Airshow in the future there will be Airbus A380 Plus which is interesting for Airbus's future.
And so here is a close-up look of Airbus A380 Plus. I'm not sure if F-WWDD will be back in flight again despite it's retired from Airbus Industries so this could be a prototype. When you look close at the winglet it looks similar to the Boeing 737NG & Boeing 737 Max. If this is true for Airbus future, I hope if British Airways or Qantas will operate from London, UK - Sydney non-stop compare Qantas's Boeing 747-400.
I remember watching a TV program of an aircraft doing Zero Gravity till I came across this. This is SA Nevospace registered F-WNOV Airbus A310. Before my flight to Paris Charles de Gaulle, France was ready I didn't check online that this A310 aircraft was featuring at Le-Bourget. Originally this aircraft was new to Interflug in June 1989 from Germany as DDR-ABA then later re-registered as D-AOAA in October 1990. In August 1991 it joined the German Air Force as VIP registered 16+21 named "Konard Adenauer" and finally SA Nevospace currently as F-WNOV since 2014.
Then we have another A380 for flying display! F-WWOW is an April 2005 Airbus A380 MSN001 & yes this is the first A380 that first flew in Toulouse on 27th April 2005. Seeing the display of MSN001 is pretty much similar when I saw F-WWDD in Farnborough International Airshow 2016. Overall MSN001's flying display is fantastic!