Donauwoerth/Airbus (EDPR) 2017 CIV+MIL

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LOG Donauwoerth 08-03-2017
74+63 Tiger UHT Heer. The newest Tiger noted so far by me and the production is beginning to reach the end... (engine test in front of F8)
76+13 H145M GAF/HSG64. Came in as "Dixi 07". Still crewed by Airbus crew, but it should be officially handed over already, since it lost its test reg. D-HADV (c/n 20125)
79+27 NH.90TTH German Army (not GAF!). Still under construction and towed into F8. It seems, that not all 79** serials are for the GAF as expected. This one carried "Heer" marks anyhow.
84+45 CH-53GS GAF/HSG64. Parked outside on the ramp for an engine test.
85+12 CH-53GA GAF/HSG64. Departed to Laupheim as "Mighty 22" after maintenance
89+51 Sea King Mk.41 GN/MFG3. Parked outside on the ramp in front of the maintenance hangar.
89+61 Sea King Mk.41 GN/MFG3. Towed rotorless back into maintenance hangar.
[D-HADB] H145 primer. Inside hangar and c/n probably 20119
[D-HADD] H145 grey underside and blue upperside with blue cheatline (see log from 21-01). returning from a production flight.
[D-HADJ] H145M Royal Thai Army f/c. Towed from production area to flight test hangar. Although I tried hard, it was impossible to read the c/n under the radome due to the distance.
[D-HADP] H145 Polizei Sachsen. C/n 20124 and local flight as "Redfox 7". Last digit of future reg. D-HSAA just readable under sticker.
[D-HADQ] H145 inside hangar D10. Just a black tail visible, so I guess it is a RAF Jupiter HT.1
[D-HADS] H145 Airbus demonstrator. On the ramp in front of hangar C8.
[D-HADX] H145 Airbus demonstrator. Local flight.
[D-HADY] EC.145C2 metallic blue with silver top. c/n is 9778, testflight as "Redfox 15". This is one of the very few "old" EC.145 which will not become UH-72A´s. Unfortunately all titles and national insignia were properly overtaped, so no idea of the operator.
[D-HBTA] H145 Polizei NRW f/c. Will become D-HNWU, which is overtaped. c/n is 20134. Local flight as "Redfox 25"
[D-HCBE] H135 light blue/dark blue (RTE France). Outside on the ramp. (c/n unknown)
[D-HCBW] H145 (same colours as D-HADD above). I still do not know the operator but at least the c/n is confirmed now: 20127. Local flight as "Redfox 14".
[D-HECM] EC.135P2+ Airbus testbed. in primer c/s (c/n 0886) Local flight as "Redfox 2"
[D-HECD] Juno HT.1 (H135T3H) RAF f/c. No confirmation of the c/n but I´m almost sure that it must be 2007 (ZM509 for the RAF). Testflight
D-HEEJ EC.145C2 first prototype (c/n 9001). Obviously (temporarily) wfu as missing engine and rotor. Sitting in front of "experimental" hangar C10 for some strange tests with water on the windscreen (they should have done it today as it is raining cats and dogs...)
D-HKUJ H145. Yellow/blue c/s and registration EC-MOt already painted on. Came in for a short stop from Ingolstadt and departed to Augsburg. It is obvious, that the ones under rework at Augsburg receive a second german temporary registration as noted several times now. This aircraft has c/n 20126 can be ex D-HCBV or D-HADR (both noted in these colours before)
D-HNWV H145 Polizei NRW f/c (c/n 20140, still without test reg.). Incomplete fuselage uder construction which was just towed into production area.

That were a lot of choppers today! If anyone is interested on pictures, they can be found on my flickr account:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/115708529@N08/

Bye, Alex

[nils]

NH90-NFH, Belgian Navy, RN04, is due to depart Donauworth for delivery on march 20.

[ROOSENS]

D-HADD & D-HCBW decoration Saudia Arabia Ministry of Interior !!!!!!!

[cis]

13-3:

79+02 NH.90 HEER
NBEN04 RN04 NH.90 Belgium
Plus some unidentiefied Tigers.

78+39 NH.90 HEER
TGEE012 79+12 NH.90 HEER *
79+.. NH.90 HEER
98+51 NH.90 Marineflieger
NGEN002/GRN02 (79+52) NH.90 Marineflieger
74+60 Tiger
74+62 Tiger
74+63 Tiger
UHT1065 (74+65) Tiger (cn from paper)

84+14 CH-53G
84+82 CH-53G
84+30 CH-53G Luftwaffe
84+45 CH-53GS Luftwaffe *
84+74 CH-53G Luftwaffe *
84+85 CH-53GS Luftwaffe *
84+9_ CH-53G Luftwaffe
cn WA745 89+5(1) Sea King Mk41 Marineflieger

cn .... / -- H.135 RAF (bk/yl cs, no registration)
cn 2028 H.135 (primer hulk)
cn .... / D-HADJ H.145 Thai Army (full cs)
(cn 20124) / D-HADP (D-HSA)A H.145 Polizei (bl/sl cs)
cn 20119 / D-HAD(B) H.145 (primer)
cn 20151 / -- H.145 (primer hulk, towed to production)
cn 20153 H.145 (primer hulk)

cn .... / D-HADD H.145 Saudi Arabia MoI (bl/gy cs)
cn .... / D-HADQ H.145M RAF (bk/yl cs)
(cn 9778) / D-HADY EC.145 (bl/sl cs, rd/wh/bk flag)
(cn 20134 / D-HBTA H.145 Polizei (wh/bl cs)
cn .... / D-HBTJ H.145 (wh/bl/bl cs)

cn 1202 / (D-HECT) H.135 (primer)
H.135 (yl cs)
H.145 Saudi Arabia MoI (bl/gy cs)
cn 0886 / (D-HECM) H.135 (primer)
(D-HADX) EC.145 (dk gy cs, “T2”)
D-HCMA EC.145 Sécurité Civile *

cn …. / D-HECH H.135 (rd/wh/bk cs, floats) *
cn …. / D-…. H.135 (rd/wh/bk cs, floats)
(cn 20016) / -- 76+01 H.145M Luftwaffe (full cs)
cn ..... / -- 76+12 H.145M Luftwaffe (full cs)
cn ..... / -- 76+.. H.145M Luftwaffe (full cs)
74+__ Tiger Luftwaffe (full cs)

cn 0832 / D-HTSC H.135M primer (cn from paper)
cn 20019 / D-HCBQ 76+02 H.145M for Luftwaffe (full cs, cn from paper)
(cn 9001) / D-HEEJ BK.117C2 Airbus Helicopters (or c/s, wfu/std) *
Plus tail of 20002/D-HADW.

D-HDFU Bo.105 Airbus Helicopters *
cn .... / D-HTSE H.135 (yl/bl cs, rd/yl/rd fintip) *
cn .... / D-HADO H.145 Saudi MoI (bl/gy cs, NR) *
cn ..... / D-HADH 76+.. H.145M Luftwaffe (full cs) *

* = outside (for flying, test run, towed)

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LOG Donauwoerth 21/03/2017
74+63 Tiger UHT Heer on the ramp, later into F8
74+64 Tiger UHT Heer outside for some tests
79+02 NH.90TTH (Heer) still in Lw outfit without "Heer" titles. testflight as "Dixi 03"
84+45 CH-53GS Lw/HSG64 returning from a testflight as "Redfox 15"
84+74 CH-53GS Lw/HSG64
89+56 SeaKing Mk.41 Marine/MFG3 maintenance visitor, on the ramp, later into hangar
[D-HADJ]/20137 H145M Royal Thai Army f/c testflight as "Redfox 25", c/n confirmed under the radome on the nose
[D-HADH] H145M Lw (f/c) inside Hangar D10 (not confirmed but I guess it is 20136/76+14)
[D-HADP] H145 Polizei Sachsen f/c (c/n 20124/D-HSAA). Production flight as "Redfox 7"
[D-HADQ] Jupiter HT.1 (H145) RAF f/c no confirmation but I`m very sure it is 20133/ZM502 as it is the last one for which no tie-up is known)
D-HADS H145 Airbus demonstrator (in & out of C10)
[D-HADU] EC.145 same outfit as 9778/D-HADY. C/n is confirmed as 9775. Production Flight as "Redfox 5"
[D-HBTJ] H145 white c/s with several large blue stripes (unknown operator, an no c/n tie up for this one). Production flight as "Redfox 7"
[D-HECD] Juno HT.1 (H135T3H) RAF f/c towed outside for testflight; c/n 2007?
[D-HECM] EC.135P2+ Airbus test bed (local flight as "Redfox 3")
EC.145 Securite Civile (in a corner of the ramp in front of C8)
-- Juno HT.1 (H135T3H) RAF f/c (towed outside of production area for some tests). Still without test registration and no other marks applied

Regards,
Alex

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LOG Donauwoerth 04-04-2017
Just a short stop yesterday when a thunderstorm forced me to leave after one hour...
78+39 NH.90TTH German Army Production flight as "Redfox 7" (Factory code TGEA0039)
[98+51] NH.90NFH German Navy on the ramp (factory code NGEN001, real serial will be 79+51)
[98+56] NH.90NFH German Navy Incomplete airframe missing the rotor. The beginning rain prevented me from confirming the identity with the factory code on the tail, but it could be 79+56?
84+45 CH-53GS Lw/HSG64 (engine test)
84+96 CH-53GS Lw/HSG64 (on the ramp)
[D-HADH] H145M Lw f/c (maybe 20136/76+14) on the ramp after testflight
D-HADS H145 Airbus demonstrator, local flight as "Redfox 6"
[D-HECG] Juno HT.1 (H135T3H) Royal Air Force f/c testflight as "Redfox 25". Identity unconfirmed but it can only be c/n 2009 (ZM510) which fills in the only gap...
[D-HECJ] Juno HT.1 (H135T3H) Royal Air Force f/c testflight also as "Redfox 25". C/n is 2010 which makes it ZM511 with the RAF
[D-HECT] EC.135P3 primer (c/n 1202); on the ramp after testflight

Some pictures from today:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/115708529@N08/

Regards,

[spottervito]

LOG Donauwoerth 25-04-2017
74+43 Tiger UHT Heer, maintenance visitor. Made a local flight as "Dixi 10"
74+64 Tiger UHT Heer, (outside on the ramp)
84+96 CH-53G Lw, towed outside on the ramp
.... H135 y/wh colours (disappeared in hangar upon my arrival). Same colours as 1252 which became F-HLCG.
[D-HADA] EC.145C2 silver/Blue c/s (same colours as c/n 9775/9778 from last visits). I`m quite sure they are all for an Iraqi operator. There was a delegation visiting today and there was an Iraqi flag on the entrance... And cis noted an r/wh/bk flag on D-HADY last month (although I didn`t...). This one departed to Ingolstadt as "Redfox 14" later on.
[D-HADK] EC.145C2 silver/blue c/s (same story as for D-HADA above). c/n probably 9787 but needs final confirmation.
[D-HCBQ] H145M Lw, (serial overtaped, but should be 20097/76+10, but why was this one not delivered?). Another GAF H145M was beside this one in hangar C9.
[D-HCMA] EC.145C2 Securite Civile. Local checkflight as "Redfox 6". Obviously it is here for maintenance or some modifications. Anyway unusual that it lost the french registration. According to helionline it is 9022/F-ZBPM but I have no confirmation.
D-HECB H135P3H Airbus demonstrator in unusual white/blue c/s with big "Helionix on board" titles. C/n 2006
[D-HECM] EC.135P2+ Airbus testbed (still in primer); c/n 0886. towed outside of C9 for an engine test
[D-HECN] H135 y/bl colours. c/n 1259 confirmed (for this one EC-MPK is reserved). Made a local flight as "Redfox 14"
[D-HECP] H135.3H primer, c/n 2013. Production flight

bye, Alex

[ROOSENS]

H135 y/wh colours (disappeared in hangar upon my arrival). Same colours as 1252 which became F-HLCG.

became
F HLCG 1252 in place by SAF to the SAMU 61 France
F HLCH 1254 in place by SAF to the SAMU 25 France
to follow
D-Hxxx/F-Hxxx 1260 coming for Babcock MCS
D-Hxxx/F-Hxxx 1263 coming for Babcock MCS

[cis]

H145M D-HCBQ is still 76+02 !! It was confirmed as such in March by its cn. (I guess) it was never delivered and stayed at Doanuworth for tests/training, just like 76+01 !!

76+10 was never seen with a D-xxxx registration, only an assumption was made that when D-HCBQ was seen that this should be 76+10, but in fact D-HCBQ was always 76+02.

[ROOSENS]

Delivery on May 23 of the H135 T3 c / n1260 in France to Babcock MCS but no provisional registration ???

[spottervito]

LOG Donauwörth 05/10/2017
74+63 Tiger UHT Heer (inside hangar F8)
74+65 Tiger UHT Heer (on the ramp, later into F8)
79+08 NH.90TTH Heer (inside hangar F8)
79+12 NH.90TTH Heer. Engine test
84+53 CH-53G Lw, outside on the ramp
---- H135 a/wh towed over the ramp, incomplete and without any markings
---- Juno HT.1 (H135T3H) RAF f/c; incomplete without any markings. Towed into flight test hangar.
[D-HADO] H145 Saudi Ministry of Interior (f/c), full markings "Security Aviation" and badge. Engine test. c/n confirmed as 20138, but the Saudi MOI-.. serial under the tail was properly overtaped with the test registration.
[D-HCBY] H145 ADAC f/c, engine test (c/n 20146)
[D-HCB.] H148 Polizei f/c (inside hangar D10)
[D-HECJ] Juno HT.1 RAF f/c without markings. Engine test (c/n 2010)
[D-HECQ] Juno HT.1 RAF f/c (outside on the ramp), c/n unknown
D-HFHS EC.135T2 DLR (maintenance visitor), local flight as "DHFHS"
D-HTSC EC.135P2 Airbus testbed (Local flight as "Redfox 7") still in primer (c/n 0832)

[spottervito]

LOG Donauwörth 23/05/2017
very few choppers today unfortunately but at least first sighting (for me) of the last two H145M for the German Air Force in full colours.
76+12 H145M Lw, inside hangar C9
76+14 H145M Lw, testflight as "Dixi 07" with military crew, so should be handed over already. If anyone is interested the HEX code for this one was 3E7204
76+15 H145M Lw engine test
[D-HCBY] H145 ADAC f/c; production flight as "RDF 30" (c/n 20146)
[D-HECP) H135.3H primer, testflight as "RDF11"
[D-HECV] H135 .... just tail noted inside hangar west side

[Le Addeur noir]

LOG Donauwörth 23/05/2017
very few choppers today unfortunately but at least first sighting (for me) of the last two H145M for the German Air Force in full colours.
76+12 H145M Lw, inside hangar C9
76+14 H145M Lw, testflight as "Dixi 07" with military crew, so should be handed over already. If anyone is interested the HEX code for this one was 3E7204
76+15 H145M Lw engine test
[D-HCBY] H145 ADAC f/c; production flight as "RDF 30" (c/n 20146)
[D-HECP) H135.3H primer, testflight as "RDF11"
[D-HECV] H135 .... just tail noted inside hangar west side

Hi Alex,

D-HECV is destined for the RAF.

I'll post some sightings on here for this week shortly.

[Le Addeur noir]

Donauworth (EDPR/…) Montag 29 Mai

D-HECV J (Juno or Jupiter for the RAF)
D-HECY J (Juno or Jupiter for the RAF)
74+64 EC665
76+02 EC635P-2
76+15 EC635P-2
78+40 NH90TTH
79+12 NH90TTH
79+28 NH90TTH
79+61 98+51 NH90NFH (for) Marineflieger
D-HTSC 0852 Primer

[Le Addeur noir]

Donauworth (EDPR/…) Dienstag 30 Mai

76+05 EC635P-2 Ankunft von (Laupheim)? ca 16:18,dann nach halle C9
76+15 EC635P-2
84+94 CH-53GS
89+51 Sea King Mk.41 MFG-5