Wunstorf (ETNW) 2023

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For the first time since March 2021 A400M 54+10 was noted back with LTG 62 at Wunstorf on 14.09. when it departed Manching after maintenance.

Noted on 14.09. was TBM-700A 105/XK of AAE/ET 00.043 and Gulfstream 650ER V-117 of KLu/334.Sqn. did its first visit. Global 6000 14+05 of FBS BMVg made one overshoot.

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An evening visit on 18.09. was made by special painted C-130H 747 of HAF/356.MTM. It landed after 18.00h and stayed for ca. 90 minutes.

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Active on 8.11. were the following LTG 62 A400M:

54+06 (arrived back from maintenance at Hannover), 54+21 (still in special Air Defender colours), 54+29 and 54+30.

Next week the next delivery will commence, possibly 54+44.

One A400M will participate at the Dubai Air Show from November 13-17th.

Visiting from 11.30-14.30h local was Eurofighter GS 31+40 of TLwG 31, as VADER31.

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New A400M 54+44 is en route to Wunstorf on 14.11.

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54+44 is the first A400M with a third centerline HDU in the loading ramp. To use this two fuel tanks capable of 6 tons fuel each could be installed in the fuselage.

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Landing for an emergency exercise on 16.11. was Eurofighter GS 30+30 of TLwG 71.

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54+44 will test the new HDU unit in the next months. With this installed and one or more fuel tanks in the fuselage it cannot be used for normal troop or other load transport missions.

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Short visit on 18.11 12:00-12:30

54+05/16/17/20/23/28/29/30/36/37/40 and 54+43

and a „43+13“ Tornado i/a no serial on Ramp

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Active A400M of LTG 62 on 22.11. were:

54+10, 54+21 (Air Defender paint), 54+23, 54+25 and 54+26

Noted on the ramp were 54+03, 54+05, 54+20, 54+40 and 54+43 plus five more unidentified.

54+21 will loose it´s special paint in the next weeks/months.

Visiting was Eurofighter GS 30+61 of TLwG 73, departing later with an afterburner take off and a 30 second climb in afterburner!

Again a MFG 3 P-3C CUP arrived for some nice training approaches (touch and go´s, overshoots, a landing, an aborted take off and finally take off) in the shape of 60+03 (60+04 was doing the same here two days earlier on 20.11.!).

Overshooting was EC.135T1 82+57 of IntHubschrAusbZ.

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A400M 54+21 of LTG 62 arrived at Hannover-Langenhagen on 1.12. for maintenance with Airbus until at least January. It is not yet known if it will actually loose it’s special colourscheme during this stay.