Istres le Tubé 16.06.2010 - What type of plane is this?

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Istres le Tubé 16.06.2010 - What type of plane is this?

Post by Olli J. »

This one did a few approaches at the 16th of June. I don't know the type or the job of this aircraft. The reg looks like F-WUAV, but i can't get any Infos. This is an old A-300 Reg of Airbus Company.
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Re: Istres le Tubé 16.06.2010 - What type of plane is this?

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According to the French Civil Aviation Authority it is a....


...non existing plane :?
No record in their database for such a registration.

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Re: Istres le Tubé 16.06.2010 - What type of plane is this?

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According a log by Reach4060 in this topic it's a Dyn Aero.

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Re: Istres le Tubé 16.06.2010 - What type of plane is this?

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It's an ugly plane! That should be enough! :wink:
But it looks like it wears the manufacturers name or logo under the cockpit. Maybe you can enlarge it?
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Re: Istres le Tubé 16.06.2010 - What type of plane is this?

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Ghanz wrote:According a log by Reach4060 in this topic it's a Dyn Aero.
That is like saying it is an Airbus. Dyn'Aero is a manufacturer, so it still doesn't give the type. Besides it doesn't look like any of the Dyn'Aero types I know (which does not rule it out completely though).

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Re: Istres le Tubé 16.06.2010 - What type of plane is this?

Post by Stephan Lodewijks »

If I'm not mistaken F-Wxxx-registrations are usually temporarily allocated serials for factory-operated aircraft. The last three characters of the serial ("UAV") strike me as somewhat suggestive...?? Maybe this aircraft is modified into a Unmanned Air Vehicle?? It certainly has a lot of visible modifications (be aware, that is just a personal guess!)

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Re: Istres le Tubé 16.06.2010 - What type of plane is this?

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HI there,
take a look here, it may help : http://www.airport-data.com/aircraft/photo/483821.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

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Re: Istres le Tubé 16.06.2010 - What type of plane is this?

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Thank you all for find this out. I checked out the other pictures and don't find any pilot in the cockpit :)
Very interesting for me...
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This is the Patroller long endurance UAV co-developed by Stemme and sagem. Ex-Reg is D-KUAV.

See also http://www.stemme.de" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

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