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Post by ca350 on May 3, 2019 15:25:43 GMT 1
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philidor
in service - 6 years
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Post by philidor on May 3, 2019 16:30:00 GMT 1
Looks like MSN 1900, CS-TUF (Already delivered) in the air for a test flight The aircraft is being tested because of the recent 'fume event'. |
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Post by mariovieira on May 3, 2019 16:47:47 GMT 1
The idea is to bring CS-TUF to Lisbon after this test flignt since the aircraft already has its ferry 'redelivery' flight scheduled for today (ETA at LIs 20h05 LT)
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Post by mariovieira on May 3, 2019 17:57:05 GMT 1
A little reflection about TAP's fleet ; - With the 'Redelivery' of CS-TUF (Msn 1900) the airline will deploy its A339's on North American routes besides MIA. This has started on May 1 with LIS-JFK and tomorrow it's LIS-EWR turn (dunno why CS-TUF seems to be an obivous candidate for tomorrow's flight  ). Apart from that it has announced the use of Neos on the following routes ; - LIS-ORD, starting on June 01 (new route), - LIS-BOS, starting on June 06, - LIS-IAD, starting on June10 (new route), - LIS-SFO, starting on June 10 (new route), - LIS-YYZ, startng on June 18. It also expects to recieve 2 more A339's during May, and the most obvious canditates seem to be ; - Msn 1906, CS-TUH, interim reg F-WWCQ - Msn 1908, CS-TUI, interim reg F-WWCD There are however another 2 that could arrive, this are - Msn 1897, CS-TUE, interim reg F-WWYT, - Msn 1909, CS-TUJ, interim reg F-WWCL. But these 2 are still in early stages of final tests, and Msn 1909 hasn't yet flown, but I believe that they will be arriving a little bit after the first 2 mentioned, just in time for the new routes . Edit, I forgot that there's a 5th candidate. It's this one ; - Msn 1914, CS-TUL, interim reg F-WWYU. It went to CHR for painting on April 10 after a 1st test flight |
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Post by savoyard74 on May 3, 2019 19:41:34 GMT 1
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lowpass
Final Assembly Line stage 1
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Post by lowpass on May 3, 2019 20:41:27 GMT 1
So now we have six TAP with engines, five in Toulouse and another one at Châteauroux already painted MSNs 1897 1906 1908 1909 1913 1914 MSN 1914 @châteauroux  Photo by Dominique Meunier at FlickrOverall for the A339 program the arrival of T7000 engines seems to have improved although the test flights phase seems not yet entered a more stable pace |
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Post by addasih on May 4, 2019 3:46:07 GMT 1
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Post by FabienA380 on May 4, 2019 7:46:39 GMT 1
Nice picture! Would be nice to know which frame it is, at the back in the diff primer.
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lowpass
Final Assembly Line stage 1
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Post by lowpass on May 4, 2019 7:53:40 GMT 1
The one from the upper right corner may be new, the 3 unpainted TAPs remaining were in green primer 1921, 1922 and 1925.  It may have been one of them coated with the yellow/brown stuff (as happened with 1897) but seems more likely to be a new one not seen before, maybe MSN 1941 ? |
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cmg25
in Convoy en route to Toulouse
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Post by cmg25 on May 6, 2019 8:08:57 GMT 1
MSN 1954 for TAP seen in SNR
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). Apart from that it has announced the use of Neos on the following routes ;
