New Production List book aimed at filling gaps in your logs

ooplcoversmA new book has been released by Destinworld Publishing which is jam-packed full of information on airframes around the world and their current condition.

Out of Production List - Western Jet Airliners lists full production lists of 27 aircraft types and sub-types, all of which are no longer produced and so prove more and more difficult to find as the years pass by.

The book is right up to date as of June 2009 and lists the status of every airframe, whether it is active, stored, preserved, written off, or remaining only as a small section or parts in someone’s back yard. The importance of this to spotters’ logs is obvious, as aircraft you once thought were lost are once again unlocked to you to hunt out on your travels.

Types covered are separated by sub-type, and include older Airbus and Boeing types, such as the A300, 707, 737-200 etc., as well as types such as the Convair 880/990, HS Trident, VC-10, Caravelle, Fokker 28/70/100 and many more. Each has a summary of locations and conditions, plus a complete cross reference of previous registrations to make finding frames you’ve seen easier. Each entry has a tick box to mark off aircraf you’ve seen.

For full details on the book, and to order a copy click here, or visit your favourite aviation bookstore. It’s also available on Amazon.

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Chateauroux Spotting, France

Chateuroux is a small airport in France, an hour or so south of Paris. It has very little flight activity, with just a regional link to the capital of note.

However, the airport has become synonymous with airliner storage and nearly always has a few widebodies put out to pasture, ready for scrapping or eventual return to service.

The reason I mention Chateauroux now is that I just saw a log of what is currently stored there and was quite surprised! The log includes:

VP-BIB 747-200F Air Bridge Cargo
I-OCEU 747-200F Ocean Airlines
EC-JFR 747-200 Air Pullmantur
SX-FIN 747-200 Sky Express
F-GTOM 747SP Corsair
F-BTDE DC-10-30 AOM/Cubana
A nice bunch if you need them! Most aircraft can be seen quite easily by driving around the airfield and terminal area. Some photographs are possible.