Interesting Airbus at CBR today...

[trooper]

..parked over the RAAF side...

I think it was an A319 (short/no winglets) but I may be wrong there...

Down the side was Bundesrepublik Deutschland with a small German flag on the tail and national colours fuselage stripes..

Wonder what it is doing here, and, more intersting to me at least, what route did it fly on the way out??? :shock::mrgreen:

 

[markis10]

German Airforce:

German Air Force Airbus A319-133CJ 15+01 ETOU 30-08-10 | Flickr - Photo Sharing!

Probably heading back to SIN as it routed SIN-SYD-CBR, this image from jetspotter has her on approach into SYD, note the tail markings (as posted on the site by Jayden Laing )

 

[trooper]

Excellent! Thanks for that...

From where I was (over near the new office blocks of "Fairbairn Park") I couldn't see the Luftwaffe marking (Didn't know they used that word either!!! Actually think it's great... nicely historic..)

..nor could I see the tiny little Iron Cross marking...

I assumed it was a Government (but not Air Force) machine....

 

[Paddy55]

Believe German Foreign Minister was in Canberra today.

Probably made Kevin 07 jealous!

Paddy

 

[ozmille]

Didn't know an A319 could do SYD SIN in one go.

 

[markis10]

Didn't know an A319 could do SYD SIN in one go.

It has extra tanks in the cargo area that provide a range of 6500nm or just under double the SIN-SYD distance, its the ACJ version. Quite a few countries use them as Presidential Aircraft.