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Old Feb 3, 2010, 2:28 am
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Originally Posted by NewbieRunner
Or perhaps it's a two-class A340. It tried to get into the FCT but was turned away because no First Class and feels rejected.

All airbuses should be given a HON card so they can get into the FCT whenever they want (with the same day departing BP etc. ...)
Oh come on! You expect a self-respecting LH A-340 to stand around on the tarmac waiting for the HON pick-up? And what about its A-340 spouse?

And... are you trying to tell me that a LH A-340 flies at least 600,000 miles in two years???
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Old Feb 3, 2010, 5:33 am
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Originally Posted by oliver2002
Anyone know the tailsign?
It's a little hard to tell from the picture, but I think the nosewheel bay doors say "HY" - so it would be D-AIHY, an A340-600.

I saw HY in Frankfurt on January 14th, so it does seem to be based there rather than in MUC at the moment.
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Old Feb 3, 2010, 6:16 am
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Originally Posted by alex0683de
It's a little hard to tell from the picture, but I think the nosewheel bay doors say "HY" - so it would be D-AIHY, an A340-600.

I saw HY in Frankfurt on January 14th, so it does seem to be based there rather than in MUC at the moment.
From http://www.libhomeradar.org/
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Contacted [UTC]         Callsign Flightnumber  Routing  Registration	 Operator     Type
2010/02/03 10:10	 DLH430  LH0430	       FRA-ORD	D-AIHY 	         Lufthansa    A346	
2010/02/01 09:19	 DLH465  LH0465	       MCO-FRA	D-AIHY 	         Lufthansa    A346
Though it doesn't prove anything conclusively...
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Old Feb 3, 2010, 7:45 am
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Originally Posted by NewbieRunner
From http://www.libhomeradar.org/
Code:
Contacted [UTC]         Callsign Flightnumber  Routing  Registration	 Operator     Type
2010/02/03 10:10	 DLH430  LH0430	       FRA-ORD	D-AIHY 	         Lufthansa    A346	
2010/02/01 09:19	 DLH465  LH0465	       MCO-FRA	D-AIHY 	         Lufthansa    A346
Though it doesn't prove anything conclusively...
It would prove that if it was indeed HY, the damage can't have been very substantial.
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Old Feb 3, 2010, 11:35 am
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Originally Posted by NewbieRunner
Or perhaps it's a two-class A340. It tried to get into the FCT but was turned away because no First Class and feels rejected.

All airbuses should be given a HON card so they can get into the FCT whenever they want (with the same day departing BP etc. ...)
It just wanted to maximize its FCT experience
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Old Feb 3, 2010, 11:57 am
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Originally Posted by TRAVELSIG
It just wanted to maximize its FCT experience
Is it the equivalent of sneezing into the pillow?
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Old Feb 4, 2010, 8:26 am
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What is across the road in the photo? Maybe it was trying to get to whatever that is...?
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Old Feb 4, 2010, 5:38 pm
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Originally Posted by notsosmart
What is across the road in the photo? Maybe it was trying to get to whatever that is...?
Fuel depots? No clue really, don't know FRA that well.
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Old Feb 5, 2010, 2:11 am
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Originally Posted by notsosmart
What is across the road in the photo? Maybe it was trying to get to whatever that is...?
Originally Posted by Scoojitsu
Fuel depots? No clue really, don't know FRA that well.
If it is where I think it is (at the cargo apron to the north of RWY18), then across the road there is a small strip of forest, then the A3 highway and then the construction site for the new runway at FRA - perhaps it was trying to be the first to use it?
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Old Feb 5, 2010, 3:33 am
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Originally Posted by alex0683de
If it is where I think it is (at the cargo apron to the north of RWY18), then across the road there is a small strip of forest, then the A3 highway and then the construction site for the new runway at FRA - perhaps it was trying to be the first to use it?
Trying to be the very first "Runway Lice" to sit there and wait until the runway opens?
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