Germany's Open Skies A319 in Spain

摘要

LUFTWAFFE A319CJ 15+03 (c 1212) lands at Getafe, Madrid, after a 2hr flight from Cologne Bonn Airport on November 25, using the callsign 'OSY11T: The aircraft was recently modified by Lufthansa Technik AG in Hamburg to carry out flights under the Open Skies Treaty and was delivered to the Luftwaffe on June 21. The aircraft was previously in use with Volkswagen Air Services under the registration VP-CVX. It is the only aircraft of its kind operated by the Luftwaffe since the loss of the previous Open Skies Tu-154M 11+02, which collided with USAF C-141B 65-9405 off the coast of Namibia on September 13, 1997. Work on the 19-year-old Airbus lasted 26 months and the approximately 150 modifications included the installation of three high-resolution cameras and an infrared camera system.