Thanks runway 30 for this info . This is a screenshot from the French RFSTA flight plan database, showing the basic info and nor all the fields.filed . Once thing : No guarantee this is the actual flight plan used , unless it was delayed many times ( this particular PLN would have expired at 0930. )
Possibly a different PLN was filed for a dep at 19:00 or so, and this one could have been IFR , this could explain the rumors heard of 2 PLN s. . but just speculating.
Anyway it shows the pilot filed that the aircraft was mode S equipped, which is what I was after. If it was on the BEA would knows pretty much where the aircraft is .