Me: "The guys at St Martin-du-Touch would have been constantly striving for improvement, ..."
HN39: "... and more than a runway separated them from the guys at 1 Rond Point Maurice Bellonte."
Yes, the rather uninspiring Airbus premises - did they even exist in 1988? As you know, the south side of la ville de Blagnac has changed almost beyond recognition since the late 1980s, partly because of the creation of the rocade. (And, more recently, the north side of l'aeroport de Blagnac went completely bonkers - but that's another story.)