Reply With QuoteBoeing will do a software fix and offer them up as bargains. Always some cheap stingy operator who will buy the cheapest. Ryanair, Jetstar, Tiger Air, Frontier come to mind.
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Boeing said " that it had 400 737 Max aircraft in storage."
Boeing to temporarily halt 737 Max production in January - BBC News
Swaggie
Boeing will do a software fix and offer them up as bargains. Always some cheap stingy operator who will buy the cheapest. Ryanair, Jetstar, Tiger Air, Frontier come to mind.
URSUSMAJOR
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James, PM John Travolta.
If you don't like trucks, stop buying stuff.
OldBushie
SubscriberMaybe a couple as Government aircraft would be OK?
ForumSage
Convert them to Freighters , fire bombers , paying passengers wont fly in them, people do have short memories but I think the 737MAX / NG / 800 or whatever they want to call them is forever tarnished . I know I'd rather walk.
ChatterBox
SubscriberReminds me of the De Haviland Comet. The worlds first commercial jet airliner, a truly ground breaking aircraft. Two crashes over a short period of time killing all on board. Unfortunately the idea of having large square(ish) cornered windows and 'non rip stop' fuselage design led to the Comets failure.
A poisoned chalice the Comet as it is more remembered for what went wrong as opposed to its ground breaking design.
Just like the Comet the 737 max with its MCAS system may also be a ground breaking development in aircraft design but it will forever be remembered for what went wrong not what it got right.
Deano
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Wizard
You should never use software to hide a hardware problem.
ForumSage
Interestingly the ill fated Comet went on to become the Hawker Siddeley Nimrod (Anti Submarine) , in service with RAF until 2011 , but never again in civil service.Originally Posted by DeanoH
The failure of the Comet opened the door for the Boeing 707 .
Very Very Lucky!
Amazing trivia thanks. Worked with Nimrods in my Anti Sub days. very cool kit.
PS we (Australia ) used P-3 orion not nimrods. Happily played with during exercises somewhere blue and far away
Master
"Interestingly the ill fated Comet went on to become the Hawker Siddeley Nimrod (Anti Submarine) , in service with RAF until 2011 , but never again in civil service."
Not so!
The disasters occurred to Comet 1s in 1954.
The Comet 4 first flew in 1958 and enjoyed a short but successful life in service with a number of airlines - most notable being East African Airlines. An old instructor of mine flew Comet 4s for EAA - he thought they were an excellent aircraft. 76 Comet 4s were built - the last flew in 1997.
Alas the damage was done by the earlier losses and the B707 went on to dominate the international skies.
The Nimrod was based on the Comet 4.
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