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Old Aug 30, 2006, 2:20 pm
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Dave_C
 
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Originally Posted by FWAAA
Minor pedantic point here, but UA doesn't have any 747s in the desert. There are some old ex-UA 747s parked in the desert, but they belong to someone else - UA having dumped these airplanes in its three year bankruptcy reorganization effort.
We like pedantry over here on the BA board.

Does anyone know how old/young the ones in the desert are? I'm guessing most of them need 'D' checks too?
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