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Old May 2, 2019, 11:47 am
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greg5
 
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Originally Posted by Deltus
Exactly - I don't understand why the OP thinks this is a once-in-a-lifetime event, unless "WhiteTail" means something other than an aircraft with a white tail...
It's used as a term to mean an unsold aircraft coming off the assembly line. This is fairly rare, and happens when a manufacturer wants to keep a line going when they don't have the orders to keep it going.
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