Alaska Airlines Announces Order for Six Boeing Next-Generation 737-900ERs
Feb 20, 2015, 6:53 pm
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Feb 21, 2015, 11:18 am
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I'm not as much of an AvGeek as some of you are, but I will miss the F seats on the 400s. They are so much more comfortable than the newer F seats on the 800s & 900s.
Taking off on a -400 sometimes reminds me of the children's book, The Little Engine That Could.
(Chug, clunk, lumber, chug ... roar ... ) "I think I can, I think I can ... "
I'll miss those little planes when they're eventually phased out.
Taking off on a -400 sometimes reminds me of the children's book, The Little Engine That Could.
(Chug, clunk, lumber, chug ... roar ... ) "I think I can, I think I can ... "
I'll miss those little planes when they're eventually phased out.
Feb 22, 2015, 8:17 am
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This is missamo80's blog. The aircraft with the pound sign, hashtag to you non luddites(I'm old) have streaming. I'm about to send him a update for his list. http://www.danecreek.com/blog/2014/1...l-numbers.html
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Feb 23, 2015, 12:01 am
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Feb 23, 2015, 8:24 pm
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As I understand it (and I should introduce myself by saying this is rumor, I am in no way "in the know"), the combis will be replaced with pure freighters, as the C-40a (-700 combi) will not be available for civilian use. The smaller -700 has a better weight to power ratio for a freighter than the -800 or -900, so as the -400's go, all of the freight lift will be -700 freighters.
Timing, of course, depends on how long it takes for someone to start offering the -700 freighter conversion. Last I have heard was '17 at the earliest. Anyone have newer info?
Timing, of course, depends on how long it takes for someone to start offering the -700 freighter conversion. Last I have heard was '17 at the earliest. Anyone have newer info?
Feb 24, 2015, 4:41 pm
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I'm not as much of an AvGeek as some of you are, but I will miss the F seats on the 400s. They are so much more comfortable than the newer F seats on the 800s & 900s.
Taking off on a -400 sometimes reminds me of the children's book, The Little Engine That Could.
(Chug, clunk, lumber, chug ... roar ... ) "I think I can, I think I can ... "
I'll miss those little planes when they're eventually phased out.
Taking off on a -400 sometimes reminds me of the children's book, The Little Engine That Could.
(Chug, clunk, lumber, chug ... roar ... ) "I think I can, I think I can ... "
I'll miss those little planes when they're eventually phased out.
Feb 25, 2015, 1:35 am
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the MDs had even better F seats as far as comfort goes.
I was fortune enough to ride them twice.
The primary noise upfront being the slipstream=priceless!
Originally Posted by ANC
I'm not as much of an AvGeek as some of you are, but I will miss the F seats on the 400s. They are so much more comfortable than the newer F seats on the 800s & 900s.
Taking off on a -400 sometimes reminds me of the children's book, The Little Engine That Could.
(Chug, clunk, lumber, chug ... roar ... ) "I think I can, I think I can ... "
I'll miss those little planes when they're eventually phased out.
Taking off on a -400 sometimes reminds me of the children's book, The Little Engine That Could.
(Chug, clunk, lumber, chug ... roar ... ) "I think I can, I think I can ... "
I'll miss those little planes when they're eventually phased out.
The primary noise upfront being the slipstream=priceless!
Feb 25, 2015, 3:45 pm
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Agreed. The MD-80 seats were great. It was like those old Sprint ads where you could "hear a pin drop."
Feb 25, 2015, 4:18 pm
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Feb 25, 2015, 11:34 pm
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Feb 25, 2015, 11:35 pm
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Feb 26, 2015, 12:20 am
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I think we'll find out soon 