Boarding a 1st Rev plane
Sep 8, 2019, 7:14 pm
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https://www.flightradar24.com/data/aircraft/n395dz
Sep 8, 2019, 11:04 pm
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Sep 8, 2019, 11:32 pm
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Dave!! good to see you’re back in form!
best I’ve managed is revenue flight #6 (N284AK, an Alaska 739) on 17 Jan 2018 ... delivery was 28 Dec 2017
best I’ve managed is revenue flight #6 (N284AK, an Alaska 739) on 17 Jan 2018 ... delivery was 28 Dec 2017
Last edited by jrl767; Sep 9, 2019 at 1:10 pm Reason: add relevant jet info
Sep 9, 2019, 4:49 am
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Nice! Looks like you are on this aircraft:
Does it still have that new plane smell?
https://www.flightradar24.com/data/aircraft/n395dz
Does it still have that new plane smell?
https://www.flightradar24.com/data/aircraft/n395dz
Sep 9, 2019, 6:34 am
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Closest I have ever been.
Been on an A321 on DL where the pilot announced the plane is only a few days in service.
Sep 9, 2019, 7:39 am
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Sep 9, 2019, 11:42 am
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I got the same announcement (first rev flight) last year on a 737-9 and it was pretty exciting. So new that the IFE map still showed Boeing - ATL as the flight route.
Sadly though a few drunk people definitely made the floor sticky with booze before we landed
Sadly though a few drunk people definitely made the floor sticky with booze before we landed
Sep 9, 2019, 11:47 am
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Once I was on a DL 739 flight where the captain announced that it was a very new airplane, although the announcement didn't say that we were its first customers. The short flight, which normally was scheduled on a different aircraft type, seemed to have a combination purpose of training and working out any bugs. IIRC the route was MCI-MSP. Indeed, it did have a new plane smell, similar to a new car smell.
