New Toy

"f86sabre" (f86sabre) 08/06/2017 at 08:32 • Filed to: Planelopnik

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Our new toy came home last night. A350-900. I can’t wait to check it out Monday. I haven’t seen one with the interior in it yet. All composite fuselage and wings, Rolls Royce XWB engines and 8100 mile range.

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pip bip - choose Corrour > f86sabre 08/06/2017 at 08:39

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how long before it’s put into service?

Sampsonite24-Earth's Least Likeliest Hero > f86sabre 08/06/2017 at 08:40

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Those winglets are beautiful

f86sabre > pip bip - choose Corrour 08/06/2017 at 08:40

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A couple of months.

Flavien Vidal > f86sabre 08/06/2017 at 09:01

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Very nice! My father was a captain on A330 before retiring a few years back. Winglets are cool haha

f86sabre > Flavien Vidal 08/06/2017 at 09:12

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We’ve had pretty good luck with the 330. Pretty reliable aircraft.

Flavien Vidal > f86sabre 08/06/2017 at 09:13

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I honestly wouldn’t know lol, I only fly gliders and I haven’t flown for like 10 years haha

someassemblyrequired > f86sabre 08/06/2017 at 09:46

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Wow, that’s kinda surprising. Is that only for new types? I always figured a new airplane needed to start earning its keep the day after it came home from the dealership.

f86sabre > someassemblyrequired 08/06/2017 at 10:19

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New fleets have more checkouts and since this is an ETOPs bird we have to do proving runs. With it having a composite fuselage we are also doing a lot of familiarization for ground crews and maintenance.

MM54 > f86sabre 08/06/2017 at 10:42

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Meanwhile, I’ll be flying on a 25-year-old embraer a couple times this week for work

HammerheadFistpunch > f86sabre 08/06/2017 at 10:45

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Those are the wing my buddies team lays up here in Utah