June 14, 201114 yr :( Nice Tuifly, keep up the great work Vin!I know a lot of effort is goin' into producing all these liveries! ------------------------ Mattias Nordin ESOW
June 14, 201114 yr yep, china would be great :)and thx for tui :) that tui guy will stop asking fot it finally ^^ Jakub Jochec - CZE Feel free to ban me, but gime me good reason
June 14, 201114 yr Tuifly is awesome! @ Al (chock)The place where the paint them (NGs), how do they get them there if it's not worth the flight? And if they make them at Renton, where do they paint them?Thanks,Regards Best regards, happy flying, Wallace
June 15, 201114 yr looking forward to seeing the shorter members of the family Jeff Bea I am an avid globetrotter with my trusty Lufthansa B777F, Polar Air Cargo B744F, and Atlas Air B748F.
June 15, 201114 yr Tuifly looks amazing!!! Any chance of Southwest livery any time soon? Paul Kawalec Chicago O'Hare Int. Airport . Last flight: 6-11-11 - B737-700 - Southwest Airlines #2139 - KMDW -> KTPA
June 15, 201114 yr @ Al (chock)The place where the paint them (NGs), how do they get them there if it's not worth the flight? And if they make them at Renton, where do they paint them?RegardsThey make them at Renton as you say (although at that point they are not always completely finished), then they are flown over to Boeing Field (where they used to be made years ago) in their zinc coating. They are then painted, apart from the tail fin and rudder and (sometimes) winglets (if fitted) which are already painted before they are put onto the airframe at Renton because the paint adds to their weight, so they have to be balanced when they are fitted. The average paint job on a 737 adds roughly 300lbs extra weight in total although that actually depends to some extent on how fancy the paint job is because masked paint patterns on intricate liveries are oversprayed over a base coat, so simple liveries will weigh quite a lot less.After they have been painted and that paint has dried and hardened, they may also then be flown either back to Wichita (where the fuselages originally come from by train after having been made there), or over to Georgetown, depending on what needs doing to them for the final customer. At Wichita they fit out military variants (C40, MMA etc) with any fancy Air Force or Navy bits and pieces they need, whereas at Georgetown they fit stuff such as extra fuel tanks on the BBJ variants and satellite communications equipment. This is because these things are supplemental type fittings that require different certification.An interesting thing to note, is that several 737 fuselages have had to have bullet holes in them patched up after arriving at Renton from Wichita, because people take potshots at them as they travel through the remote countryside on the trains.Al Alan Bradbury Check out my youtube flight sim videos: Here
June 15, 201114 yr An interesting thing to note, is that several 737 fuselages have had to have bullet holes in them patched up after arriving at Renton from Wichita, because people take potshots at them as they travel through the remote countryside on the trains.AlThat's just sick... Thomas Danielsen - FAA Commercial Pilot, JAA ATPL
June 15, 201114 yr Commercial Member Hopefully we will get some more British operators,Thomsonfly or Jet2? Alex Ridge Join Fswakevortex here! YOUTUBE and FACEBOOK
June 15, 201114 yr An interesting thing to note, is that several 737 fuselages have had to have bullet holes in them patched up after arriving at Renton from Wichita, because people take potshots at them as they travel through the remote countryside on the trains.Alhonestly some people are really stupid. Do these idiots know that Boeing can smash them? It makes me sick and not just at the plane but shooting animals??? Hillbillies make me furious. The trains should really have side walls or something Joe Barton
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