[Racer X 69]

I had no idea 737's were still so popular!

So popular that the production rate is planned to be around 57 planes a month soon.

Boeing: Next-Generation 737

Not bad for a factory that was built to build the B-17 bombers for WWII.


Order information for all commercial planes:

Boeing: Commercial

Note the 737 leads the way with 360 net orders for 2017.

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[Racer X 69]

That is a pretty truck. I want one. No idea what I'd do with it, but I want one!

So the big orange one is to tow the blue and white ones home to the factory when they have a breakdown out there in the sky?

That is an oil field truck.

The Renton Kenworth plant produces large trucks for oil field, logging and geologic work these days. They ended production of over the road trucks there about 10 or 12 years ago.

[Racer X 69]

Fun fact: Every 1.8 seconds a Boeing 737 is taking off somewhere in the world.

[Racer X 69]

Bahrain Royal Flight 747SP.

Looks like a flying bulldog.

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[tim60]

So popular that the production rate is planned to be around 57 planes a month soon.

Boeing: Next-Generation 737

Not bad for a factory that was built to build the B-17 bombers for WWII.


Order information for all commercial planes:

Boeing: Commercial

Note the 737 leads the way with 360 net orders for 2017.

Sorry, your orders information is out of date. The five for Monarch Airlines will not get delivered. Monarch Airlines went broke at 0400 on Sunday 1 October 2017. They had to go broke at that time because that was the only time they had no planes in the air. The irony was that the UK government had to mount a repatriation scheme to cope with the passengers who were insured under an insurance scheme for package holidays (compulsory for sellers of package holidays to pay the premium). BUT they had to make arrangements with another airline to do the work, despite the fact that there would be unemployed pilots available and inactive planes available that those pilots already knew. Something to do with freezing the assets of a company that goes broke. An irony, when that would have generated extra revenue that would have helped the creditors and given the pilots a little more time to arrange their personal affairs.

[tim60]

Bahrain Royal Flight 747SP.

Looks like a flying bulldog.

Before I saw your caption I thought: looks a bit stumpy.

[Racer X 69]

Sorry, your orders information is out of date. The five for Monarch Airlines will not get delivered. Monarch Airlines went broke at 0400 on Sunday 1 October 2017. They had to go broke at that time because that was the only time they had no planes in the air. The irony was that the UK government had to mount a repatriation scheme to cope with the passengers who were insured under an insurance scheme for package holidays (compulsory for sellers of package holidays to pay the premium). BUT they had to make arrangements with another airline to do the work, despite the fact that there would be unemployed pilots available and inactive planes available that those pilots already knew. Something to do with freezing the assets of a company that goes broke. An irony, when that would have generated extra revenue that would have helped the creditors and given the pilots a little more time to arrange their personal affairs.

You'll need to address the discrepancy with the Boeing PR office. After all, they are the source of the data quoted from their web page.

[Rupert]

You'll need to address the discrepancy with the Boeing PR office.

I'll be damn! Fake PR......what next?

[robtcorl]

3.5 hours on the smoker.
Rib tips are about done, pork butt (shoulder) has a few more hours yet to be pullable.

[tim60]

You'll need to address the discrepancy with the Boeing PR office. After all, they are the source of the data quoted from their web page.

Well, to be fair, they are probably in the process of lawyers sending letters at 30 days reply time before it becomes official to them that the Monarch Airline has vanished into insolvency. Hopefully, for them, they were not financing any of the planes already 'sold' and delivered.

[tim60]

Where will we get this thread to by the end of 10/10 Hawaii time?


Can we get it to 41000?

[tim60]

I am doing my best to help, without any of those silly one word messages.

[robtcorl]

Can we get it to 41000?

one word, word

[Ex Finn.]

3.5 hours on the smoker.
Rib tips are about done, pork butt (shoulder) has a few more hours yet to be pullable.

Nice!

[Ex Finn.]

All I have are 4 strip steaks and 2 russet potatoes for the Weber.