Posted on 06/25/2019 11:32:11 AM PDT by Responsibility2nd
FULL TITLE: Boeing Has So Many Grounded 737 Max Planes Waiting to Be Fixed They're Parking Them in the Employee Parking Lot
You may recall that, thanks to an issue with faulty sensors in the Boeing 737 Max flight control systems, those planes have been grounded after multiple crashes were found to be related to the issue. Grounded planes are, by definition, not in the air, and as such need to be stored, on the ground, somewhere. In the case of Boeing’s Renton Factory in Washington state, there’s so many grounded planes that some of that ground has to be taken from Boeing’s employee parking lots.
As you can imagine, seeing the planes parking among people’s everyday commuter cars is a strange sight, which has led to pictures like these being posted on Twitter: ... and Instagram:
Seattle’s King 5 News has some very comprehensive aerial footage of the factory, which gives a sense of just how many of these planes are parked at Boeing’s factory right now:
That’s a lot of planes. There’s about 500 grounded 737 Max jets around the world, as Bloomberg notes, with about 100 stuck at Boeing’s Renton factory. Those are the planes we’re seeing here, parked alongside people’s Priuses and Explorers.
I wonder if you can snag a spot under the wings if it’s raining?
LOL
New Bumper Sticker, “My Other Car is a Boeing 737 Max”
Pilot: Remember where we parked.
Co-pilot: Copy that.
Its basically just a different type of winglet. It effectively increases the span aerodynamically without actually added more distance. Plus with the new wings theres a little less parasite drag. The wingspan is 117 feet. In fact the airplane is so “clean” that Boeing had to install some other things that allow us to descend. It likes to hang out up high and sip gas.
Additionally, to equal the same fuel efficiency in a car, you would have to get from San Diego to Orlando with only about 63 gallons of gas. About 35 miles per gallon in a 4 passenger car as the crow flies. But its 4 solid days in a car and 5 hours in a jet.
Stock price down only $20.
Note to self. Never park THAT close to a 737 Max.
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