[Ranxerox]

Anybody know what effect, if any, a plane sitting on the tarmac for 14 months has on its mechanical condition? Can you merely "turn the key" and take-off?

[RoughDobermann]

Anybody know what effect, if any, a plane sitting on the tarmac for 14 months has on its mechanical condition? Can you merely "turn the key" and take-off?

I honestly don't know. Surely any sane pilot would do a pre-flight but who knows...? Perhaps a Freeper with commercial aviation experience will chime in. The article does state that the bird took on 14,000 gallons of fuel before takeoff, however.