Post #3437929
2025-09-04 21:43 UTC
Flights with indirect routing like today's are a big hint that a plane coming from Renton #KRNT to Portland #KPDX will probably turn out to be a new unpainted green plane on its first flight. Boeing test pilots fly out to eastern Washington State while putting the plane through the "test card" checklist. Many things to verify as working properly before they hand off a new aircraft to the customer's line pilots. https://www.flightaware.com/live/flight/BOE940/history/20250904/1615Z/KRNT/KPDX #UnpaintedAirplane #PicklePlane #aviation #avgeek #PNW
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@ikluft@avgeek.social 2025-09-06 19:53
Something you don't see every day in Portland #KPDX... a Boeing 737 MAX8 of Norwegian Air Sweden. Except I already posted pics of this plane here. It arrived August 18 on its B1 flight as a green #UnpaintedAirplane #PicklePlane. Now out of the Boeing Portland Paint Hangar on its second flight, it could be customer pilots testing on its C1 flight. It did two trips around the pattern at PDX before departing north to Boeing Field #KBFI in Seattle for customer delivery. #aviation #avgeek #PNW