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Mysterious Boeing 737- It's still green
No one seems to know who exactly owns the plane and what its purpose is. Never painted, it's still in its green zinc chromate coating. To the uninformed, it looks like it's held together with duct tape. Probably our tax dollars at work, maybe. (www.thedrive.com) עוד...Sort type: [Top] [Newest]
Maybe someone wanted to collect one in "mint" condition?
Probably just the new iteration of the #lolitaexpress. I think 5 hours would be just about enough time.
They must be testing a new way to get Nancy's party jet to California without detection! Probably testing new freezer space for he Chocolate ice cream containers!
Look at the altitude and speed returns for each flight. Lot's of possibilities as to what's being tested, but something for sure is aggressively being tested. Wonder if this has something to do with the Max return to service or a baseline comparison (I realize this a/c is not a Max). Since she's still green, and predates the Max a good bit, perhaps an unrelated coincidence. Interesting.
It's a fish spotter aircraft searching for Blue Fin tuna schools.No secret there. It's TUNA TIME in SOCAL
And what if the last thing you want is the dampening effect of a surface protection system? (It ain't just paint anymore either).
It has the green coating that protects the unpainted skin. Boeing gets the skin sections with it covered for assembly. When the aircraft is finished being built, it goes to the paint shop and it is removed and painted. If you look at the pictures you see aluminum tape covering wiring or something for temp install for testing. Someone is useing this aircraft for testing something or other. Maybe something fixes on the 737-Max. Best guess from the pictures. Also, you can not trust what an engineer says. I have worked at Boeing and Lockheed building planes and even I know what that is.