It was only a 2 minute video to summarize the event however it did show takeoff as well as landing.
Watching the take off made me very excited. The MAX really seems to have power that you would bot expect on the 737. The test crew seemed very pleased with the aircraft upon landing.
As staff @SWVA and an A-List Preferred member @ Southwest IRL, this has me excited.
The mistakes Boeing made will hopefully not be made again by them or other manufacturers. Cutting corners or seemingly not indicating a major flight trim feature cost lives.
Looking forward to sitting down in a SWA Heart Livery B737 MAX. Really looking forward to see if IF introduces the aircraft as it makes it’s return. Most of all, I cannot wait to see your excitement and opinions here on IFC.
Can’t wait for this! A true competitor for the NEOs. (Because the 757 will always be unmatched imo). Crazy to think airlines can fly a longer range aircraft on low-demand routes soon!
Not a huge boeing fan but it is good to see that progress is being made. Hopefully after the covid-19 mess blows over we can see the 737MAX flying passengers again in both the US and worldwide (EASA/others should take note and recertify it themselves in short order).
Boeing has lost trust in the public, it is now their job to gain it back. This is the first step.
Personally I am very glad that this bird is returning back to our skies. Have flown on it before, and it was a great experience. However, Boeing’s hurry messed up the whole program and costed lives. I hope it comes back actually ready to fly.
After the 21st November the CAA is leaving easa so would be interesting to see if any work towards its certification to easa would be continued by the caa independent of them leaving easa.
I’m not looking forward to flying in this aircraft whatsoever. Firstly because of the awful interior, bathrooms that’d can’t even fit a toddler, and their heavy over-reliance on computer software to fly a plane. Now I’m glad the plane is not fly-by-wire controls, but everything else is basically a computer. It’s a computer with wings.
