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Amazing Change in Weather Between Arrivals

My wait at Boeing Field for the 777X coincided with some very changeable weather.  The wind was strong and gusty for the whole time but what started out as wet and dreary gradually cleared up to be a sunny end to the day.  I shot a couple of 737s as well as some corporate jets.  When the 737 Max 7 test aircraft came in, it was absolutely hammering it down and the plane was pretty obscured by the rain.  When a Max 8 on a test flight came in later, things had cleared up quite a bit.  It wasn’t sunny at that point but there was a hint of light improvement which was making the green protective film shine a little more.  By the time the 777X came in, the sun was out!

Southwest Max 7s Awaiting Release

The 737 Max 8 has been the best seller of the Max product line.  The Max 7 has barely sold at all and Boeing even had to redesign it to be a shrink of the Max 8 rather than the rework of the -700 that it was originally intended to be.  Southwest and WestJet have bought them but they are about the only ones.  I guess production examples have started to come off the line during the grounding.  When you go around the back of Renton, amongst the stored Southwest jets are a bunch of the Max 7s.  I guess certification and delivery of these will be something intended to follow on closely from the return to service of the Max 8 and Max 9 jets.