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Review: United First Class Boeing 737 MAX (IAD-MIA)

One Mile at a Time

United has been doing an impressive job upgrading its cabins on narrow body aircraft, and it was nice to finally experience that. He explained that there was an indicator in the cockpit that the cooling fans for the avionics were broken, and that they need three of those to be active in order to depart.

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How To Tell Different Airplanes Apart, From 737s To A380s

One Mile at a Time

Boeing 737 characteristics (narrow body) The Boeing 737 is the most common commercial aircraft in service. One method is to look at the cockpit windows. The 787 is the only wide body jet to have four cockpit windows, rather than six. This is a fairly small, sleek, and modern looking aircraft.

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