Frag Out! Magazine
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Due to the time of the delivery, just after the 99th anniversary of independence, the aircraft received special paint theme to commemorate that event. One of the elements of the theme is Marshal Józef Piłsudski on the left side of the vertical stabilizer. The right side includes other persons who contributed to the regaining of Polish independence and national liberation. What is interesting, there were minor changes performed before the aircraft arrived to Poland. According to the declaration of the Ministry of National Defense, the aircraft will be used with that paintwork until 2019. Then, the paintjob will be changed to the pattern used by the whole government aircraft fleet, which is now represented by a pair of Gulfstream G550 jets delivered June-July 2017. The welcoming ceremony included, i.e. the naming ceremony by PFC Oktawia Nowacka, the member of the Military Sport Team of the Communication and Information Technology Training Center in Zegrze and the bronze medalist of the Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro. The Boeing 737-800NG serial number is 61358 and the assembly number is 6370. It was build on request of a Chinese 9Air local low-cost airline. Its maiden flight was conducted on 13 April 2017 – on that time, it had its final registration number B-7998. Despite performing five test flights, the aircraft was not accepted by customer, due to unknown The first Polish 737-800 if the Air Force; the picture was taken in Seattle when the aircraft still had the original paintwork of 9Air airlines – Jeff Berry www.fragoutmag.com