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Originally Posted by jjshabado
Is that fun, or are planes maintained so well that a new plane flies the same as the rest of the fleet and its just another flight (assuming the flight is relatively modern I guess)?
The delivery flight is just another flight. The fun part is the acceptance flight, flown by a company representative along with one of the manufacturer's test pilots. I never got to do one of these, but had a friend who did several. They would put the plane through its places, doing things you'd never do with passengers on board (e.g., stalls, steep turns, slow flight).