@ San Francisco, CA
September 2023
Captured this United 737 MAX 9 on final approach into SFO. The Boeing 737 MAX is the fourth generation of the venerable Boeing 737 that first flew in 1967, and resumed flight operations in November 2020 after a 20 month long grounding following two crashes. The 737 MAX 9 will replace the 737-900 and has a longer fuselage than the MAX 8. United operates 137 of these MAX 8/9 aircraft in their fleet, soon to number 410 in total. In 2019, United began using this update of the “wavy line” livery (first seen on their 787 Dreamliners) which removed the gold color elements.