Been sorting through my photos from my London trip (internet was down so no more excuse to postpone it :(). I noticed that this UA plane was named “customer Richard H. Leung”.
What’s the story behind that. What do you have to do to get a plane named after you? Did he win a competition? Was he the first to get 1.000.000 FF-miles? Did he bribe someone?
By: Whiskey Delta - 29th August 2004 at 14:13
I thought it had to do with him being the first (or one of the first) to hit 1 million miles.
By: andrewm - 29th August 2004 at 11:12
But still y name the aircraft after him???
By: steve rowell - 29th August 2004 at 05:30
Born in Hong Kong in 1961, Richard Leung emigrated to the United States in 1975 with the rest on his family. He went to college and majored in business and art. He joined his father, H. Leung, and his brother, Thomas Leung, in the world of art as the youngest on the Leung artists. While growing up, he spent many years under his father’s tutelage to develop his inherent skill and to improve his technique.
Today, Richard Leung’s paintings follow in the family tradition of creating beauty on canvas, depicting soft, dreamlike mountainscapes and tropical beaches.
By: mongu - 28th August 2004 at 22:58
Do you think he’d get upgraded seing as it’s “his” plane!
By: andrewm - 28th August 2004 at 20:11
Maybe he did something to help UA like calmed a plane load of passengers down or something?
By: airband1 - 28th August 2004 at 19:57
Why not write to United Airlines and enquire mate
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August 28, 2004 at 6:12 pm