UA - first in the US to buy the 737 will get the 8,000th!
Apr 17, 2014, 2:11 am
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UA - first in the US to buy the 737 will get the 8,000th!
Boeing’s 737 Turns 8,000: The Best-Selling Plane Ever Isn’t Slowing
Boeing’s 737 aircraft just marked an aviation first: The 8,000th model has rolled off the assembly line, a round-number milestone for the best-selling airplane of all time. Boeing (BA) will deliver the aircraft, a 737-900ER, on Wednesday to United Airlines (UAL), the buyer of the first 737 sold in the U.S.
Boeing’s 737 aircraft just marked an aviation first: The 8,000th model has rolled off the assembly line, a round-number milestone for the best-selling airplane of all time. Boeing (BA) will deliver the aircraft, a 737-900ER, on Wednesday to United Airlines (UAL), the buyer of the first 737 sold in the U.S.
The initial 737-100, ordered by Lufthansa (LHA:GR), was 93 feet long and 93 feet wide by wingspan, prompting engineers to dub it “the square.” The plane was designed as a complement to Boeing’s 727 model for routes of as long as 1,000 miles. United sought a 737 that was 6 feet longer, leading Boeing to build a 737-200. That design proved to be far more popular with airlines and was followed by variations that went through the 900ER, the currently the largest version of the plane.
Good job Boeing and UA! Congrats on #8,000! Perhaps UA could paint this plane in the original paint design from their first 737-200?
Apr 17, 2014, 6:16 am
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Couldn't agree more! Seems all I fly anymore are these damned sCO 737s with the uncomfortable F seats! I love other Boeing planes, but give me an A319/320 over a 737 any day!
Tim
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Would rather have more Airbii 
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Apr 17, 2014, 7:14 am
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Couldn't agree more! Seems all I fly anymore are these damned sCO 737s with the uncomfortable F seats! I love other Boeing planes, but give me an A319/320 over a 737 any day!
Tim
Couldn't agree more! Seems all I fly anymore are these damned sCO 737s with the uncomfortable F seats! I love other Boeing planes, but give me an A319/320 over a 737 any day!
Tim
Apr 17, 2014, 7:58 am
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Apr 17, 2014, 8:05 am
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what comfy seats?
a lot of you worry about the seats. jeffyboi will include that in the next round of cuts.... no more seats on the plane, everyone needs to bring their own else you will be standing on your next transcon flight. strapped on the walls of course for safety reasons.
Apr 17, 2014, 8:06 am
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Apr 17, 2014, 8:41 am
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For those of us old enough to recall the "Triangle Trade" (DAL/HOU/SAT with AUS in the middle) on WN, the 737 will always be identified with once tiny WN, now spanning the continent, having out-lived a long list of once-weres. The white vinyl boots and hot pants may be hazy memories, but WN's 737s are hard to miss.
The 8,000th of the breed and those P8 clones TEMDU out of Perth suggest the a/c has a lot of decades left in it.
The 8,000th of the breed and those P8 clones TEMDU out of Perth suggest the a/c has a lot of decades left in it.
Apr 17, 2014, 9:01 am
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