Sunday, October 30, 2011

Boeing 737: The super-jumbo's forgotten little brother

Mon, 10/31/2011 - 04:41 — Anonymous Nearly every airline owns one, nearly
every traveler has flown on one -- highlighting the most successful
commercial jet ever built In the time it takes you to read this story, 660
Boeing 737s will have landed or taken off, somewhere in the world.The hype in
recent days has been all about the Boeing's 787 Dreamliner. And so it should.
But let's not forget there are plenty of other planes that have changed
commercial aviation over the years. Not least of which is the 737. The next
time you take a flight, odds are good that you'll be boarding a Boeing 737.
With 6,887 delivered to date, Boeing's 737 output single-handedly outnumbers
the entire Airbus fleet.And the plane just got a new engine. read more

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