The Boeing 737 is an American narrow-body aircraft produced by Boeing at its factories in Washington state. Developed to supplement the Boeing 727 on short and thin routes, the twinjet retained the 70
A Boeing 737-200, the first mass-produced 737 model, in operation with South African Airlink in 2007
October 18, 1966, Jet aircraft patent, filed June 22, 1965, by John Steiner and Joe Sutter for Boeing
737-100 introduced by Lufthansa on February 10, 1968
A Lufthansa Boeing 737-100 at Zurich Airport in 1981
The Boeing 737 Classic is a series of narrow-body airliners produced by Boeing Commercial Airplanes, the second generation of the Boeing 737 series of aircraft. Development began in 1979 and the first
Boeing 737
…Whitney JT8D low-bypass turbofan engines and offered seating for 85 to 130 passengers. Launched in 1980 and introduced in 1984, the second generation 737 Classic -300/400/500 variants were upgraded with more fuel-efficient CFM56-3 high-bypass turbofans and offered 110 to 168 seats. Introduced in 1997, the third…
A Boeing 737-300, the most common variant, of Southwest Airlines (2007)
The initial 737-300 (foreground) is 9 ft 5 in (2.87 m) longer than the 737-200 (background) and is re-engined with wider and more efficient CFM56 turbofans
Engine inlet of a CFM56-3 engine on a Boeing 737-400 series showing the non-circular design
A 737-300 of United Airlines