40 years ago this plane first flew, and you've probably flown on one recently

[Ripsnort]

Every 5 seconds a 737 takes off somewhere in the world.

Happy 40th birthday (First Flight) 737!

[Chairboy]

Good plane.  

737: The Cessna 172 of revenue flight.

[Airscrew]

Originally posted by Ripsnort
Every 5 seconds a 737 takes off somewhere in the world.

 what about landings?? They just take off and never seen again?

[Xargos]

737 ain't the worst plane I ever fueled, back in the day.  Forgot how old that thing was.

[Xargos]

Originally posted by Airscrew
 what about landings?? They just take off and never seen again?

Yea, you know those darn UFOs just keep taking them.

[john9001]

Originally posted by Airscrew
 what about landings?? They just take off and never seen again?

thats what they call a "non-stop flight".

[Ball]

Originally posted by Ripsnort
Every 5 seconds a 737 takes off somewhere in the world.

Happy 40th birthday (First Flight) 737!

40 years... you would think that they would at least have a picture of one that works

[Ripsnort]

The picture don nah work for ya'll?

[Reschke]

Originally posted by Ball
40 years... you would think that they would at least have a picture of one that works

The plane doesn't really exist. It is a government conspiracy to get us all to believe that particle transmission is not a viable way of moving cargo and humans around the globe. When we all walk down that "jetway" to get onto the "aircraft" we are swept with an invisible beam that breaks down our parts and we continue onward into what we believe is an aircraft. The government holds us all in suspension for as long as it used to take to "fly there". When your luggage is lost it really happens because it was rerouted into the wrong materialization field and has to be queed up again.

[Xargos]

[Ball]

I just get a red x.

Maybe it is security by Boeing blocking the image to Europe in case Airbus steal their designs.

[Skuzzy]

Here is what I could find for the press release.

And the image you had linked was not showing up Rip.  I hope the one I grabbed is close enough.

[eskimo2]

Originally posted by Ripsnort
Every 5 seconds a 737 takes off somewhere in the world.
 

So one 737 has been doing touch and goes every 5 seconds and just works its way around the world?  I don’t get it?

[Ball]

Originally posted by Ripsnort
Every 5 seconds a 737 takes off somewhere in the world.
 

...and one lands every 10 seconds?

[Fishu]

I've only flown in McDonnell's planes. DC-10, MD-11, DC-9 and MD-80 series. Riding on DC9/MD80 series was quite nice, but I've hated descending on DC10/MD11; Feels like something would be squeezing ears closer to each other.

I wouldn't mind trying out the 737, I've flown it for quite a bit in FS9.