RL757PVD From United States of America, joined Dec 1999, 4537 posts, RR: 13 Reply 1, posted (7 years 4 months 1 week 1 day 20 hours ago) and read 2995 times:
Its going to WN... I wonder if there will be some special livery or painted note on it?
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Timboflier215 From United Kingdom, joined May 2005, 1236 posts, RR: 1 Reply 2, posted (7 years 4 months 1 week 1 day 20 hours ago) and read 2973 times:
it wouldnt surprise me! i hope so. congrats boeing!
FriendlySkies From United States of America, joined Aug 2004, 4003 posts, RR: 6 Reply 3, posted (7 years 4 months 1 week 1 day 20 hours ago) and read 2962 times:
If any airline would paint a special livery, it would be WN! Maybe it will be similar to the dreamliner livery? Idk, but congrats to Boeing on what will probably remain the most successful commercial aircraft line ever!
OPNLguy From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR: Reply 7, posted (7 years 4 months 1 week 1 day 20 hours ago) and read 2878 times:
Also amazing is the fact that SWA has operated about 10% of the 5,000, or 500 frames. We had about 50 -200s (until the last of them were retired a year ago), and we have about 450 in the fleet now...
N1120A From United States of America, joined Dec 2003, 25852 posts, RR: 80 Reply 8, posted (7 years 4 months 1 week 1 day 19 hours ago) and read 2816 times:
Quoting OPNLguy (Reply 7): Also amazing is the fact that SWA has operated about 10% of the 5,000, or 500 frames. We had about 50 -200s (until the last of them were retired a year ago), and we have about 450 in the fleet now...
Hmm, wonder why they have been so profitable?
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Ikramerica From United States of America, joined May 2005, 21025 posts, RR: 60 Reply 10, posted (7 years 4 months 1 week 1 day 18 hours ago) and read 2718 times:
Quoting FriendlySkies (Reply 3): If any airline would paint a special livery, it would be WN! Maybe it will be similar to the dreamliner livery? Idk, but congrats to Boeing on what will probably remain the most successful commercial aircraft line ever!
How about using the 772LR livery (which was also used on the dreamliner, but is not the dreamliner livery), but use WN colors instead of the all blue?
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Georgiabill From United States of America, joined Mar 2003, 544 posts, RR: 0 Reply 12, posted (7 years 4 months 1 week 1 day 18 hours ago) and read 2690 times:
Congratulate to Boeing! A milestone indeed in civil aircraft manufacturing. I don't think anyother airplane will top the 737 family in sales
CO7e7 From United States of America, joined Dec 2004, 2848 posts, RR: 2 Reply 13, posted (7 years 4 months 1 week 1 day 18 hours ago) and read 2677 times:
Great Job Boeing... i wonder if they'll have 5000 777s ?????????????
GEG From United States of America, joined Oct 2004, 283 posts, RR: 0 Reply 14, posted (7 years 4 months 1 week 1 day 18 hours ago) and read 2657 times:
Quoting Flyf15 (Reply 11): Although, interestingly enough, this is not the highest built American jet design
Ohh, the F-4 Phantom. Yes, I know, a technicality. Very cool for the 737 though, and it will soon surpass the F-4, as I think only around 5100 F-4s were built.
FlagshipAZ From United States of America, joined Jan 2001, 3419 posts, RR: 15 Reply 20, posted (7 years 4 months 1 week 1 day 17 hours ago) and read 2508 times:
Congrats to Boeing on a significent milestone! Now if they can reach 10,000 737s, that would be something that only the DC-3/C-47 has seen. Consolidated built some 18,000 B-24 Liberators, and Cessna has built alot of Skyhawks, altho the figure escapes me at the moment. And oh yeah, the F-4 Phantom & the F-86 Sabre have seen the 5,000 mark. Regards.
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474218 From United States of America, joined Oct 2005, 6340 posts, RR: 10 Reply 21, posted (7 years 4 months 1 week 1 day 12 hours ago) and read 2352 times:
In another forum I was told that Boeing was building the 737 and 717 on a moving production line. The 737 in the picture appears to be stationary, since there are stands around it and it looks like they are attempting to position the left wing for installation. Does Boeing use a moving production line for the 737?
AeroWeanie From United States of America, joined Dec 2004, 1600 posts, RR: 52 Reply 22, posted (7 years 4 months 1 week 1 day 6 hours ago) and read 2221 times:
This was the 5,000th B-17 built, appropriately named "5 Grand". She was covered with the signatures of everyone at Boeing. How about a scheme like this?
Usnseallt82 From United States of America, joined Jan 2004, 4891 posts, RR: 55 Reply 23, posted (7 years 4 months 5 days 20 hours ago) and read 2041 times:
Quoting Hmmmm... (Reply 18): 5000? That's peanuts. Ford produced over 1.5 million Ford Pintos alone in 6 years.
I think you must have taken a major shat on logic to compare the building of a 737 to that of a Ford Pinto.
26 Lightsaber: Ummm... 737 has a better safety record! Seriously, this is amazing. The 737 is a machine. Does anyone know where it ranks in revenue passenger miles?
27 OldAeroGuy: It's even more than 8000. In rough numbers; 707/720: 1000 727: 2000 737: 5000 757: 1000 Total: 9000
28 SkyHarborsHome: I LOVE how the WN winglets are already painted and assembled. If they are doing a special paint job (I hope they do) then it must not involve the wing
29 Silver1SWA: Judging from the image posted, I doubt this aircraft will feature a fully special color scheme. The regular winglets are already installed and on all
30 KELPkid: 35,000 before production was stopped at Wichita and re-started at Independence, KS...Boeing has a way to go to top Cessna in sheer numbers On a side
31 OPNLguy: Good point... Maybe they'll use the same "5 Grand" that's on the pictured B-17 in a "retro" application as decals on either side, under the cockpit w
32 KELPkid: Maybe they could also register it: N5000 I know that would never happen in real life at WN...it wouldn't fit the fleet numbering scheme.
33 SkyHarborsHome: They might just have Boeing employees sign the bins or maybe have them printed like WN did with "Triple Crown One." Either way, I fly these birds ever
34 OPNLguy: Real soon... N229WN, N230WN, and N231WN are all in the computer already... No delivery dates yet...
35 AAden: great job boeing thats just goes to show what a great aircraft the 737 is
36 TheGreatChecko: I'd guess they are going to do the decal thing on the nose. WN is quite fond of that. Maybe a flyby or two somewhere to show it off...WN is also a fa
37 LTU932: Congrats to Boeing for this grand achievement!
38 SkyHarborsHome: The best was when Maryland One did its flyby at LUV and somehow it was reported that an aircraft had gear problems. There are plenty of media war thr
39 Bluewave 707: 6,000 737s would not surprise me at all!
40 TheGreatChecko: Hey, I never heard of that... I was there too! That was a pretty kickass flyby in my opinion. I did get a kick about the news saying that "Southwest
41 3DoorsDown: Yes it does. I don't consider the moving line starting at J&I (Join and Installation) which is where that shot is taken. The wings and horizontals an
42 NorthstarBoy: wow, way to go boeing, amazing achievement. and to think, next year (or is that 2008?) will mark the 40th year that the 737 has been in production! i
43 3DoorsDown: Or maybe Washington One since it is where they have all been built. I'm fairly confident it is going out in normal Southwest colors. 3DD
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Yes, I know, a technicality. Very cool for the 737 though, and it will soon surpass the F-4, as I think only around 5100 F-4s were built.
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