Boeing 737 all modifications made more than any other jet passenger aircraft world - more than five thousand copies.We began to build them in 1967.
five thousand aviation - a very large number, almost a whole fleet.Every five seconds, one of the Boeing 737 makes a landing, and its place in the airspace occupies the same plane.At any time of the day or night sky plow more than one thousand two hundred of these ships.
Airframe was generally so successful that for decades has undergone just not very significant changes.
So, the fuselage modified Boeing 737 400 extended by three meters, which was caused by the requirement of the charter companies, this change resulted in the processing and conditioning system.
In those times the transverse dimension of 737 aircraft throughout the series was unprecedented, he let passengers sit in two rows of three, it was a revolutionary achievement in the application and modification of aircraft Boeing 737 500.
interior scheme is as follows: in the economy-class - six in a row, in a suite - four at a greater width of the seat.The layout of the airframe became a classic for medium and long-haul transcontinental later and passenger aircraft.Two engines consume less fuel, and kerosene savings by 1967 has become one of the main goals of aircraft manufacturers worldwide.This scheme was later used and the design of Airbus, and Russian aircraft construction, and became the general line of development of passenger aircraft in the world.To some extent almost all modern civil aircraft like the Boeing 737 to 500. Driving salon also became a role model for decades, at least in the medium-haul airliners creating interiors.
nacelles have a few flattened bottom shape in order to compensate for the low-slung fuselage.
aircraft sales almost immediately went very active.Airline Alaska Airlines has purchased and is using four dozen aircraft 737 500, which shows a wide climatic possible operation of this machine.
By the size of 737 500 is not very large, length about 30 meters, it is 2 meters shorter than the previous modification of 737 300, with a range of non-stop trip has more (it reaches 3400 km), fuel consumption is lower, and the passengers itIt carries up to 130 people (with odnosalonnoy layout).This modification was made for nine years.From 1990 to 1999, it made a little less than four hundred cars.
Much attention developers airliner Boeing 737 500 was paid to the ergonomics of the passenger compartment, not only, but also the cockpit.Display, who took the place of "alarms" as pilots called analog pointer instruments, became colored.If necessary, the control panel installed navigation system GPS.
As for the convenience of passengers, despite the fact that the duration of flights on medium-sized arteries usually no more than two or three hours, the conditions in the cabin Boeing 737 500 created not worse than for long-distance flights.Using the possibilities of modern entertainment centers, embedded in the back seat, some airlines, such as "Turkish Airlines", broadcast the whole process of landing an airliner as it is visible from the cockpit.It is very interesting.
