the 7500th B-737 !!

That second design concept was ruled out by Airbus nearly 2 decades ago, there is no feasible way to evacuate it in under 90 seconds in an emergency.

Yes but are we well served by a manufacturer churning out the same fifty year old concept, with nothing but a series of small and safe steps avoiding any real advances?

What about hybrid wings, or blended wings? Will the £2billion for aerospace recently promised by the UK government be used for anything like this?

Or this?

What about sonic cruisers, flying close to Mach1? Remember, the fastest airliner, apart from Concord, was the VC10, itself a fifty year old design, cleared to Mach 0.93.

The VC10. An airliner still faster than any Boeing airliner for a half century.

Steven

It’s still on the same TCDS, doesn’t make it too different in my mind. Still an impressive number to have delivered.

Incredible, and to think at some point in their history around 10% have flown for Southwest!

There are structural difference probably there too.

What is impressive is five and a half thousand A.320 series which are essentially similar.

Boeing must have felt the NG 737 were very different as they re started the build number sequence to try and show that they were nothing like the previous.

there is little is anything in common with the earlier incarnations

Ummmmmm…. apart from fuselage cross section and nose?!

Yes…by name.

But there is little is anything in common with the earlier incarnations.

Still…quite an achivement nonetheless