History

The Boeing 737 is the most ordered and most produced jet airliner in history with over 6,000 manufactured and a further 2,000 on order in May 2009. On average there are 1,250 737s in the air at any given time.

The Boeing 737 was originally conceived as a short range, small capacity airliner that first appeared in the 737-100 version which made its first flight on 8 August 1967.

The 737-200 was stretched and given other improvements including more powerful engines and increased fuel capacity and the first one made its first flight on 8 August 1967.

They began entering service that year and production continued until 1988 by which time 1,114 had been manufactured.

Many remain in service with second-tier airlines of developing nations but were phased out of main line service because of noise and poor fuel efficiency.

This model represents F-GGVP flying for the French L’ Aeropostale in 1994.

Airfix 1/144 kit with Flightpath and Draw decals. Completed in September 2018.

Data

MODEL: Boeing 737-200 (Aeropostale, F-GGVP, 1994)

ROLE: Medium range airliner

TIME PERIOD: 1968 -

ENGINES: two Pratt & Whitney JT8D-9A turbojets of 64.5 kN thrust each

WING SPAN: 28.35m

LENGTH: 30.53m

MAXIMUM TAKE OFF WEIGHT: 58,100kg

CRUISING SPEED: 876km/h

RANGE: 4,800km

PAYLOAD: up to 136 passengers

CREW: 2 flight crew

SCALE: 1/144

KIT:

DECALS: Flightpath, Draw

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