In light of Southwest Airlines’ 737 decompression, I thought I would offer a bit of trivia on the 737.

Question 1:  How many family iterations has the 737 seen?

Question 2:  How long has the 737 been in production?

Question 3:  How many engines brands have been offered for each variant of the 737?

Question 4:  What airliner was the world’s most popular before the 737 overtook that place?

Answers after the fold:

Question 1 answer:  3 (The original 737-100/200, the Classics 737-300/400/500 and the Next Generation 737-600/700/800/900)

Question 2 answer:  Depends on your viewpoint.  If you measure it by first flight, the 737 has been with us since 1967 and is presently 44 years old.

Question 3 answer:  Just one.  For the 737-100/200 it was Pratt & Whitney and for all others it has been the GE-SNECMA CFM engine.

Question 4 answer: The Boeing 727 was with production totaling 1,831 aircraft delivered.  Both the Boeing 737 and Airbus A320 dwarf that number now.

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