All about Boeing !
Boeing no doubt is the mother of all commercial aircrafts. Here are some intersting facts abt the Boeing commercial crafts.The data holds good for the B 737 - 600 / 700 / 800 NGs. In the picture we have the 737 - 800 NG flown by 9W. The picture taken by me with a Sony DSC-W30 cam at N T Rama Rao Airport, Hyderabad enroute to Kolkata from Bangalore.
Take - off Speed: 151 Knots / 280 Km App
Landing Roll / Distance: 5000 ft App
Landing Gear: Main Gear - 2 Sets of 2 wheels each (Total 4)
Nose Gear - 1 Set of 2 wheels (Total 2)
Total - 6 Wheels
Maximum Landing Weight for a 737 - 800 NG without Winglets: 65,317 Kg
737 - 800 NG with Winglets: 66,361 Kgs
Now something Interesting, weights of the exit doors on a Boeing 737 - 600 / 700 / 800
Forward Entry Door: 105 Kgs
Forward Gallery Door: 74 Kgs
Aft Entry Door: 77 Kgs
Aft Gallery Door: 72 Kgs
Forward Cargo Door: 48 Kgs
Aft Cargo Door: 49 Kgs
Overwing Exit Doors: 14 Kgs
Now the question which still bothers me is the logic behind the 7X7 series of Boeing. Why did Boeing call its crafts 707, 717, 727, 737, 747, 757, 777, 787. And then what happened to 767 in the middle. Then why was 787 named 7E7 - the dreamliner first... Wish i get the answers soon. In case anyone has a idea i would love to hear that...
posted by Boeing at 6:22 PM
3 Comments:
Why 7X7...well maybe because they made a 400 series bomber post WW2, 500 series for powerplants, 600 series for missiles so next in line was the 700 series..and coz 7 has been lucky for dem :p
The Boeing 767 was very much there with its last variant launched as late as in 2000
Finally the new one was called 7E7 coz the design wasn't finalized then...E standing for 'Efficient', 'Environmentally-friendly', 'Exciting', 'Evolution' and 'Economical'......and more importantly EIGHT he he....it was renamed to 787 once the design was frozen :)
Hey Bala,
Great Mate...!
So finally i gt them...Ah... Quite logical.. Waise another point why was 7E7 called the dreamliner...
Anyways have also written a mail to the marketing team of Boeing. Hopefully they will get back soon...
Thanks mate,
Saurav
why the DREAMliner ?....well a look at the videos on its site would answer you :p
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