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Beschreibung
For more than half a century, one aircraft has defined modern air travel more than any other: the Boeing 737. From its modest beginnings as a short-haul jet in the 1960s to its reign as the world's most produced airliner, the 737 has carried billions of passengers, shaped airline strategies, and survived crises that might have ended lesser aircraft programs. This definitive history traces the 737's journey across generations-from the pioneering -100 and -200 models through the "Classics" of the 1980s, the Next Generation workhorses of the 1990s, and the ambitious MAX series of the 2010s. Along the way, it explores the aircraft's central role in deregulation, the rise of low-cost carriers, global expansion, and even military and government service. Yet the 737 story is not one of triumph alone. It is also one of setbacks, tragedies, and controversies, most notably the MAX grounding that shook aviation to its core. Through it all, the jet endured, adapted, and returned to service-cementing its place as a symbol of resilience and reinvention. 737: The Jet That Changed the World is more than an aircraft's biography. It is a chronicle of how one airplane came to embody the hopes, anxieties, and ambitions of an industry, a machine that connected continents and transformed the very nature of flight.
Spezifikationen
Sprache
- Englisch
Autor
- Aaron Aaberg
Erscheinungsjahr
- 2025
Format
- Buch (Softcover)
Anzahl Seiten
- 224