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From: cfiaime@ihnp3.UUCP (J. Williams)
Newsgroups: net.aviation
Subject: Re: Commercial aircraft power-to-weight
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Date: Thu, 2-Jan-86 10:52:38 EST
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In article <1724@cuae2.UUCP> djmolny@cuae2.UUCP (-DJ Molny) writes:
>
>While I was hanging around Salt Lake City this morning, I spotted a Western
>Airlines 737 with turbofan engines mounted under the wings on pylons.  They
>looked similar to the new turbofans on 757's and 767's, only smaller.
>I didn't see a manufacturer's label, but they looked a lot like GE's.
>
>Does anyone know if this is a factory-new 737 (seems unlikely), or a retrofit?
>I know the old P&W's are noisy gas hogs, while the 737 airframe is a real
>workhorse, making it a good candidate for a retrofit.
>-- 

That is the 737-300, one of the best selling of the new airliners.  It
has been in service for just about a year.  Boeing has a backlog of almost
150 orders for this airplane.  (Item of interest:  most of the 737 is
built in Wichita and shipped to Renton, Washington for final assembly.
This is because it is cheaper to pay freight than the taxes on a finished
airplane in Segewick County, Kansas...)

					jeff williams
					ihnp3!cfiaime