I was fortunate to happen to be in Seattle on a research trip at the Boeing Historical Archives in December 2019 when PH-BCL, a KLM Royal Dutch Airlines Boeing 737-800, departed Boeing Field for Amsterdam- this is the last civilian 737NG built. ⠀ Everything after this is a 737MAX on the production line aside from the P-8 Poseidon program and the E-7 Wedgetail AEW&C birds. As long as there is military demand, military 737NG variants will still be built. ⠀ There were some China Eastern 737-800s still to be delivered when I took this photo, but they were built before PH-BCL on the Renton line. ⠀ PH-BCL caps off a 22-year production run for the 737 Next Generation program which started with the maiden flight of the 737-700 prototype on 9 February 1997. That prototype still flies today for Southwest Airlines as N707SA. #avgeek #aviation #airlines #aircraft #planeporn #KBFI #BFI #Seattle #BoeingField #Washington #airport #planespotting #instaplane ⠀ #Boeing #737 #KLM #RoyalDutchAirlines #PHBCL #instagramaviation #splendid_transport #instaaviation #aviationlovers #aviationphotography #flight ⠀ #AvGeeksAero #AvgeekSchoolofKnowledge #AvGeekNation (at King County International Airport) https://www.instagram.com/p/CKFVD5aB2Sh/?igshid=eczropecynt7
Happy Birthday to the Boeing 737! 🥳 TDIH 1967, prototype Boeing 737-130 departed from Boeing Field (KBFI), Seattle, Washington, with test pilots Brien Singleton Wygle and Samuel Lewis (“Lew”) Wallick, Jr. in the cockpit.
Boeing 747-8JK Intercontinental N6067E (msn 38636) by David G. Schultz
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Taken from the SAM Sculpture Park on approach over Elliott Bay to Boeing Field (KBFI)
Rolling Stones Boeing 737 Swift Air Charter Jet CloseUp Departure @ KBFI Boeing Field #airplane #boeing #aerospaceengineering #pilot #pilotlife #aviationeverywhere #aviationnews #aviationmechanic #aviationphotography #aerospace #pilots #aviationindustry #airbus #aircrafttechnician #aviationworld
A real mystery machine today for #WagonWednesday. European readers see “vans” like this every day, and once upon a time so did Americans, who called them “sedan deliveries.” But such vehicles have been essentially extinct here since 1980, when Ford stopped selling the panel wagon Pinto. American consumers never took to these vehicles, but somebody loves them enough to have made their own Oldsmobile Achieva panel van, though whether they finished it is an open question - this photo was taken in 2015 and the van vanished shortly thereafter. Whoever did the work, the extended roofline and the whole concept really fits the slab-sided Achieva. Hopefully it’s still out there. The story really begins with the design of the Achieva itself, which took place a LONG time before the car actually appeared and which set the tone for a bunch of pre-Aurora 1990s Oldsmobiles, most notably the 1991 Oldsmobile 98 and 1992 Delta 88. According to designer Gary Smith, what became the 1992 Achieva started out as a sketch of a sporty coupe in late 1985 when he was working in Oldsmobile’s studio 1. One of his bosses, Dave Holls, asked him to do a full rendering, and then to rework the idea for use on the N-body Cutlass Calais replacement, which Olds studio 2 was working on at the time. Studio 2’s top designers, lead David North and his second-in-command @edwelburn (later GM’s head of design) and others then worked up a modeled prototype. The design was basically finished in 1986, but it took a long time to get into production and Smith’s glassy rooflines, seen on a 1991 concept car preview, were eliminated for cost. The rooflines came from the other N-cars, the Buick Skylark (sedans) and Pontiac Grand Am (Coupes). But the ultra-clean slab look remained, and it aged very well. The 98 and 88 both borrowed elements of the theme. All three cars were aimed at injecting some character back into the smaller front-drive platforms that had proliferated in the 80s, and they did that very well. The Achieva carried over much underneath, but was a good seller and performer in its day. The slabs are a perfect fit for a van or a coupe utility, but GM never envisioned such products. (at KBFI (Boeing Field)) https://www.instagram.com/p/CGDPlNPFCkL/?igshid=yc45nb7afnyk
While catching the last 737NG built depart Boeing Field the week before Christmas, I also caught this wonderful specimen that had just arrived from Juneau, Alaska- a Lynden Air Cargo Lockheed L-100-30 Hercules! There are three basic version of the civilian Hercules- though designated L-100, the Lockheed designation is Model 382. The baseline model is the L-100 (L-382B) which is similar to the short body C-130 Hercules. The L-100-20 (L-382E/F) introduced a 5 foot stretch ahead of the wing and a 3 foot stretch behind the wing. The L-100-30 (L-382G) is further stretched with another 6 foot fuselage section and it’s the L-100-30’s stretch that was the basis for the C-130J-30 variant that’s used by a number of air forces. The stretched civilian Hercules variants have been the best selling versions of the L-100. The civilian version of the C-130J Hercules is the LM-100J. Lockheed at one point was looking at a civilian version of the C-130J-30, but decided to focus exclusively on military -30s. If I’m not mistaken, Lynden Air Cargo has six L-100-30s. If anyone knows better, chime in as I’d love to know the exact numbers. This particular aircraft is N409LC. #avgeek #aviation #aircraft #planeporn #KBFI #BFI #Seattle #BoeingField #Washington #airport #planespotting #instaplane #Lockheed #C130 #L100 #Hercules #N409LC #LyndenAirCargo #instagramaviation #splendid_transport #instaaviation #aviationlovers #aviationphotography #flight #AvGeeksAero #AvgeekSchoolofKnowledge #AvGeekNation (at Boeing Field) https://www.instagram.com/p/B6rjgKhhDcT/?igshid=312m1waffecc