Operators of 737-600 China Southwest Lauda Air SAS Tunisair Air Algerie Go to http://www.boeing.com/assocproducts/aircompat/737.htm for specifications on all Boeing aircraft David R > From: "Alireza Alivandivafa" <DEmocrat2n@xxxxxxx> > > Sent: Tuesday, September 30, 2003 3:14 PM > > > In a message dated 9/30/2003 8:57:53 AM Pacific Daylight Time, > kurtzke@xxxxxx > > writes: > > > Reading > > http://www.boeing.com/commercial/737family/technical.html > > you wouldn't think the 737-600 and 737-700 were even a product. Other > Boeing pages give very little space to the 737-600. > > Looking at the 738/739 specs is a little puzzling. They are listed as > having the same one-class passenger capacity and same MTOW. The range > given for the 739 is 224 sm less than the 738. Thus what the bigger wing > and 8 foot 8 inch longer fuselage gets you in the 739 is supposedly the > higher cargo volume. Since the bigger wing and fuselage must weigh more, I > wonder if the cargo weight allowed in the two planes can be much different > at full fuel load. Of course with less than full fuel aboard, higher volume > available for cargo can allow bigger weight of the cargo, but also > considerably shorter range. The 739 seems a little bit of a combi. > > I couldn't find anything about the length of the 737-600 and 737-700. > > Gerry > http://foley.ultinet.net/~gerry/aerial/aerial.html > http://home.columbus.rr.com/gfoley > http://members.fortunecity.com/gfoley/egypt/egypt.html