Re: Aircraft focus: Boeing B737-200QC

run — Mon, 19 Aug 2002 21:25:41 GMT

Hi Lucasiu

Just a heads up. When you post links use " instead of '. Else they won't work. I allready edited the links you provided so far, so they work now.
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Aircraft focus: Boeing B737-200QC

lucasiu — Mon, 19 Aug 2002 15:44:36 GMT

Boeing B737-200QC is the only narrowbody aircraft that can be changed from full passenger configuration to full cargo configuraion in 1 hour, so it is very popular for operators of remote regions, like Aloha Airlines of Hawaii & Alaska Airlines, as these airlines have to transport cargo to the remote places without any other means of transport & having not enough passengers.

(See Boeing feature story for more details) <a href="http://www.boeing.com/commercial/news/feature/737qc.html">(http://www.boeing.com/commercial/news/feature/737qc.html)</a>

But its design is very poor in today standard, like the use of low bypass engines greatly increases noise & fuel consumption (though this offers short runway takeoff capability important for remote regions, and is not attainable by newer B737 nor A320), the very small overhead bins.

So I think a new quick change variant of single aisle aircrft like that of B737-200QC should be developed to replace the B737-200QC, with detachable overhead bins to allow use of large containers in cargo configuration, and much lower fuel consumption & noise than B737-200QC.

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Re: Aircraft focus: Boeing B737-200QC

Aircraft focus: Boeing B737-200QC