Check Six: April 9, 1967 – 50 years ago
Remembering those who flew on Boeing 737s with Aloha Airlines over the years
From the This Day in Aviation website
At 1:15 p.m., 9 April 1967, the prototype Boeing 737-130, N73700, (internal number PA-099) took off from Boeing Field, Seattle, Washington, with test pilots Brien S. Wygle and S.L. “Lew” Wallick, Jr., in the cockpit. After a 2 hour, 30 minute flight, the new airliner landed at Paine Field, Everett, Washington. When asked by a reporter what he thought about the new airplane, Boeing’s president, Bill Allen, replied, “I think they’ll be building this airplane when Bill Allen is in an old man’s home.”
Webmaster Comment: Bill Allen was right – 50 years later, Boeing just rolled out the Boeing 737 Max 9 – great looking plane, check out the photographs
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