BOEING'S NEW 737-800 TRANSPORT
The longest 737 ever built, made its first flight July 31. The 129.5-ft.-long aircraft departed Renton, Wash., for a 3-hr. 5-min. test flight over the Straits of San Juan de Fuca and northwestern Washington state before returning to Boeing Field in Seattle. The aircraft reached an altitude of 17,000...
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