{"id":119,"date":"2023-12-11T05:18:43","date_gmt":"2023-12-11T05:18:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/therocketstar.com\/?p=119"},"modified":"2023-12-12T02:12:44","modified_gmt":"2023-12-12T02:12:44","slug":"the-story-of-the-737-900er","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/therocketstar.com\/?p=119","title":{"rendered":"The story of the 737-900ER"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The 737-900. The competitor to the A321. This is the story of the 737-900 and how it was supposed to be the front cover instead of the 737-900ER. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The 737-900 was built as competition to the A321. Boeing also built it with an idea to replace the aging 757-200. After they launched the 737-900, there were only 52 orders. That is because the 737-900 has the same exit door layout as the 737 NG so the seating capacity stayed the same.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"417\" height=\"121\" src=\"https:\/\/therocketstar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/image.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-120\" style=\"width:609px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/therocketstar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/image.png 417w, https:\/\/therocketstar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/image-300x87.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 417px) 100vw, 417px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Thanks to Aviation Safety Network for this image.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Boeing saw this as trouble and came up with the idea that they should build a new version of the 737-900. The 737-900ER. Boeing added an extra exit door to both sides so they could increase the seating capacity of the 737-900ER. Boeing increased the fuselage length by approximately 7 ft, making it the longest 737 yet. They also added 2 more 1970 litter fuel tanks for greater range.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/preview.redd.it\/yijdm56ux8x51.png?width=1848&amp;format=png&amp;auto=webp&amp;s=53bb95c721bfdbe9bc3fcc1635f88bb4e9ad08a2\" alt=\"What is this door (?) on the 737-900ER? : r\/boeing\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Thanks to Reddit for this image.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Sales immediately went up for the 737-900ER. Many airlines were looking at it&#8217;s efficiency, seating and range compared to the 737-800 and 737-900. Boeing had put up good competition to the A321. The range of the 2 planes were now similar and airlines considered upgrading to the 737-900 from the 737-800.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The 737-900ER has a wingspan of 117ft 10 inches. It can go at a speed of 525 mph, has 2 CFM56-7 engines, and has a range of 3,393 miles compared to the 3,200 miles of the 737-900.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/qph.cf2.quoracdn.net\/main-qimg-f86188cd47822004bdabee55dd992e6c-lq\" alt=\"Are there any problems with the Boeing 737 900 ER? - Quora\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Thanks to Quora for this image.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Have you ever flown on the 737-900ER. If so, try to spot that extra exit. The 737-900ER is a great choice for airlines. So that is the story of how the 737-900 came to be better than it&#8217;s standard version.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The 737-900. The competitor to the A321. This is the story of the 737-900 and how it was supposed to be the front cover instead of the 737-900ER. The 737-900 was built as competition to the A321. Boeing also built it with an idea to replace the aging 757-200. After they launched the 737-900, there [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-119","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-airplanes"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/therocketstar.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/119","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/therocketstar.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/therocketstar.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/therocketstar.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/therocketstar.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=119"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/therocketstar.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/119\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":123,"href":"https:\/\/therocketstar.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/119\/revisions\/123"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/therocketstar.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=119"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/therocketstar.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=119"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/therocketstar.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=119"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}