Southwest 737 departing Philadelphia

[caillou1718]

I flew a Southwest 737-700 from LAX to LAS ( Las Vegas) and the takeoff was pretty rough

[redner51]

gotta love that whistle at :22!

[redner51]

gotta love that whistle at :22!!!

[TrainSounds]

Where did you fly to?

[Erich64x2]

Well yes they do, but I meant it's slightly different.

[Shoregirl72]

Philly my home airport.

and I ONLY fly SWA!! :-)

[skookcomedyclub]

Yeah I didnt know southwest flew -300's

[irock7725]

I'm flying on Southwest on Tuesday...I've never flew Southwest before? What should I expect? Are their planes nice? And is it true that they tell jokes?...and sing?

[omfgCantGetaUsername]

Nice video! So, where were you flying to you never mentioned in the description? I recently flew on southwest from Philly to Orlando Intl' airport on July 4th our flight was nice we flew at about 40,000ft. When we were returning to PHL our luggage got home before we did. LoL

[SteubiePilot]

This was the start of the second leg of a PVD-PHL-PIT trip. I was heading back to the eastern edge of Ohio to get together with some friends at my alma mater.

[PetShopAzula111]

@omfgCantGetaUsername OMG! Ive been to Philly's Airport! :3

[iJandiN2727]

I live near Philadelphia, PA.

[southwest431737]

thanks

[zink444]

Ive never seen it a 737-300 with winglets ,never

[Firebirdfilms]

737-800 not 300

[zink444]

read the description fool

[Andrewfly24]

no its a 300

[congaleader2000]

there are plenty out there

[plane63]

Hey there, as a southwest pilot our 300's do not have winglets, that is only our 700 versions. Enjoy!

[SteubiePilot]

If you really are a Southwest pilot you should know that the vast majority of your fleet, classic and NG alike, are now fitted with winglets. You would also be able to tell this is a -300 by the shape of the engine pylon and the gray color (as opposed to red on the -700) of the underwing pylons.

[plane63]

The only a/c I have flown with winglets is the -700NG. In any case, most 300's at this point are not fitted with winglets.

[plane63]

That is incorrect Southwest has not done so I found out today at work.

[Erich64x2]

umm yes they do... the flap canoes on the -700 are larger and the hydraulic flap motors also do not have that whine too em.

[plane63]

No Southwest currently is not operating those... there is only a very small amount of aircraft (300's) with winglets.

[Erich64x2]

N616SW, N366SW,N650SW,N623SW, N635SW, N368SW,N651SW,N372SW,N648SW,N3­83SW (Arizona One), N647SW (Triple Crown), N629SW (Silver One), N633SW,N361SW, N644SW, N624SW, N656SW, N611SW,N620SW, N364SW, N382SW, N375SW, N378SW, N649SW, N370SW, N397SW, N617SW, N360SW, N391SW, N600WN, are just a few o the -300 models sporting winglets and as I've seen sa a passenger in Phoenix, they are becoming more common all the time.

[SouthwestFreak]

southwest only put winglets on their 700 series.

[SteubiePilot]

Initially yes, however in the past year Southwest, as well as Continental and other airlines have begun retrofitting their 737 classics with winglets. You can tell this is a classic by the shape of the engine support (squared off and jutting out) as well as the color of the wing spars (gray). 737NG's for Southwest have red wing spars.

[cubsrule2040]

I like the Next Generation 737s better because it has a very similar range to the 727, even though the 737-800 has more range than a 727.

If Northwest can operate DC-9s, some airlines should still operate the 727

[cjracer1000]

i know all that but still, idk why, its just an irrelevant fear

[cubsrule2040]

oh alright.

the 737 classics are still in service, but the 727 got replaced with the 737-800 and A320

[SouthwestFreak]

well i should have guessed that, because you rarely see any of them with out winglets today.

[ny1092]

That line is nothing compared to what I waited in at PHL back in October!

[greenmetal1]

Love the breaking through of the ceiling - really nice view! Reminds me of breaking through after takeoff in the early AM in San Diego. I think Philly gets a bad rep with backups on the ground. I feel it's due to a bad position being in the middle of some serious routes in and out of Newark, JFK, Laguardia, BWI, Reagan and not to mention proximity to McGuire's airspace and Lakehurst's as well. Backups at the other airports precipitate to Philly. Nice video though, thanks for sharing!

[SteubiePilot]

Philly may get a bad rep as far as blame for its delays, but the fact remains that it has those delays. As a passenger I also never appreciate having to exit and then re-enter security when changing flights, although I understand they're in the process of fixing that issue. The northeast airspace desperately needs a redesign though.

[cubsrule2040]

When are the 733s going bye-bye.

I like the -700 better

[Cetronia3]

When was this?

[SteubiePilot]

Friday, November 14, 2008

[cubsrule2040]

I haven't flown in a 733 in 3 years; i only flew on a 73G when I went to Seattle both going there and coming back

[777RulesTheSky]

yay go seattle what a city

Check out my flight sim video of MDW-SEA;)

[user1154101]

Awesome vid, tnx for sharing! love the takeoffs in the rain and then popping out into beautiful blue sky...

[DeltaLimaCharlie]

ohh great this plane and this video :)

[cjracer1000]

737s may not be that big or new but everyone loves them and they get the job done really good

[cubsrule2040]

I favor the Next Generation 737s over the Classic (i.e. I favor the 737-700 over the -300)

[cjracer1000]

yea

i dont fly on old planes

unless its like a cessna

[cubsrule2040]

How old is that 733?

[cjracer1000]

umm 15-20 or older idk

[cubsrule2040]

weren't 733s still delivered to southwest in 1997?

[cjracer1000]

im not to shure on that

i dont keep up with te stats that much

i need to update

cause i barly even know what LHR is (heathrow)

[cubsrule2040]

I wish southwest retired all their 733s and 735s by the end of 2007 or the middle of 2008

[cjracer1000]

yea me 2

i hate the classics

i dont really get why people like the clasics

wel i sorta do but i wouldn't fly on one

[cubsrule2040]

I hate the classics because I feel safer on a Next Generation. Remember when a Southwest 733 came close to crashing november of last year?

[cubsrule2040]

my bad. The 733 came close to crashing because it ws at the time the airline didn't maintain their fleet at the deadline (mostly in the 733s, not so much in the 73Gs)

[cjracer1000]

yea i thats why i dont fly on 73C only on 73N and i dont fly on DC-9 series(md-80too)

[cubsrule2040]

73N is safer

[cjracer1000]

i kno

[cubsrule2040]

most of the safety inspection problems were in the 733s and not so much in the 73Gs. I wish that Southwest retired ALL of their 733s and 735s by the middle of 2007 and only fly 73Gs

[cjracer1000]

i said nothing about the G or NGs being uns safe

but southwest isn't gonna retire any 733s but the oposite

they are fitting them with glass cockpits!!!

[cubsrule2040]

they retired some of their older 733s.

I just like the Next Generation 737s better than the Classics because I think the NGs are cooler

[cjracer1000]

yea that too

[cubsrule2040]

I kinda wish that the 737 classics used 747-400 style winglets rather than the blended winglets to distinguish them from NGs more easily

[cjracer1000]

yea i guess sorta

[cubsrule2040]

cjracer1000, the 737 Classics are just as safe as NGs, but Southwest retired some of their older 733s

[cjracer1000]

except for the fact that everything is older and much more likelyer to brake down because older thing usually break down quicker

[cubsrule2040]

like it would stop working for some reason

[cjracer1000]

loose bolts, over stressing something, or just something falling off from brute force(turblence/hard landings ect)

[cubsrule2040]

about a year ago when the airline didn't meet the deadline for safety inspections, the result was 44 of their fleet had cracks in the fuselage and/or loose screws, and, as I understand from ny1092, they were mostly in the 733s.

I think the loose bolts, over-stressing, and anything falling off from brute force is the reason why Southwest retired some of their older 733s.

[SteubiePilot]

The FAA as well as airlines themselves have extremely strict regulations for maintenance and safety on their fleets. This is why Northwest is still able to operate a fleet of DC-9's built in the 1960's just as safely as their A320's from the 1990's.

[cubsrule2040]

American shouldn't have retired their 733s; they should've kept ordering and operating them rather than the MD-80s

[cjracer1000]

NOW that is waht i would perfer

i hate the md80/dc-9 series

[cubsrule2040]

they look stupid:

rear-mounted engines

long fuselage

stubby-looking wings

T-tail

I would only like the md-80/dc-9 if it had wing-mounted engines, larger wings, and a conventional tail

[cjracer1000]

i couldn't even imagine

[cubsrule2040]

not to mention, they're gas guzzlers like SUVs while the 737NGs are far more fuel efficient like my sister's Honda Civic we first bought about 2 1/2 years ago

[cubsrule2040]

still, Next Generation 737s are way cooler than the Classics because they have more range and can easily make non-stop transcontinental flights.

[cjracer1000]

lol, the longest flight i have been on is 4 hours IAH-DCA

[cubsrule2040]

on a 737-300?

737-800 is much better on that route because it has more range

[cjracer1000]

-700 i think, did u hear about the senators that were flying from IAH to dca but had 2 make an emergency landing because of air pressure, well i was supposed to fly on that exact plane but it was out of order because of that, so we had 2 fly on a -500 which sucked because no IFE, on the way back we rode the -800/700

[adw28productions]

800 and 700 are different...

The 800 fuselage is longer.

[cjracer1000]

same difference, they are both Next Generations same aircraft but just different lengths and same parts

[adw28productions]

I agree 100% on that.

[SteubiePilot]

Actually the 737 that crashed at Midway was a 737-700. The accident had nothing to do with the age of the airplane, but was due to a combination of weather and pilot error.

[cubsrule2040]

I'm talking about the 737 that had an explosive decompression in the starboard engine in November of 2007. That was a 737-300

[cubsrule2040]

everyone on board the 73G when it crashed in Chicago survived but killed a 6-year old boy in a car.

I think Southwest should fly into Chicago O'Hare instead of Midway because O'Hare has longer runways, even though ATA Airlines flew 737-800s in to Midway

[cubsrule2040]

at least Americans don't have to fly on Boeing 707s anymore; they're really old.

[777RulesTheSky]

nice to see a classic with the winglets.

[cubsrule2040]

Somehow in my opinion, winglets look better on the Next Generation 737s, but nice job Southwest.

btw, American Airlines flew 733s in their fleet, and I think they should've continued to fly and order them rather than the Md-80s; had that happened, American would have a fleet of mostly 733s and 738s

[777RulesTheSky]

Yes I completely Agree

[cubsrule2040]

The 737-300 is in fact the most popular variant of the Classics.