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Rossiya is the largest airline in the Aeroflot group. The geography of its flights covers 120 routes within the Russian Federation and 22 foreign destinations. In 2014 football club Zenit has appointed Rossiya as its official air carrier.

The main airport is Pulkovo in St. Petersburg. In the park aircraft- 61 airliners, 16 of them - Boeing 737-800.

Boeing 737 liners are used on short and medium range routes.

Boeing 737-800 cabin layout

Rossiya uses 3 types of seat layouts on the Boeing 737-800 aircraft. Two of them are fully economy class for 189 passengers. They differ only in the placement of the 1st row: it can start on the left side with seats A, B, C or on the right - D, E, F.

The two-cabin layout is designed for 168 seats.

Can I choose my own seat and fly with more comfort? And where is the best place to sit on a Boeing 737-800?

Cabin layout for one class

Consider the location of seats in an aircraft of only one class. Rossiya has such a layout of the Boeing 737-800 cabin designed for 189 passengers and consists of 32 rows.

Layout for 189 passengers

1-10 row - bow. If you are asked about your preferences during check-in, feel free to choose seats in this part of the aircraft, they are considered the most convenient. Why?

The most comfortable in this area of ​​the Boeing 737 "Russia" is considered the first row A, B, C and the second D, E, F (and vice versa, see the cabin diagram). Sitting here will be comfortable for pregnant women, the disabled and passengers with small children: the space in front of the seats is very comfortable and there are holders for the cradle (see photo).

Cradle for baby in the front row

If you require a baby cot, please request one at least 36 hours before departure. Upon registration, you will receive priority for its use.

11-21 row - the middle part of the aircraft above the wings. If you are afraid of turbulence, choose places here, this zone is the most stable. The view from the windows will be partially blocked by the wings, so those who like to look out the window will not like it here.

22-32 row. tail section aircraft is the most uncomfortable zone. Here, the noise of the motors is strongly audible and turbulence is felt more. At the last five rows, there is a queue for the toilets. The worst places are considered the places of the last row. The backs do not fold out, because they are blocked by a partition.

Seats at emergency exits

In front of the 15th and 16th rows, on both sides, there are 4 emergency exits. Sitting here is very comfortable due to the large space in front of the chairs. If you look at the layout of the cabin, then in this zone the most convenient in the Boeing 737-800 is the 16th row. Rossiya does not provide these seats to the following categories of passengers:

• Passengers with children from 2 to 12 years old.
• Unaccompanied children under 18 years of age.
• Pregnant.
• Passengers with animals.
• Foreigners who do not speak Russian and English.
• Disabled people.

These restrictions are introduced for flight safety. The people sitting here, in the event of an accident, will have to strictly follow the instructions of the pilots and flight attendants.

Best Places

The best seats on the plane "" sells for additional fee. They are called "Space+". Check this information when checking in for your flight.

Seats of increased comfort in the Boeing 737-800

According to the scheme, the best places in the cabin of the Boeing 737 800 of Rossiya Airlines are:

• 1 A, B, C and 2 D, E, F - wide seat pitch and carrycot attachments.

Be careful, on VQ-BUF and VQ-BUE aircraft these are:

• 1 D, E, F and 2 A, B, C
• 16 A, B, C, D, E, F (in all single-cabin Boeing 737 800) - a large space in front of the seats.

good places

• 15 A, B, C, D, E, F - comfortable legroom, but the backs of the seats are locked.

bad places

• 31 C, D - aisle seats next to toilets, possible constant disturbance by people standing in line;
• 32 A, B, C, D, E, F - locked seat backs, proximity to toilets.

When can I choose the best seats on the plane? If you are flying with Rossiya on a Boeing 737-800, this can be done at check-in at the airport or on your own online 24 hours before departure.

Cabin layout for two classes

Boeing 737-800 "Russia" with two classes of service on board is designed for 168 passengers. According to the cabin scheme, 12 seats are reserved for the "business class" and 156 for the "economy" class. Consider how to choose the best places.

100% comfort in business class

The "business class" cabin is 3 rows of 2 seats on each side. Comfortable space between the seats allows you to relax during the flight. This salon is not as noisy as in the "economy".

During the flight, "business" passengers can use blankets and sleep masks.

On board the aircraft, it is allowed to use phones, tablets and computers without access to the Internet.

Comfortable rest in business class Boeing 737-800 "Russia"

Economy class

The Boeing 737-800 has 26 rows in the economy class. It starts with 4 rows. Consider carefully the scheme and choose priority places.

4-9 row - bow. If these places are free, choose them. Many airlines sell them at a premium rate.

The first row is the most convenient for passengers with babies, there are attachments for the cradle. It will also be convenient here for passengers with handicapped.

The cradle is provided for children up to one year old weighing up to 9 kg.

For children over 2 years old, a child seat is provided, which is attached to the seat in the aircraft.

In this part of the liner it is better to land transit passengers. After landing, they will quickly leave and go to check-in for a connecting flight. The photo shows the first row of the economy class.

The first row in the economy class of the Boeing 737-800 "Russia"

10-17 row - the middle part of the aircraft above the wings. If you are afraid of flying, you are afraid of turbulence, choose seats in this zone, you will be more relaxed.

The view from the windows in the middle part of the aircraft is partially limited by the wings; for those who like to view the panorama, this is not the best option.

12th and 13th row - places of increased comfort at emergency exits. Of the minuses - you can’t put bags under the seats, it’s cooler here and in the 12th row the backs of the seats do not recline. Not all categories of passengers can sit in the seats at emergency exits (see above in the description of the cabin with one class of service).

17-26 row - tail. The tail of an airplane is an uncomfortable zone. Here, the noise of engines is strongly audible and the chatter is the most.

The worst seats are the aisle seats at the end of the cabin and the very last row.

Designations of seats in the cabin

All seats on the plane are marked with letters:

• At the windows, these are the letters A and F. For those who fly alone, who like to read or sleep, this is the best choice.
• Medium - B, E. In the middle it is better for people with aerophobia to sit.
• Extreme - C, D. The aisle is good for those who like to sit with their legs stretched out, or often walk around the cabin during the flight.

Best Places

In the Rossiya airline, with any layout of the Boeing 737-800 cabins, these are places with a large seat pitch:

good places

• 12 A, B, C, D, E, F - large legroom, but fixed seat backs;
• 13 A, F - no armrests on the side of the aircraft.

Worst Places

• 28 C, D - aisle seats near the toilets;
• 29 A, B, C, D, E, F - the very last row, the backs of the seats are fixed.

Video review of the aircraft

You can look at the Boeing 737-800 aircraft of Rossiya Airlines in a presentation video dedicated to the Kaluga airliner, which arrived at the airport of the same name:

To make your flight on the Boeing 737-800 comfortable, carefully study the cabin layout in advance and choose the best seats based on your own priorities. Rossiya wishes you a pleasant flight!

The Boeing 737 is a narrow-body passenger aircraft created in 1967 by the Boeing Corporation.

Location of the best seats in the salon

The passenger cabin of the Boeing 737 aircraft can accommodate from 100 to 215 passengers (depending on the layout of the aircraft and its modification). The most common option is the presence of two classes (business and economy), so it is worth considering it in more detail. In this case, this is the cabin of a Boeing 737-800.

As shown in the diagram, the business class cabin is equipped with 4 rows of seats. There is a fairly wide central aisle, and the seats are arranged according to the “2-2” scheme. Thanks to this, a considerable width of seats in the business class is ensured. In general, business class seats are very soft and comfortable chairs, the distance between which is sufficient so that you can recline the back to a sufficient angle and turn the seat into comfortable beds. There is enough space to not worry about legroom even for tall people. The menu for passengers in this class is exquisite and has a wide selection of drinks and dishes.

The best seats for business class are those marked with letters A and G in rows 2 and 3. Their convenience is explained by the fact that they are located in the middle of the cabin (and not in front or behind) and at the windows, which means that passengers sitting here , a beautiful view from above is guaranteed.

However, it should be remembered that certain business class seats are characterized by certain disadvantages. First of all, we are talking about places in row number 1. Their main disadvantage is that they are located near the toilet and utility rooms. Consequently, all the shortcomings associated with such a “neighborhood” will be experienced by the passengers of the first row in full. Also, the seats located in the fourth row (according to the passenger compartment diagram) will not be the best for business class. The thing is that they are closely adjacent to a thin partition that separates the business class from the noisier economy class. This means that noise from economy class is likely to be heard by passengers in this row, which will certainly not contribute to a good in-flight rest. In a word, when booking tickets, it is imperative to take into account these features and buy tickets for rows with numbers 1 and 4 only if there are simply no tickets for other rows.

Next to the business class seats is the economy class lounge. The seats here are placed on the sides of a slightly narrower central aisle than in the business class according to the “3-3” scheme. Economy class seats are occupied by rows (as shown in the diagram) with numbers from 10 to 33. The seats here are also quite soft and comfortable, and their backs can recline up to 45 degrees (depending on the aircraft model). The distance between the seats is approximately 80 cm.

The best seats in Economy Class are B, C, D and E in row 18. Their convenience is explained very simply: the chairs here are located directly near the emergency exits. Therefore, the chairs located in front of the 18th row, as a rule, have very limited angles of deflection of the backs (or do not deflect at all), and the distance to them is somewhat greater. This is due to the need to provide passengers with an unhindered exit from the aircraft in the event of an emergency. However, this does not apply to the seats of the 18th row, marked with the letters A and F. The fact is that the seats located at the windows are slightly “beveled” to the sides, which makes them somewhat uncomfortable. Also very good (but with reservations) are the seats in the 17th row. They are also located near emergency exits, therefore, there is more legroom here, not to mention the small angles of reclining the backs of the seats in front. However, on the other hand, due to the fact that these seats are in front of another emergency exit, their backs practically do not recline.

Particular attention should be paid to the seats located in row 10. In front of them is a partition separating business and economy classes. Thanks to this here more space for legs, and no one will be able to reject the seat located in front, thereby limiting your space. Another plus is that food distribution starts from these places, which provides a large assortment of food and drinks for passengers sitting here. However, it is precisely opposite these places that special cradles for babies, which can create a number of inconveniences - after all, not every person will be able to calmly relax for several hours when children scream or cry nearby. In addition, for the tenth row seats, folding tables for eating are mounted in the armrests, which can also be somewhat inconvenient.

Not the most the best choice there will be places in row number 16 (according to the diagram). They are located in front of the emergency exit, and their backs have a limited tilt angle. The least attractive option for the Boeing 737 economy class is the seats located in row 33, in particular those marked with the letters C and D according to the diagram. These seats are located directly next to the toilets, which means that queues of passengers will accumulate here. The sound of slamming doors and fuss can seriously spoil the impression of the flight and the liner. To avoid this, you need to carefully choose seats when booking and take into account the features of the aircraft cabin.

History of the Boeing 737

Early 1960s McDonnell Douglas and the British Aircraft Corporation were working on small-capacity short-haul passenger aircraft. Initially, the Boeing corporation had practically no chance in this competitive struggle. In addition, the creation of a new passenger aircraft, which received the name Boeing 737, began a few years later than its competitors. To speed up the development of the liner, technologies used in the construction of the Boeing 707 and Boeing 727 were used. However, a number of tests of the body of the new aircraft showed flaws in the design, and some of its parts (for example, the wing) were made fundamentally new.

The first customer of the Boeing 737 was the German airline Lufthansa. It was thanks to her that the number of passenger seats on the liner increased from 60, originally planned, to 103.

In 1965, the end of the development of the Boeing 737 passenger liner was announced, and two years later the first aircraft was handed over to the customer. Commercial operation models began in 1968.

During the production of this liner, lively disputes and discussions regarding the number of crew members for such an aircraft did not subside. Thus, trade union organizations sought recognition of the fact that an aircraft of this class should have a crew of only 3 people (three pilots or two pilots and a flight engineer). This decision, of course, was very unprofitable for airlines due to the need to maintain larger state pilots and increased costs.

After a meeting of the leaders of the ALPA (Air Line Pilots Association - the association of airline pilots), a corresponding resolution was adopted. It provided for the management of the Boeing 737 by a crew of 3 people. At the same time, the US Federal Aviation Administration allowed Boeing to have 2 pilots in the crew for its aircraft. Nevertheless, the disputes lasted for a long time and, to a certain extent, “scared away” a number of potential customers from the Boeing 737, thus playing into the hands of competitors.

In the 70s of the XX century, the popularity of the new Boeing 737 airliner (then it had two modifications: 737-100 and 737-200) grew rapidly, and soon the number of orders for the aircraft exceeded thousands, especially for the 737-200 model, which had elongated hull and increased passenger capacity.

In the 1980s, the liner underwent major changes. The most significant of these was the installation of new turbofan engines, as well as a change in the shape of the nacelles for them from round to slightly "flattened". This is due to the low ground clearance of the Boeing 737, due to which, during takeoff or landing, there was a constant threat of engine damage. The cockpit was equipped latest systems onboard electronics. In 1984, a new modification, the Boeing 737-300, was developed and put into serial production.

However, after the 70s and 80s of the XX century, when the Boeing 737 unconditionally dominated the narrow-body short-haul aircraft sector, the position of the liner was seriously undermined by the Airbus passenger aircraft A320. In this regard, Boeing Corporation decided to create a new 737 family, called NG (New Generation - new generation). This line of aircraft includes such modifications as: Boeing 737-600, 737-700 and 737-800. Later, these models were joined by the Boeing 737-900 developed in 2001. Main Feature passenger liners of the "new generation" has become an improved on-board electronics system, a new wing design, a more comfortable cockpit and passenger compartment, as well as reduced weight and, as a result, better flight performance.

As of 2014, Boeing Corporation has made more than 8,000 deliveries of the 737 family aircraft, and the total number of orders for the liner exceeded 12,000. Thus, the Boeing 737 can be safely called the most massive passenger aircraft in history. It is also worth noting that the serial production of the 737th continues to this day.

Aircraft modifications

Boeing 737 aircraft are divided into 4 families, which, in turn, are represented by various modifications.

The Original family is represented by modifications 737-100 and 737-200.

• Boeing 737-100 - the first modification of the aircraft with up to 103 passenger seats. It was produced mainly in 1965-1969.
• Boeing 737-200 is a modification extended by 2 meters (compared to Boeing 737-100) with increased passenger capacity and flight range. Produced from 1967 to 1988.

The Classic family is represented by modifications 737-300, 737-400 and 737-500.

• The Boeing 737-300 is a version of the aircraft with an increased (compared to the Boeing 737-200) fuselage length and passenger capacity. Commercially operated since 1984.
• The Boeing 737-400 is a modification with an even more elongated body, which caused a serious reworking of the air conditioning system in the cabin. Boeing 747-400 has an increased capacity.
• Boeing 737-500 is a model that is essentially a shortened version of the 737-300 modification. Flight range increased to 5200 km.

The Next Generation family is represented by modifications 737-600, 737-700, 737-800 and 737-900.

• Boeing 737-600 is the first modification of the family. In fact, it is a replacement for the Boeing 737-500 model, as it has exactly the same characteristics. However, in the future, due to inefficiency, the aircraft turned out to be unpopular.
• Boeing 737-700 - a modification with an increased number of passenger seats (compared to 737-600) and an increased flight range. There is also a Boeing 737-700ER (Extended Range) model.
• The Boeing 737-800 is an airliner intended to replace the Boeing 737-300. It has an increased capacity (up to 190 passengers) and an elongated fuselage.
• Boeing 737-900 is a modification of the aircraft with the longest body in the family (42 meters). The number of passenger seats is up to 190.

Also, on the basis of the Boeing 737-900, a modification of the 737-900ER was created with an increased passenger capacity (up to 215 people) and an increased flight range.

The 737 MAX family is currently under development and is expected to be represented by the 737 MAX 7, 737 MAX 8 and 737 MAX 9 models.

Brief overview of the Boeing 737 and its characteristics

The number of seats in the Boeing 737-800 aircraft (Boeing 737-800) varies (depending on model and configuration) from 162 passengers in a two-class cabin to 189 people in a single-class cabin.

As we have repeatedly written, there can be hundreds of different modifications of the same model of the liner. It depends on the year of manufacture, the number of passenger seats, "class", as well as the configuration that a particular airline ordered for its needs.

Therefore, it is impossible to consider all options. In order to pick yourself a good place you need to familiarize yourself with the cabin layout of the Boeing 737-800 (Boeing 737-800), the airline whose services you decide to use. Only then draw conclusions.

Attention, friends! We analyzed this aircraft model for everyone major airlines Russia.

If your airline is not on the list, don't worry, there are general recommendations, following which you can independently choose good places for yourself.

The best seats on the plane
Anna Morozova, editor-in-chief

For example, consider 2 Boeing 737-800 schemes.

The first option is a one-class cabin for 184 passengers (Austrian Airlines), the second option is a two-class cabin with 16 business class seats, 144 economy class seats (American Airlines).

So, let's begin. On first picture, places in the front row are located directly in front of the kitchen and dressing room, therefore, they can have less space for feet than standard. Also, it is likely that folding tables, which are usually located in the back of the seat in front, are attached to the armrest. This reduces both the width of the chair and the comfort, because in this case the armrest is fixed.

For the same reason, yellow denoted seats in row 7, in the second figure. Only instead of a kitchen, there is a partition separating business and economy classes.

Seats in row 10 and 11, marked in yellow, do not have a porthole. Thus, completely losing their advantage over others of the same kind in other rows.

Also, attention! There are models that do not have this drawback, but there are liners in which they are located in 8, 9 and other rows.

Seats in rows 13 and 14 located near emergency exits. In this regard, the backs do not lean back (so as not to block the doors), or they have a limitation in this.

Also, passengers notice that in row 14 during the flight it is colder than in other places.

True, these places have an advantage - additional legroom and any of them can be left without disturbing the neighbors.

extreme places in row 16 in the first picture and at 15 the second one is probably the best. Their advantage is that you will have additional free space in front of you. You can stretch out, and if necessary, get up from any chair without disturbing your neighbors.

Places in the last row located near the toilet, in the tail. Most likely they do not recline, or have a limitation in this. Also, there may be a queue for the toilet. In general, definitely not business class.

Now in general, about the advantages and disadvantages of places.

Armchairs that are located near the porthole have the advantage that you can look into it and enjoy the views and flight (it all depends on the weather and flight time). No one will bother you when they sit down or get up from their seats. These places have one drawback - it's hard to get up from it without disturbing the neighbors.

The seats located in the middle do not have access to the window, but people scurrying down the aisle and flight attendants with carts do not bother either. It's easier to get up, interfering with just one person.
Seats located near the aisle have another advantage - it is easy to leave your seat, for example, to the toilet, or during an evacuation. Disadvantages: there is no access to the window, and flight attendants with carts and people passing through the cabin can also be disturbed.

More Boeing 737-800 variants

• If possible, carefully study the scheme of the liner on which you will fly. We have a special section on our website - "The best places on planes"
• Ask an airline representative for advice
• Studying the layout of the salon, choose the best places, guided by the same rules that we have given.
• Before the flight, decide what is more important for you - to look out the window or the ability to freely get up from your seat, for example, to the toilet
• Do not take places in the very tail, close to toilets, kitchens and other technical rooms.
• Do not take seats in which the seats do not recline or are limited in this
• Don't take a seat between emergency exits, or behind which it is located
• Don't take a seat before or behind which the partition is located

In principle, according to these simple rules, you can determine the good and bad seats in the cabin of any liner.

We wish you a successful landing!

Are you here:// Boeing 737-800

Became the first customer of the new aircraft. On February 19, 1965, Lufthansa issued an order for 22 Boeing 737-100s. The start of serial production of the new liner was announced on February 22, 1965. On April 15, United Airlines placed its order for 40 Boeing 737-200s. The solemn ceremony of finishing the assembly of the first aircraft took place on January 17, 1967.

The picture of the successful promotion of the Boeing 737 was spoiled by one issue of a "political" nature, raised by pilots' unions and other organizations, insisting that such an aircraft should be flown by a crew of three pilots or two pilots and a flight engineer. Such a formulation of the question was, of course, unprofitable for airlines, but, moreover, it is of little use for the Boeing 737 aircraft itself, because its flight deck was originally designed for a crew of two, and for an additional crew member there was only a folding seat in the cockpit. In the autumn of 1965, a full-size cockpit layout Boeing pilots The 737 was shown to representatives of the Air Lines Pilots Association (ALPA) and the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). Of course, the FAA couldn't make any decision regarding certification based on just a simple mock-up devoid of any functional functionality. But the pilots of United Airlines very quickly made it known that they disagreed with the concept of a two-member crew shown on the mock-up. A year later, to test the distribution of the workload on the crew, a dynamic cockpit layout was already used. Once again, a group of United Airlines pilots decided in favor of a crew of three pilots.

In November 1966, a meeting of ALPA leaders was held, dedicated to the adoption of a resolution requiring the management of the Boeing 737 aircraft in all conditions by a crew of only three pilots. A month earlier, Boeing began annual negotiations with United Airlines regarding the purchase of an aircraft, and the issue of the number of 737 crew members soon became the main one. However, at the same time, Boeing received a written notice from the FAA that the FAA had provisionally cleared the aircraft for a two-man crew, with a final decision based on the results of the flight test program. Obviously, before the end of these disputes, the situation around the Boeing 737 scared away many potential customers. But it especially helped Douglas boost sales of its standard and extended DC-9 variants to several small American regional airlines.

In December 1967, both Boeing 737-100 and -200 types received their type certificates at the same time and were ready for airline service. The first built aircraft that participated in the test program were finally handed over to their new owners for retraining and crew training. The sheer volume of the test program carried out can be judged by the number of changes made to the design of the aircraft based on the data received. For example, initially the Boeing 737 was equipped with a thrust reverser mechanism with flaps (as on the Boeing 727). However, during testing, such a mechanism in the Boeing 737 configuration turned out to be ineffective, and another type of deflector was developed and tested to replace it. On the first aircraft built, the old type of reverse was replaced with a new one, which has since become standard. In addition, to close the niche of the main landing gear after their cleaning or release, it was originally intended to use special inflatable flaps, which are inflated to close the niche with pressure from the pneumatic system. After testing on a prototype, such doors were abandoned. A more serious problem identified during the tests turned out to be increased drag, which exceeded the calculated values ​​especially strongly in the cruising flight mode. In fact, the drag was 5% higher than expected, resulting in a loss of 55 km/h in flight speed. Fortunately, the lift force also turned out to be higher than the calculated one, and the presence of more powerful JT8D-9 engines with limited thrust even made it possible to increase the operational weight of the aircraft. Thanks to this, it was possible to achieve all the declared characteristics of the aircraft. However, for a long-term solution to the problem, a series of wind tunnel tests were initiated. Ten months later, these tests led to aerodynamic changes in the design of already serial aircraft, and special kits for revision were intended for the modernization of aircraft already produced during this period and in operation.

The Boeing 737-100 entered service with the West German airline Lufthansa in February 1968.

After the handover of the first production aircraft to the customer, work on the N73700 prototype switched to the development of design changes that would allow the Boeing 737 to operate on runways that do not have a solid pavement. The changes affected the mechanization of the wing, the braking system was improved and pneumatic tires with low pressure were installed. In addition, special deflectors were installed to protect the lower fuselage and engine air intakes from damage by stones and other foreign objects. Certification for use of the aircraft on gravel runways was scheduled by the FAA for February 1969. In April and May, the N73700 prototype successfully demonstrated to airline and government agency representatives its ability to handle runways without hard pavement. Airlines such as Wien Consolidated, Nordair and Pacific Western were especially interested in such aircraft capabilities. These carriers were already planning to use their Boeing 737s to fly to small remote locations in their vast route networks Alaska and northern Canada where often the airport infrastructure was minimal and the runways were not well paved. The ability of the Boeing 737 to fly to distant, sparsely populated areas has become one of its undeniable advantages. Initially, the final assembly of the Boeing 737 was carried out at a new plant at Boeing Field, near Seattle. The wing and fuselage of the aircraft were produced at the already existing Plant No. 2 (Plant 2). The tail section was assembled at Boeing's Wichita plant. Most of the production of other parts of the Boeing 737 structure, such as the landing gear and almost all elements of the cabin interior, was outsourced. In 1967, the Wichita plant became responsible for assembling the fuselages for all 737 models. railway transported to the assembly line. (By the way, this practice continues to this day.) In 1970, after a major reorganization in the company due to financial problems, all final aircraft assembly activities were transferred a little south - to the Boeing plant in Renton. By this time, 271 Boeing 737s had already been built.

Modifications -100 and -200 are recognizable due to the cigar-shaped engine nacelle, almost completely integrated into the wing from its leading to trailing edge. Also, these models are easily recognizable by the smooth bend of the leading edge of the keel, which articulates with the fuselage. Early Boeing 737 models used low bypass Pratt and Whitney JT8D engines.

The stretched Boeing 737-200 became much more popular and was produced until 1988. The first customer of this modification was the American airline United Airlines. After the production of 135 aircraft, Boeing developed a fundamentally new, more efficient reverse mechanism, but such an improvement cost Boeing $ 24 million. Subsequently, the family was named 737 Original.

Boeing has hinted that the next big project after the Boeing 787 will be an aircraft to replace the entire 737 family, although it's not entirely clear if a new design will be developed within the next 7-10 years. However, such an aircraft is today referred to as the 737RS. (The 737 family continues with a new generation!?)

Generations of the Boeing 737 family

The entire family of Boeing 737 aircraft is divided into 4 generations: 737 Original (Original), 737 Classic (Classic), 737 Next Generation (Next Generation, NG) and 737 MAX

• Original: 737-100, -200 (manufactured from 1988 to 1988)
• Classic: 737-300, -400, -500 (manufactured from 2000 to 2000)
• Next Generation: 737-600, -700, -700ER, -800, -900, -900ER, BBJ, BBJ2 (produced since 1997)
• MAX: 737 MAX 7, MAX 8, MAX 9 (first flight performed in 2016)

The vast majority of Boeing 737s in operation are Classic and Next Generation commercial aircraft.

Airlines designate aircraft as follows: Boeing 737-200 - B732, Boeing 737-600 - B736, Boeing 737-700 - B73G, Boeing 737-800 - B73H. Aircraft equipped with vertical winglets (winglets) are designated as 737W or 739W. For the most part, designations of aircraft modifications symbolize the length of the fuselage, although there are only 9 designations, and 6 variants of the fuselage. They are distributed as follows (in ascending length): 1) -100; 2) -200, -500, -600; 3) -300, -700; 4) -400; 5) -800; 6) -900.

Generation 737 Original (-100/-200)

The 737 Original generation aircraft quickly fell out of favor due to fuel inefficiency, high noise levels (despite the installation of silencers on the engines) and costly maintenance. The Boeing 737-100 is no longer in service. Most 737-200 aircraft are operated by airlines from developing countries (mainly African). The cockpit of the 737 Original is designed for two pilots, a significant change from the Boeing 727, which requires a flight engineer. The cabin, designed for two crew members, later became the standard for passenger aircraft.

737-100

The Boeing 737-100 is the first model of the Boeing 737 family. A total of 30 aircraft were delivered in 1968-69. By 2007, not a single aircraft of this model remained in airworthy condition.

737-200

The Boeing 737-200 is an elongated variant of the 737-100 specifically for the US market. The first customer was the American airline United Airlines. Modification 737-200C allows you to convert the aircraft from passenger to cargo-passenger or cargo. The 737-200QC is a modification of the 737-200C aircraft that allows you to quickly change the layout of the cabin.

The 737-200 was upgraded in 1971 to the 737-200 Advanced, which became standard. This option could also be made in modifications -200C and -200QC. In addition, there were options 737-200 Executive Jet and 737-200HGW (High Gross Weight).

In total, from 1967 to 1988, 1114 aircraft of the 737-200 series of all modifications were produced.

Generation 737 Classic (-300/-400/-500)

Aircraft of the 737-100 and -200 series eventually became more and more outdated and lost profitability and lost the competition to the DC-9 family aircraft, although the engines and avionics on them were improved.

737-700/-700ER

The Boeing 737-700 was designed to replace the 150-seat 737-300. This model also exists in the 737-700C (that is, "Convertible") variant, which can be quickly repurposed from passenger to cargo and vice versa. The first buyers of the aircraft were Southwest Airlines (737-700) and the US Navy (737-700C). On the basis of 737-700 created following aircraft: BBJ - Boeing Business Jet, 737-700IGW (i.e. "Increased Gross Weight", also available in military version). BBJ is equipped with powerful wings, landing gear from 737-800 and additional fuel tanks, which significantly increased the flight range compared to 737-700. The aircraft is mainly used on routes between North America and Europe. Work on the 737-700ER variant began on January 31, 2006. Customer - All Nippon Airways. Commissioning - early 2007. 737-700ER is a BBJ modification designed for ordinary passengers.

The 737-700's main competitor is the Airbus A319. The 737-700ER aircraft in Airbus has no direct competitor, although the A319LR is considered the closest in terms of performance.

737-800

The 190-seat Boeing 737-800 is a 737-700 extended by almost 6 m, up to 39.5 m, designed to replace the 170-seat 737-400. The first customer is Hapag Lloyd. Also presented are a business version - BBJ2 and a military version - 737-800ERX.

737-900/-900ER

For more successful competition with Airbus, the Boeing 737-900 model was developed - the longest (42 m) 190-seat aircraft of the family. But the number of doors was not increased as required by the US Federal Aviation Administration. Therefore, the passenger capacity of the aircraft was significantly reduced compared to the possible.

After the production of the 757 was completed, a new version of the Boeing 737-900 aircraft was introduced - the 215-seat Boeing 737-900ER, equipped with additional tanks and doors. The new wing design of this aircraft provides reduced fuel consumption at a cruising speed of Mach 0.78. The first customers are Alaska Airlines (737-900) and Lion Air (737-900ER). Based on the aircraft, a variant of the BBJ3 was developed.

Military options

There are several types of military aircraft that are based on civilian Boeing 737s for special purposes.

• T-43 - Boeing 737-200 used for navigator training in the United States Air Force. Some of these aircraft were converted into ST-43 for the transport of people.
• SLAMMR is a naval reconnaissance or transport aircraft equipped with a multifunctional airborne radar. 3 of these aircraft were sold to the Indonesian Air Force.
• The C-40 Clipper is a replacement for the C-9 Skytrain II based on the 737-700C. The C-40B and C-40C are used by the US Air Force to transport high-ranking military officials.
• Project Wedgetail is a long-range radar watch aircraft based on the Boeing 737-700IGW. It is noteworthy that the first customer for the aircraft was the Australian Air Force. In addition, orders are expected from Turkey, South Korea and Italy.
• The P-8 is a multifunctional aircraft for naval aviation, developed from the 737-800ERX, designed to replace the already obsolete legendary Cold War anti-submarine aircraft P-3 Orion. At least 100 orders are expected, primarily from the US Navy. Possible orders from NATO countries. The aircraft is unique in that its wings are crowned with curved inward wingtips, like those of the Boeing 767-400, and not vertical, like those of the Boeing 737-800.

Specifications

Aerodynamic design

next generation

The architecture of the avionics complex of the 737 Next Generation aircraft is largely similar to that of the 737 Classic. The main difference is the use of the display complex common display system (CDS) developed by Honeywell, similar to the Boeing 777 aircraft. The CDS includes two calculators Display Electronic Unit (DEU), six LCD indicators Display unit (DU), two control panels and switching equipment. The indication can be transferred from one display to another. In addition to the main purpose - to create an indication, CDS is also the central interface system. CDS can also be supplemented with a collimator indicator (indicator on the windshield) - head-up display (HUD).

Another difference is the integration of the inertial navigation system and the air signal system into one system - Air Data and Inertial Reference System (ADIRS), consisting of two blocks Air Data and Inertial Reference Unit (ADIRU).

The aircraft is certified for landing under ICAO CAT IIIB weather conditions.

Auxiliary power unit

Aircraft of the 737 NG family are equipped with APU GTCP131-9(B) manufactured by AlliedSignal (subsequently merged with Honeywell).

Power point

Original

As power plant Pratt & Whitney JT8D turbofan engines are used

Classic

CFM56-3 series bypass turbofan engines manufactured by CFM International were chosen as the power plant. The engine is controlled by traditional cable rods acting on the main control unit Main Engine Controller (MEC) and corrected by the electronic unit Power Management Controller (PMC)

next generation

As a power plant, turbofan engines of the CFM56-7B series manufactured by CFM International are used. This engine has more power than the CFM56 -3. One of the fundamental differences between NG and Classic aircraft is the use of fly-by-wire engine control. All computer control Engine Control Computer (ECC), acting on the hydromechanical unit Hydromechanical Unit (HMU). The applied system is similar to the FADEC system used on the Airbus A320 aircraft. The difference from the Airbus A320 lies in the use of the concept of active engine control levers (THROTTLES): the autothrottle does not act on EEC directly, but on the throttles, so the position of the throttles corresponds to the given thrust of the engines.

catastrophes

As of August 6, 2016, a total of 182 airliners were lost, 3897 people died in these disasters. The liner was captured by terrorists 110 times and subjected to other criminal acts, 575 people died in these incidents.

Most Significant Destruction Incident passenger Boeing 737 happened on November 8, 1983. Immediately after takeoff from the Lubango airfield in Angola, an Angolan Airlines Boeing crashed. UNITA militants themselves admitted to destroying the plane with a rocket from the ground. 4 crew members and 126 passengers, all on board, were killed.

• The 737 uses the same fuselage as the 707, 727, only shortened. While 707, 727 have an identical nose section of the fuselage.
• Additional windows above the windshield are borrowed from the Boeing 707. Their main task is to expand the viewing angle. With the improvement of avionics, windows have become superfluous and are no longer installed.
• The total number of Boeing 737 parts is over 3 million pieces.
• The 737 does not have main landing gear doors. The main landing gear retracts into recesses in the center section of the aircraft, with virtually no aerodynamic drag being created.
• It takes about 200 liters of paint to paint the fuselage of an "average" Boeing 737. When it dries, it weighs approximately 113 kg.
• The Boeing 737 is equipped with an integrated electric airstair under the left front door. Initially, the ladder was provided to facilitate the work of aircraft technicians, but now low-cost airlines use it for boarding passengers to reduce ground handling costs.

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For marriage, the consent of the father was needed, and for this, the next day, Prince Andrei went to his father.
The father, with outward calm, but inward malice, received his son's message. He could not understand that someone wanted to change life, to bring something new into it, when life was already ending for him. “They would only let me live the way I want, and then they would do what they wanted,” the old man said to himself. With his son, however, he used the diplomacy he used on important occasions. Assuming a calm tone, he discussed the whole matter.
Firstly, the marriage was not brilliant in relation to kinship, wealth and nobility. Secondly, Prince Andrei was not the first youth and was in poor health (the old man especially leaned on this), and she was very young. Thirdly, there was a son whom it was a pity to give to a girl. Fourthly, finally, - said the father, looking mockingly at his son, - I beg you, postpone the matter for a year, go abroad, take medical treatment, find, as you like, a German, for Prince Nikolai, and then, if it’s love, passion, stubbornness, whatever you want, so great, then get married.
“And this is my last word, you know, the last ...” the prince finished in such a tone that he showed that nothing would make him change his mind.
Prince Andrei clearly saw that the old man hoped that the feeling of his or his future bride would not stand the test of the year, or that he himself, the old prince, would die by this time, and decided to fulfill the will of his father: to propose and postpone the wedding for a year.
Three weeks after his last evening at the Rostovs, Prince Andrei returned to Petersburg.

The next day after her explanation with her mother, Natasha waited all day for Bolkonsky, but he did not arrive. The next day, the third day, it was the same. Pierre also did not come, and Natasha, not knowing that Prince Andrei had gone to her father, could not explain his absence to herself.
So three weeks passed. Natasha did not want to go anywhere, and like a shadow, idle and despondent, she walked around the rooms, in the evening she secretly cried from everyone and did not appear in the evenings to her mother. She was constantly blushing and irritated. It seemed to her that everyone knew about her disappointment, laughed and regretted her. With all the strength of inner grief, this vainglorious grief increased her misfortune.
One day she came to the countess, wanted to say something to her, and suddenly burst into tears. Her tears were the tears of an offended child who himself does not know why he is being punished.
The Countess began to reassure Natasha. Natasha, who at first listened to her mother's words, suddenly interrupted her:
- Stop it, mom, I don’t think, and I don’t want to think! So, I traveled and stopped, and stopped ...
Her voice trembled, she almost burst into tears, but she recovered herself and calmly continued: “And I don’t want to get married at all. And I'm afraid of him; I am now completely, completely, calmed down ...
The next day after this conversation, Natasha put on that old dress, which she was especially aware of for the cheerfulness it delivered in the morning, and in the morning she began her former way of life, from which she lagged behind after the ball. After drinking tea, she went to the hall, which she especially loved for its strong resonance, and began to sing her solfeji (singing exercises). Having finished the first lesson, she stopped in the middle of the hall and repeated one musical phrase that she especially liked. She listened joyfully to that (as if unexpected for her) charm with which these sounds, shimmering, filled the entire emptiness of the hall and slowly died away, and she suddenly became cheerful. “Why think about it so much and so well,” she said to herself, and began to walk up and down the hall, stepping not with simple steps on the resonant parquet, but at every step stepping from heel (she was wearing new, favorite shoes) to toe, and just as joyfully as to the sounds of his voice, listening to this measured clatter of heels and the creaking of socks. Passing by a mirror, she looked into it. - "Here I am!" as if the expression on her face at the sight of herself spoke. “Well, that's good. And I don't need anyone."
The footman wanted to come in to clean up something in the hall, but she did not let him in, again shutting the door behind him, and continued her walk. She returned that morning again to her beloved state of self-love and admiration for herself. - “What a charm this Natasha is!” she said again to herself in the words of some third, collective, masculine face. - "Good, voice, young, and she does not interfere with anyone, just leave her alone." But no matter how much they left her alone, she could no longer be at peace, and immediately felt it.
In the front door the entrance door opened, someone asked: are you at home? and someone's footsteps were heard. Natasha looked in the mirror, but she did not see herself. She listened to the sounds in the hallway. When she saw herself, her face was pale. It was he. She knew this for sure, although she barely heard the sound of his voice from the closed doors.
Natasha, pale and frightened, ran into the living room.
- Mom, Bolkonsky has arrived! - she said. - Mom, this is terrible, this is unbearable! “I don’t want to… suffer!” What should I do?…
The countess had not yet had time to answer her, when Prince Andrei entered the drawing room with an anxious and serious face. As soon as he saw Natasha, his face lit up. He kissed the hand of the countess and Natasha and sat down beside the sofa.
“For a long time we have not had pleasure ...” the countess began, but Prince Andrei interrupted her, answering her question and obviously in a hurry to say what he needed.
- I have not been with you all this time, because I was with my father: I needed to talk to him about a very important matter. I just got back last night,” he said, looking at Natasha. “I need to talk to you, Countess,” he added after a moment's silence.
The Countess sighed heavily and lowered her eyes.
“I am at your service,” she said.
Natasha knew that she had to leave, but she could not do it: something was squeezing her throat, and she looked impolitely, directly, with open eyes at Prince Andrei.
"Now? This minute!… No, it can't be!” she thought.
He looked at her again, and this look convinced her that she had not been mistaken. - Yes, now, this very minute her fate was being decided.
“Come, Natasha, I will call you,” said the countess in a whisper.
Natasha looked with frightened, pleading eyes at Prince Andrei and at her mother, and went out.
“I have come, Countess, to ask for the hand of your daughter,” said Prince Andrei. The countess's face flushed, but she said nothing.
“Your suggestion…” the Countess began sedately. He remained silent, looking into her eyes. - Your offer ... (she was embarrassed) we are pleased, and ... I accept your offer, I'm glad. And my husband ... I hope ... but it will depend on her ...
- I will tell her when I have your consent ... do you give it to me? - said Prince Andrew.
“Yes,” said the Countess, and held out her hand to him, and with a mixture of aloofness and tenderness pressed her lips to his forehead as he leaned over her hand. She wanted to love him like a son; but she felt that he was a stranger and a terrible person for her. “I'm sure my husband will agree,” said the countess, “but your father ...
- My father, to whom I informed my plans, made it an indispensable condition for consent that the wedding should not be before a year. And this is what I wanted to tell you, - said Prince Andrei.
- It is true that Natasha is still young, but so long.
“It could not be otherwise,” Prince Andrei said with a sigh.
“I will send it to you,” said the countess, and left the room.
“Lord, have mercy on us,” she repeated, looking for her daughter. Sonya said that Natasha was in the bedroom. Natasha sat on her bed, pale, with dry eyes, looked at the icons and, quickly making the sign of the cross, whispered something. Seeing her mother, she jumped up and rushed to her.
- What? Mom?… What?
- Go, go to him. He asks for your hand, - the countess said coldly, as it seemed to Natasha ... - Go ... go, - the mother said with sadness and reproach after the fleeing daughter, and sighed heavily.
Natasha did not remember how she entered the living room. When she entered the door and saw him, she stopped. “Is this stranger really become my everything now?” she asked herself and instantly answered: “Yes, everything: he alone is now dearer to me than everything in the world.” Prince Andrei went up to her, lowering his eyes.
“I fell in love with you from the moment I saw you. Can I hope?
He looked at her, and the earnest passion of her countenance struck him. Her face said: “Why ask? Why doubt that which is impossible not to know? Why talk when you can’t express what you feel in words.
She approached him and stopped. He took her hand and kissed it.
– Do you love me?
“Yes, yes,” Natasha said as if with annoyance, sighed loudly, another time, more and more often, and sobbed.
– About what? What's wrong with you?
“Oh, I’m so happy,” she answered, smiled through her tears, leaned closer to him, thought for a second, as if asking herself if it was possible, and kissed him.
Prince Andrei held her hands, looked into her eyes, and did not find in his soul the former love for her. Something suddenly turned in his soul: there was no former poetic and mysterious charm of desire, but there was pity for her feminine and childish weakness, there was fear of her devotion and gullibility, a heavy and at the same time joyful consciousness of the duty that bound him forever with her. The real feeling, although it was not as light and poetic as the former, was more serious and stronger.
“Did maman tell you that it couldn’t be before a year?” - said Prince Andrei, continuing to look into her eyes. “Is it really me, that child girl (everyone said so about me) thought Natasha, is it possible that from now on I am a wife, equal to this strange, sweet, intelligent person, respected even by my father. Is that really true! Is it really true that now it is no longer possible to joke with life, now I am big, now responsibility for all my deeds and words lies on me? Yes, what did he ask me?
“No,” she answered, but she did not understand what he was asking.
“Forgive me,” said Prince Andrei, “but you are so young, and I have already experienced so much life. I'm scared for you. You don't know yourself.
Natasha listened with concentrated attention, trying to understand the meaning of his words, but did not understand.
“No matter how hard this year will be for me, postponing my happiness,” continued Prince Andrei, “during this period you will believe yourself. I ask you to make my happiness in a year; but you are free: our engagement will remain a secret, and if you are convinced that you do not love me, or would love ... - said Prince Andrei with an unnatural smile.
Why are you saying this? Natasha interrupted him. “You know that from the very day you first came to Otradnoye, I fell in love with you,” she said, firmly convinced that she was telling the truth.
- In a year you will recognize yourself ...
– whole year! - Natasha suddenly said, now only realizing that the wedding was postponed for a year. - Why is it a year? Why a year? ... - Prince Andrei began to explain to her the reasons for this delay. Natasha didn't listen to him.
- And it can not be otherwise? she asked. Prince Andrei did not answer, but his face expressed the impossibility of changing this decision.
- It's horrible! No, it's terrible, terrible! Natasha suddenly spoke up and sobbed again. “I’ll die waiting for a year: it’s impossible, it’s terrible. - She looked into the face of her fiancé and saw on him an expression of compassion and bewilderment.
“No, no, I’ll do everything,” she said, suddenly stopping her tears, “I’m so happy!” The father and mother entered the room and blessed the bride and groom.
From that day on, Prince Andrei began to go to the Rostovs as a groom.

There was no betrothal, and no one was announced about Bolkonsky's engagement to Natasha; Prince Andrew insisted on this. He said that since he was the cause of the delay, he must bear the full burden of it. He said that he had forever bound himself with his word, but that he did not want to bind Natasha and left her complete freedom. If in six months she feels that she does not love him, she will be in her own right if she refuses him. It goes without saying that neither the parents nor Natasha wanted to hear about it; but Prince Andrei insisted on his own. Prince Andrei visited the Rostovs every day, but not like a groom treated Natasha: he told her you and only kissed her hand. Between Prince Andrei and Natasha, after the day of the proposal, completely different than before, close, simple relations were established. They didn't seem to know each other until now. Both he and she loved to remember how they looked at each other when they were still nothing, now they both felt like completely different beings: then pretended, now simple and sincere. At first, the family felt awkward in dealing with Prince Andrei; he seemed like a man from an alien world, and Natasha for a long time accustomed her family to Prince Andrei and proudly assured everyone that he only seemed so special, and that he was the same as everyone else, and that she was not afraid of him and that no one should be afraid his. After a few days, the family got used to him and did not hesitate to lead the old way of life with him, in which he took part. He knew how to talk about housekeeping with the count, and about outfits with the countess and Natasha, and about albums and canvases with Sonya. Sometimes the family Rostovs among themselves and under Prince Andrei were surprised at how all this happened and how obvious the omens of this were: both the arrival of Prince Andrei in Otradnoye, and their arrival in Petersburg, and the similarity between Natasha and Prince Andrei, which the nanny noticed on the first visit Prince Andrei, and the clash in 1805 between Andrei and Nikolai, and many other omens of what happened, were noticed at home.
The house was dominated by that poetic boredom and silence that always accompanies the presence of the bride and groom. Often sitting together, everyone was silent. Sometimes they got up and left, and the bride and groom, remaining alone, were also silent. Rarely did they talk about their future lives. Prince Andrei was scared and ashamed to talk about it. Natasha shared this feeling, like all his feelings, which she constantly guessed. Once Natasha began to ask about his son. Prince Andrei blushed, which often happened to him now and that Natasha especially loved, and said that his son would not live with them.
- From what? Natasha said scared.
“I can’t take him away from my grandfather and then…”
How I would love him! - said Natasha, immediately guessing his thought; but I know you want no pretexts to accuse you and me.
The old count sometimes approached Prince Andrei, kissed him, asked him for advice on the upbringing of Petya or the service of Nikolai. The old countess sighed as she looked at them. Sonya was afraid at any moment to be superfluous and tried to find excuses to leave them alone when they did not need it. When Prince Andrei spoke (he spoke very well), Natasha listened to him with pride; when she spoke, she noticed with fear and joy that he was looking at her attentively and searchingly. She asked herself in bewilderment: “What is he looking for in me? What is he trying to achieve with his eyes? What, if not in me what he is looking for with this look? Sometimes she entered into her insanely cheerful mood, and then she especially liked to listen and watch how Prince Andrei laughed. He rarely laughed, but when he did, he gave himself over to his laughter, and every time after that laughter she felt closer to him. Natasha would have been perfectly happy if the thought of the upcoming and approaching parting had not frightened her, since he, too, turned pale and cold at the mere thought of it.
On the eve of his departure from Petersburg, Prince Andrei brought with him Pierre, who had never been to the Rostovs since the ball. Pierre seemed confused and embarrassed. He was talking to his mother. Natasha sat down with Sonya at the chess table, thus inviting Prince Andrei to her. He approached them.
"You've known the Earless for a long time, haven't you?" - he asked. - Do you love him?
- Yes, he is nice, but very funny.
And she, as always talking about Pierre, began to tell jokes about his absent-mindedness, jokes that they even made up about him.
“You know, I confided our secret to him,” said Prince Andrei. “I have known him since childhood. This is a heart of gold. I beg you, Natalie,” he said suddenly seriously; I'm leaving, God knows what might happen. You can spill... Well, I know I shouldn't talk about it. One thing - whatever happens to you when I'm gone...
– What will happen?…
“Whatever the grief,” continued Prince Andrei, “I ask you, m lle Sophie, no matter what happens, turn to him alone for advice and help. This is the most absent-minded and funny person, but the most golden heart.
Neither father and mother, nor Sonya, nor Prince Andrei himself could foresee how parting with her fiancé would affect Natasha. Red and agitated, with dry eyes, she walked around the house that day, doing the most insignificant things, as if not understanding what awaited her. She did not cry even at the moment when he said goodbye, he kissed her hand for the last time. - Don't leave! she only said to him in a voice that made him wonder if he really needed to stay and which he remembered for a long time after that. When he left, she didn't cry either; but for several days she sat in her room without crying, was not interested in anything, and only occasionally said: “Ah, why did he leave!”
But two weeks after his departure, just as unexpectedly for those around her, she woke up from her moral illness, became the same as before, but only with a changed moral physiognomy, like children with a different face get out of bed after a long illness.

The health and character of Prince Nikolai Andreevich Bolkonsky, in this Last year after the departure of his son, they became very weak. He became even more irritable than before, and all the outbursts of his causeless anger for the most part fell upon Princess Mary. It was as if he diligently sought out all her sore spots in order to torture her morally as cruelly as possible. Princess Marya had two passions and therefore two joys: her nephew Nikolushka and religion, both of which were favorite themes of the prince's attacks and ridicule. Whatever they talked about, he reduced the conversation to the superstitions of old girls or to pampering and spoiling children. - “You want to make him (Nikolenka) the same old girl as you yourself; in vain: Prince Andrei needs a son, not a girl, ”he said. Or, turning to mademoiselle Bourime, he asked her in front of Princess Mary how she liked our priests and images, and joked ...
He incessantly painfully insulted Princess Mary, but the daughter did not even make an effort on herself to forgive him. How could he be guilty before her, and how could her father, who, she still knew it, loved her, be unjust? And what is justice? The princess never thought about this proud word: "justice." All the complex laws of mankind were concentrated for her in one simple and clear law - in the law of love and self-denial, taught to us by Him Who suffered with love for humanity, when He himself is God. What did she care about the justice or injustice of other people? She had to suffer and love herself, and she did it.
In winter, Prince Andrei came to the Bald Mountains, he was cheerful, meek and gentle, as Princess Mary had not seen him for a long time. She foresaw that something had happened to him, but he did not say anything to Princess Mary about his love. Before leaving, Prince Andrei had a long conversation about something with his father, and Princess Marya noticed that before leaving, both were dissatisfied with each other.
Shortly after the departure of Prince Andrei, Princess Mary wrote from Lysy Gory to Petersburg to her friend Julie Karagina, whom Princess Mary dreamed, as girls always dream, of marrying off her brother, and who at that time was in mourning on the occasion of the death of her brother, who was killed in Turkey.
“Sorrow, apparently, is our common destiny, dear and gentle friend Julieie.”
“Your loss is so terrible that I cannot explain it to myself otherwise than as a special favor of God, who wants to experience - loving you - you and your excellent mother. Ah, my friend, religion, and only one religion, can comfort us, not to say, but deliver us from despair; one religion can explain to us what a person cannot understand without its help: why, why are good, exalted beings who know how to find happiness in life, not only not harming anyone, but necessary for the happiness of others - are called to God, but remain to live evil, useless, harmful, or those that are a burden to themselves and others. The first death I saw and will never forget, the death of my dear sister-in-law, made such an impression on me. Just as you ask fate, why did your beautiful brother die, in the same way I asked why this angel Liza died, who not only did not do any harm to a person, but never had other good thoughts in her soul . And well, my friend, five years have passed since then, and I, with my insignificant mind, already begin to clearly understand why she had to die, and how this death was only an expression of the infinite goodness of the Creator, all of whose actions although we for the most part we do not understand, the essence is only manifestations of His infinite love for His creation. Maybe, I often think, she was too angelically innocent to have the strength to bear all the responsibilities of a mother. She was flawless as a young wife; perhaps she could not be such a mother. Now, not only did she leave us, and especially Prince Andrei, the purest regret and recollection, she will probably get there the place that I do not dare to hope for myself. But, not to mention her alone, this early and terrible death had the most beneficial effect, despite all the sadness, on me and on my brother. Then, in the moment of loss, these thoughts could not come to me; then I would have driven them away with horror, but now it is so clear and undeniable. I am writing all this to you, my friend, only to convince you of the gospel truth, which has become a life rule for me: not a single hair will fall from my head without His will. And His will is guided only by one boundless love for us, and therefore everything that happens to us is all for our good. Are you asking if we will spend next winter in Moscow? Despite all the desire to see you, I do not think and do not want it. And you will be surprised that the reason for this is Buonaparte. And here's why: my father's health is noticeably weakening: he cannot bear contradictions and becomes irritable. This irritability, as you know, is mainly directed towards political affairs. He cannot bear the thought that Buonaparte deals with all the sovereigns of Europe as equals, and especially with our grandson of Great Catherine! As you know, I am completely indifferent to political affairs, but from the words of my father and his conversations with Mikhail Ivanovich, I know everything that is happening in the world, and in particular all the honors paid to Buonaparte, who, it seems, is still only in Lysy Mountains throughout the globe are not recognized either as a great man, or even less as a French emperor. And my father can't stand it. It seems to me that my father, mainly because of his view of political affairs and foreseeing the clashes that he will have, because of his manner, not embarrassed to express his opinions with anyone, is reluctant to talk about a trip to Moscow. Whatever he gains from the treatment, he will lose in the inevitable Buonaparte controversy. In any case, this will be resolved very soon. Our family life goes on as before, with the exception of the presence of brother Andrei. He, as I wrote to you, has changed a lot. Lately. After his grief, only now, this year, he completely morally revived. He became the way I knew him as a child: kind, gentle, with that golden heart, to which I know no equal. He realized, it seems to me, that life is not over for him. But along with this moral change, he became very physically weak. He became thinner than before, more nervous. I fear for him and am glad that he has undertaken this trip abroad, which the doctors have long prescribed for him. I hope this fixes it. You write to me that in Petersburg they talk about him as one of the most active, educated and intelligent young people. Forgive the pride of kinship - I never doubted it. It is impossible to count the good that he did here to everyone, from his peasants to the nobles. Arriving in Petersburg, he took only what he should have. I am surprised how rumors reach Moscow from Petersburg at all, and especially such false ones as the one you write to me about - a rumor about an imaginary marriage of a brother to little Rostova. I don't think Andrew will ever marry anyone, and especially not her. And here's why: firstly, I know that although he rarely talks about his deceased wife, the sadness of this loss is too deeply rooted in his heart for him to ever decide to give her a successor and stepmother to our little angel. Secondly, because, as far as I know, this girl is not from the category of women that Prince Andrei might like. I do not think that Prince Andrei would choose her as his wife, and I will frankly say: I do not want this. But I chatted, I'm finishing my second sheet. Farewell, my dear friend; may God keep you under His holy and mighty cover. My dear friend, mademoiselle Bourienne, kisses you.
Marie."

In the middle of summer, Princess Marya received an unexpected letter from Prince Andrei from Switzerland, in which he told her strange and unexpected news. Prince Andrei announced his engagement to Rostova. His whole letter breathed with loving enthusiasm for his bride and tender friendship and trust in his sister. He wrote that he had never loved the way he loves now, and that now he only understood and recognized life; he asked his sister to forgive him for the fact that on his visit to the Bald Mountains he had not told her anything about this decision, although he had spoken about it with his father. He did not tell her this because Princess Mary would have asked her father to give her consent, and if she had not achieved the goal, she would have irritated her father and would have carried the brunt of his displeasure. However, he wrote, the matter had not yet been decided as finally as it is now. “Then my father appointed me a term, a year, and now six months, half of the appointed term, have passed, and I remain more firm than ever in my decision. If the doctors had not detained me here on the waters, I would have been in Russia myself, but now I must postpone my return for another three months. You know me and my relationship with my father. I don’t need anything from him, I have always been and will always be independent, but to do something contrary to his will, to deserve his wrath, when maybe he had so little time left to be with us, would destroy half my happiness. I am now writing him a letter about the same and I ask you, choosing a good moment, to give him a letter and inform me about how he views all this and whether there is any hope that he will agree to reduce the period by three months.
After long hesitation, doubts and prayers, Princess Mary handed the letter to her father. The next day the old prince said to her calmly:
- Write to your brother to wait until I die ... Not long - I'll untie it soon ...
The princess wanted to object something, but her father did not allow her, and began to raise his voice more and more.
- Get married, get married, my dear ... Relationship is good! ... Smart people, huh? Rich, huh? Yes. Nikolushka will have a good stepmother! You write to him that let him marry even tomorrow. Nikolushka's stepmother will be - she, and I will marry Burienka! ... Ha, ha, ha, and he must not be without a stepmother! Only one thing, no more women are needed in my house; let him marry, he lives on his own. Maybe you can move in with him? - he turned to Princess Marya: - with God, through the frost, through the frost ... through the frost! ...
After this outburst, the prince did not speak again about this matter. But restrained annoyance at the cowardice of the son was expressed in the relationship between father and daughter. To the previous pretexts for ridicule, a new one was added - a conversation about a stepmother and courtesy to m lle Bourienne.
Why shouldn't I marry her? he said to his daughter. - A glorious princess will be! - And recently, to her bewilderment and surprise, Princess Mary began to notice that her father really began to draw the Frenchwoman closer and closer to him. Princess Marya wrote to Prince Andrei about how his father had received his letter; but she consoled her brother, giving hope to reconcile her father with this thought.
Nikolushka and his upbringing, Andre and religion were the consolations and joys of Princess Mary; but besides, since each person needs his own personal hopes, Princess Marya had a hidden dream and hope in the deepest secret of her soul, which brought her the main consolation in her life. This comforting dream and hope was given to her by God's people - holy fools and wanderers who visited her secretly from the prince. The more Princess Marya lived, the more she experienced life and observed it, the more she was surprised by the short-sightedness of people who are looking for pleasure and happiness here on earth; working, suffering, fighting and doing evil to each other, in order to achieve this impossible, illusory and vicious happiness. “Prince Andrei loved his wife, she died, this is not enough for him, he wants to connect his happiness with another woman. The father does not want this, because he wants Andrei to have a more noble and rich marriage. And they all struggle and suffer, and torment, and spoil their soul, their eternal soul, in order to achieve blessings, for which the term is a moment. Not only do we ourselves know this, but Christ, the son of God, came down to earth and told us that this life is an instantaneous life, a test, and we still cling to it and think to find happiness in it. How did no one understand this? thought Princess Mary. No one except these despicable people of God, who, with bags over their shoulders, come to me from the back porch, afraid to catch the eyes of the prince, and not in order not to suffer from him, but in order not to lead him into sin. To leave the family, the homeland, all worries about worldly goods in order not to cling to anything, to walk in a linen rags, under a false name from place to place, without harming people, and praying for them, praying for those who are persecuted and for those who patronize: higher than this truth and life there is no truth and life!”
There was one wanderer, Fedosyushka, 50 years old, a small, quiet, pockmarked woman, who had been walking barefoot and in chains for more than 30 years. Princess Mary was especially fond of her. Once, when in a dark room, by the light of one lamp, Fedosyushka was talking about her life, Princess Mary suddenly had such a strong idea that Fedosyushka alone had found the right path of life, that she decided to go wandering herself. When Fedosyushka went to bed, Princess Mary thought about this for a long time and finally decided that, strange as it was, she had to go wandering. She believed her intention to only one confessor, a monk, Father Akinfiy, and the confessor approved her intention. Under the pretext of a gift to the wanderers, Princess Marya stocked up for herself the complete attire of a wanderer: a shirt, bast shoes, a caftan and a black scarf. Often approaching the cherished chest of drawers, Princess Marya stopped in indecision about whether the time had already come to carry out her intention.
Often listening to the stories of wanderers, she was excited by their simple, mechanical speeches for them, but for her full of deep meaning, so that she was several times ready to give up everything and run away from home. In her imagination, she already saw herself with Fedosyushka in coarse rags, walking with a stick and a knapsack along a dusty road, directing her journey without envy, without human love, without desires from saints to saints, and in the end, to where there is not a single sadness. , no sighing, but eternal joy and bliss.
“I will come to one place, I will pray; if I don’t have time to get used to it, to love it, I’ll move on. And I will walk until my legs give way, and I will lie down and die somewhere, and I will finally come to that eternal, quiet harbor, where there is neither sadness nor sighing! ... ”thought Princess Marya.
But then, seeing her father and especially little Koko, she weakened in her intention, wept quietly and felt that she was a sinner: she loved her father and nephew more than God.

Biblical tradition says that the absence of labor - idleness was the condition of the bliss of the first man before his fall. The love of idleness has remained the same in fallen man, but the curse still weighs on man, and not only because we must earn our bread by the sweat of our brow, but because, due to our moral qualities, we cannot be idle and calm. A secret voice says that we must be guilty of being idle. If a person could find a state in which, being idle, he would feel useful and fulfilling his duty, he would find one side of primeval bliss. And such a state of obligatory and impeccable idleness is used by a whole estate - the military estate. This obligatory and impeccable idleness has been and will be the main attraction of military service.
Nikolai Rostov fully experienced this bliss, after 1807 continuing to serve in the Pavlograd regiment, in which he already commanded a squadron taken from Denisov.
Rostov became a hardened, kind fellow, whom Moscow acquaintances would have found somewhat mauvais genre [bad taste], but who was loved and respected by his comrades, subordinates and superiors, and who was satisfied with his life. Recently, in 1809, in letters from home, he more often found his mother's complaints that things were getting worse and worse, and that it was time for him to come home, please and reassure old parents.
Reading these letters, Nikolai was afraid that they wanted to take him out of the environment in which, having protected himself from all worldly confusion, he lived so quietly and calmly. He felt that sooner or later he would have to enter that whirlpool of life again with frustrations and corrections of affairs, with accounting for managers, quarrels, intrigues, with connections, with society, with Sonya's love and promise to her. It was all terribly difficult, confusing, and he answered his mother's letters with cold classic letters that began: Ma chere maman [My dear mother] and ended: votre obeissant fils, [Your obedient son,] silent about when he intended to arrive . In 1810, he received letters from his relatives, in which they informed him of Natasha's engagement to Bolkonsky and that the wedding would be in a year, because the old prince did not agree. This letter upset, offended Nikolai. Firstly, he was sorry to lose Natasha from home, whom he loved more than anyone else in the family; secondly, from his hussar point of view, he regretted that he was not there, because he would have shown this Bolkonsky that it was not at all such a great honor to be related to him and that if he loved Natasha, he could do without crazy father's permission. For a minute he hesitated whether to ask for leave to see Natasha as a bride, but then maneuvers came up, considerations came about Sonya, about the confusion, and Nikolai again put it off. But in the spring of the same year, he received a letter from his mother, who wrote secretly from the count, and this letter convinced him to go. She wrote that if Nikolai did not come and take up business, then the whole estate would go under the hammer and everyone would go around the world. The count is so weak, he trusts Mitenka so much, and he is so kind, and everyone deceives him so much that everything goes from bad to worse. “For God's sake, I beg you, come now if you don't want to make me and your whole family unhappy,” the countess wrote.
This letter had an effect on Nicholas. He had that common sense of mediocrity that showed him what was due.
Now I had to go, if not retired, then on vacation. Why it was necessary to go, he did not know; but having slept after dinner, he ordered to saddle gray Mars, a stallion that had not been ridden for a long time and terribly angry, and returning home on a lathered stallion, he announced to Lavrushka (Denisov’s lackey remained at Rostov) and his comrades who had come in the evening that he was taking a vacation and going home. No matter how hard and strange it was for him to think that he would leave and not find out from the headquarters (which he was especially interested in) whether he would be promoted to captain, or receive Anna for his last maneuvers; strange as it was to think that he would leave without selling to Count Golukhovskiy the three savras, whom the Polish count traded with him, and whom Rostov bet that he would sell for 2 thousand, no matter how incomprehensibly it seemed that without him there would be that ball , which the hussars were supposed to give to Panna Pshazdetskaya in spite of the uhlans, who gave a ball to their Panna Borzhozovskaya, he knew that he had to go from this clear, good world somewhere to where everything was nonsense and confusion.
Vacation came a week later. Hussars, comrades not only in the regiment, but also in the brigade, gave dinner to Rostov, which cost 15 rubles per head. subscriptions - played two pieces of music, sang two choirs of songbooks; Rostov danced the trepak with Major Basov; drunken officers rocked, hugged and dropped Rostov; the soldiers of the third squadron rocked it again and shouted hurray! Then Rostov was put on a sleigh and escorted to the first station.
Half the way, as it always happens, from Kremenchug to Kyiv, all Rostov's thoughts were still back - in the squadron; but having crossed over halfway, he had already begun to forget the trio of Savras, his sergeant-major Dozhoyveika, and he began to restlessly ask himself what and how he would find in Otradnoye. The closer he drove, the stronger, much stronger (as if the moral feeling was subject to the same law of the speed of falling bodies in the squares of distances), he thought about his house; at the last station before Otradnoye, he gave the coachman three rubles for vodka, and, like a boy, panting, he ran onto the porch of the house.
After the enthusiasm of the meeting, and after that strange feeling of dissatisfaction in comparison with what you expect - everything is the same, to which I was in such a hurry! - Nikolai began to get used to his old world Houses. Father and mother were the same, they just aged a little. What was new in them was some kind of anxiety and sometimes disagreement, which had not happened before and which, as Nikolai soon learned, came from a bad state of affairs. Sonya was already in her twenties. She had already stopped getting prettier, did not promise anything more than what was in her; but that was enough. She has been breathing happiness and love since Nikolai arrived, and the true, unshakable love of this girl joyfully acted on him. Petya and Natasha surprised Nikolai the most. Petya was already a big, thirteen-year-old, handsome, merrily and cleverly playful boy, whose voice was already breaking. Nikolai was surprised at Natasha for a long time, and laughed, looking at her.
“Not at all,” he said.
- Well, have you lost your mind?
- On the contrary, but the importance is somehow. Princess! he told her in a whisper.
“Yes, yes, yes,” Natasha said happily.
Natasha told him her affair with Prince Andrei, his arrival in Otradnoye, and showed him his last letter.
- What are you happy about? Natasha asked. - I'm so calm now, happy.
“I am very glad,” Nikolai answered. - He's a great person. What are you so in love with?
- How can I tell you, - Natasha answered, - I was in love with Boris, with a teacher, with Denisov, but this is not at all the same. I am calm, firm. I know that there are no people better than him, and I feel so calm, good now. Not at all like before...
Nikolai expressed his displeasure to Natasha that the wedding had been postponed for a year; but Natasha attacked her brother with bitterness, proving to him that it could not be otherwise, that it would be bad to enter the family against the will of her father, that she herself wanted it.
“You don’t understand at all,” she said. Nicholas fell silent and agreed with her.
Her brother was often surprised looking at her. It was not at all like she was a bride in love separated from her fiancé. She was even, calm, cheerful, completely as before. This surprised Nikolai and even made him look incredulously at Bolkonsky's matchmaking. He did not believe that her fate had already been decided, especially since he had not seen Prince Andrei with her. It always seemed to him that something was not right in this proposed marriage.
"Why the delay? Why didn't you get engaged?" he thought. Having talked once with his mother about his sister, he, to his surprise and partly to his pleasure, found that his mother, in the depths of her soul, sometimes looked with distrust at this marriage.

The passenger fleet of Rossiya Airlines includes 16 Boeing 737-800 aircraft. The internal layout of the aircraft has several modifications.

Aircraft tail numbers: VP-BOI, VP-BUS, VQ-BWJ, VP-BGQ, VQ-BSR, VP-BOH, VP-BOD, VQ-BUE, VP-BGR, VQ-BVU, VQ-BVV, VP- BOA, VP-BOB, VQ-BUF, VQ-BPX, VQ-BSS.

More about the age of each board:

Boeing 737-800+

Consider the scheme of a single-class cabin of this aircraft ( registration numbers VQ-BJX, VQ-BPX, VQ-BSR, VQ-BVJ, VP-BGQ, VP-BGR, VP-BOA) so that you can easily navigate in choosing good and convenient places.

P.S. The scheme is also relevant for the VQ-BUF and VQ-BUE boards. The difference lies in the slight difference 1 row. Instead of 1ABC seats, these boards have 1DEF seats.

Boeing 737-800 single-class cabin. Rossiya Airlines

First 4 rows in this plane it is Front Rows. As a rule, seats in the bow have a certain number of advantages. For example, you can get off the plane faster and avoid standing in line, food will be brought to you first, there is a toilet near you and flight attendants are located. At 1 row there is one more portion of advantages - no one will throw back the back of their chair on you. The positive qualities of the seats in the front of the aircraft can be overshadowed by the fact that the mounts for baby cradles are located at seats 1ABC and 2DEF.

For 14 next the first section of emergency exits is located. In this regard, the seats in it may have restrictions in reclining.

15 row Surrounded by emergency hatches on both sides. This is its advantage and disadvantage. There will be enough legroom in front of you, it is convenient to get up from any chair in this row without disturbing your neighbors. But the speakers of the seats are fixed and do not recline. Also, you can not force the approach to the "exit door" with your hand luggage.

16 row— the best in this plane. It includes all the advantages of the 15th, but does not have its disadvantages. Such places are called SPACE + and often, to get to them, you have to pay a little asshole.

For the purposes of aviation security, people with disabilities and passengers with animals and children cannot be in rows 15 and 16.

Last 32 row located near the toilets. Sometimes the backs of the chairs can rest against the wall of the "latrines" and not recline. This neighborhood does not add convenience. During the flight, you can often see queues near the WC. At the "extreme" places C and D, you can still get an elbow or something else from passengers scurrying back and forth.