October 2009, United Airlines retired it's last Boeing 737. The 'Guppy' as it was known, has been the workhorse of United's fleet for almost 40 years. It was a bittersweet moment. Either you loved or hated them. Pilots tell me it was an easy airplane to fly. One pilot told me that if you could fly a Cessna 172, you could fly a 737. Maybe that's a stretch....
With the help of friends at United, I was able to fly on the last one. It flew as flight 737 from Washington D.C. to Chicago, Denver, Los Angeles and San Francisco. I got to fly on the Denver to LA leg. Needless to say, it was a party all of the way.
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