* In the 1960s, the Boeing company decided to follow up the company's successful 707 and 727 jetliners with a smaller short-haul jetliner, which emerged as the Boeing "737". After a slow start, the 737 became one of the best-selling airliners of all time, and is still going strong in the 21st century. This document provides a history and description of the Boeing 737 family.
