The first -100 was rolled out on January 17, 1967, and took its maiden flight on April 9, 1967, piloted by Brien Wygle and Lew Wallick. After several test flights the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) issued Type Certificate A16WE certifying the 737-100 for commercial flight on December 15, 1967."Type Certificate Data Sheet A16WE." faa.gov. Retrieved: September 3, 2010. It was the first aircraft to have, as part of its initial certification, approval for Category II approaches, which refers to a precision instrument approach and landing with a decision height between . Lufthansa received its first aircraft on December 28, 1967, and on February 10, 1968, became the first non-American airline to launch a new Boeing aircraft. Lufthansa was the only significant customer to purchase the 737-100 and only 30 aircraft were produced.
The first -100 was rolled out on January 17 1967 and took its maiden flight on April 9 1967 piloted by Brien Wygle and Lew Wallick After several test flights the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) issued Type Certificate A16WE certifying the 737-100 for commercial flight on December 15 1967"Type Certificate Data Sheet A16WE" faagov Retrieved September 3 2010 It was the first aircraft to have as part of its initial certification approval for Category II approaches which refers to a precision instrument approach and landing with a decision height between  Lufthansa received its first aircraft on December 28 1967 and on February 10 1968 became the first non-American airline to launch a new Boeing aircraft Lufthansa was the only significant customer to purchase the 737-100 and only 30 aircraft were produced