For many, firing up the engines of the 737-200 remains a nostalgic trip back to a time when piloting was strictly about hands-on flying.

The 737-200 is famously a "driver's airplane." It requires more hands-on input than modern fly-by-wire Airbus jets or even the newer 737 NG series. In the simulator, this aircraft is heavy on the controls.

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