NASA 515

{{Short description|Type of aircraft}}

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| name = NASA 515

| image = File:NASA 515 Boeing B-737-130 in flight.jpg

| caption = NASA 515 in flight

| sole example of type? = N

| type = Boeing 737-130

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| manufacturer = Boeing Aircraft Company

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| civil_registration = N515NA

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| first_flight = April 9, 1967

| status = Retired

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| owners = Boeing
NASA

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| preservation = Museum of Flight

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NASA 515 is a heavily modified Boeing 737 for NASA use as a continuing research facility.{{cite web | url=http://www.nasa.gov/centers/langley/news/factsheets/B-737.html | title=NASA's B-737 Flying Laboratory | publisher=NASA | date=May 1994 | access-date=2013-05-02}} The aircraft was the first 737 built and was used by Boeing to qualify the 737 design.{{cite web | url=http://www.museumofflight.org/aircraft/boeing-737-130 | title=Boeing 737-130 | publisher=The Museum of Flight | access-date=2013-05-02}} NASA 515 was maintained and flown by Langley Research Center as part of the Terminal Area Productivity (TAP) program.

After its use by NASA was concluded in 2003, the aircraft was preserved, and is on public display at the Museum of Flight, near Seattle, Washington. It is the last Boeing 737-100 still in existence.{{cite web | url=http://rbogash.com/Final_Flight.html | title=FINAL FLIGHT The Trip Home for the Boeing 737 Prototype Airplane | publisher=Rbogash.com | date=28 Nov 2003 | access-date=2013-05-02 | author=Robert Bogash}}