Boeing
Content
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page
The Boeing 757 is a mid-size, narrow-body twin-engine jet airliner. Boeing Comme
rcial Airplanes designed and built 1,050 of them for 54 customers from 1981 to 2
004. The twinjet has a two-crewmember glass cockpit, a conventional tail, a lowdrag supercritical wing design, and turbofan engines that allow takeoffs from re
latively short runways and at high altitudes. Intended for short and medium rout
es, variants of the 757 can carry 200 to 295 passengers for a maximum of 3,150 t
o 4,100 nautical miles (5,830 to 7,590 km). The 757 was designed concurrently wi
th a wide-body twinjet, the 767, and pilots can obtain a common type rating that
allows them to operate both aircraft. Passenger 757-200s (the most popular mode
l) have been modified for cargo use; military derivatives include the C-32 trans
port, VIP carriers, and other multi-purpose aircraft. All 757s are powered by Ro
lls-Royce RB211 or Pratt & Whitney PW2000 series turbofans. Eastern Air Lines an
d British Airways were first to place the 757 in commercial service, in 1983. Th
e airliner had recorded eight hull-loss accidents, including seven fatal crashes
, as of April 2015.
The Boeing 757 is a mid-size, narrow-body twin-engine jet airliner. Boeing Comme
rcial Airplanes designed and built 1,050 of them for 54 customers from 1981 to 2
004. The twinjet has a two-crewmember glass cockpit, a conventional tail, a lowdrag supercritical wing design, and turbofan engines that allow takeoffs from re
latively short runways and at high altitudes. Intended for short and medium rout
es, variants of the 757 can carry 200 to 295 passengers for a maximum of 3,150 t
o 4,100 nautical miles (5,830 to 7,590 km). The 757 was designed concurrently wi
th a wide-body twinjet, the 767, and pilots can obtain a common type rating that
allows them to operate both aircraft. Passenger 757-200s (the most popular mode
l) have been modified for cargo use; military derivatives include the C-32 trans
port, VIP carriers, and other multi-purpose aircraft. All 757s are powered by Ro
lls-Royce RB211 or Pratt & Whitney PW2000 series turbofans. Eastern Air Lines an
d British Airways were first to place the 757 in commercial service, in 1983. Th
e airliner had recorded eight hull-loss accidents, including seven fatal crashes
, as of April 2015.
