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Summary: All About The Magnificent Boeing 757!
Review: All of the books in the "Airliner Color History" series are definitely worth a good hard look if you're an aviation enthusiast. This 128-page paperback volume is all about the Boeing 757, and will give any 757 lover all the information he/she could possibly need with regard to this sleek-looking twin-jet, which first took to the skies on February 19, 1982 (on a 2-hr., 31-min. test flight).
It seems hard to believe that the last 757 has now rolled off of the assembly line in Renton, Washington. The 1,050th, and last, 757 to be built was unveiled on October 28, 2004. It was a 757-200 model in the colors of Shanghai Airlines.
The 757 has the distinction of being one of just seven airliner models that has sold more than 1,000 units. And the first 926 of them are listed in the "Production History" chapter of this book, which was published in 2001.
I still regard the 757 as being a "new" model of commercial aircraft. To me, it still has a kind of "futuristic" look to it. As far as narrow-bodied aircraft, I'd say that the B757 is the best-looking airplane in the world's skies today. It would rank second only to Boeing's mammoth behemoth, the 747, on my list of "Favorite Aircraft". You simply cannot beat the 747 for awe-inspiring gazes every time you watch one of those 800,000-pound babies take off or when you see one of them perfectly plunk down its huge collection of 18 wheels onto an airport runway. Simply amazing every time I see one.
But the 757 isn't far behind. The '57 has a certain "bird-like" look to it that just makes it "perfect" in my book (from a "plane-spotter's" point-of-view). Interestingly, too, you might have noticed that Boeing's newest airplane project (to date), the Boeing "7E7 Dreamliner", will have a similar "757 look" to it once it is produced.
Besides listing detailed stats on every single Boeing 757 ever built (through early 2000), other chapters of interest in this book include -- "Evolution", "Design And Development", "Production", "Technical Specification", "In Service", "Customers", "Accidents And Incidents", and "Chronology".
Many, many top-quality full-color photos are included in this volume as well. Plus: there's a goodly number of graphs, charts, schematics, and behind-the-scenes pictures of 757s in production.
It's kind of sad to know that Boeing has rolled out its last 757. But, at the same time, it's a virtual certainty that this magnificently-built aircraft will still be flying many, many years down the road.
If you'd like to see the very last 757 ever produced, you can visit the webpage below. .............
www.airliners.net/open.file/702358/L
Some additional gorgeous Boeing 757 images can be found at the links below. .............
www.airliners.net/open.file/704790/L/
www.airliners.net/open.file/631551/L/
www.airliners.net/open.file/261969/L/
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Summary: An excellent look at the Boeing 757
Review: The Airlife's Airliner series of books cover individual commercial aircraft types in an interesting, in-depth manner. Each volume of this British series covers a unique commercial aircraft type from its design, production, entry into service, its usage by airlines, and in some cases eventual demise. Each volume features plenty of color and black and white photographs of the subject aircraft along with a complete construction list (accurate to date of publication for aircraft types still being built). This volume of the series follows Boeing's replacement for the venerable Boeing 727 airliner. The book discusses the various design ideas that Boeing was considering as well as the various efforts that were combined into one of the most successful commercial aicraft programs of the 20th century. Unfortunately, with the recent collapse of the world airline industry the days of the 757 seem to be numbered ... and this aircraft model may very well follow its parent the 727 into history.
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Summary: An excellent look at the Boeing 757
Review: The Airlife's Airliner series of books cover individual commercial aircraft types in an interesting, in-depth manner. Each volume of this British series covers a unique commercial aircraft type from its design, production, entry into service, its usage by airlines, and in some cases eventual demise. Each volume features plenty of color and black and white photographs of the subject aircraft along with a complete construction list (accurate to date of publication for aircraft types still being built). This volume of the series follows Boeing's replacement for the venerable Boeing 727 airliner. The book discusses the various design ideas that Boeing was considering as well as the various efforts that were combined into one of the most successful commercial aicraft programs of the 20th century. Unfortunately, with the recent collapse of the world airline industry the days of the 757 seem to be numbered ... and this aircraft model may very well follow its parent the 727 into history.
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