COMMON
B757
Boeing 757
The Muscle Car
“Narrow body, wide ambition.”
Boeing · commercial
Length
155 ft 3 in
Wingspan
124 ft 10 in
Max speed
459 kts
Range
3,900 nmi
Ceiling
42,000 ft
Engines
2x RB211-535E4 or PW2037/2040
Crew
2
Max passengers
239
Typical config
200 (2-class)
Built
1,050
The 757 is absurdly overpowered for its size — it can take off from short runways fully loaded and cross the Atlantic. Pilots love it. Airlines miss it. Boeing stopped making them in 2004 and nothing has truly replaced it.
Fun fact
The 757 is the only narrow-body certified for transatlantic ETOPS operations. It regularly flies JFK to London.
How to spot one
Slender body, oversized engines, pointed nose. Longer than 737 but narrower than 767. Often called 'the rocket ship' by crews.
Crews call it
The Muscle Car
Sounds like
RB211 engines scream on takeoff — pilots love the excess power
One might be overhead right now.
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