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The 757-300, the stretched and longest version of the Boeing 757 variants, entered service with Condor in 1999. [71] With a length of 178.7 ft (54.5 m), the type is the longest single-aisle twinjet ever built, [ 71 ] coming in just shorter than the 187.4 ft (57.1 m) quad-jet DC-8-61/63 .
Of special note here is the narrow-bodied Boeing 757. With a MTOW of 116,000 kilograms (256,000 lb), the 757 is classified as Large. [ 7 ] However, after a number of accidents where smaller aircraft following closely behind a 757 crashed, tests were carried out showing the 757 generated stronger wake vortices than a Boeing 767. [ 8 ]
Boeing C-32A Ilyushin Il-96M The Pratt & Whitney PW2000 , also known by the military designation F117 and initially referred to as the JT10D , is a series of high-bypass turbofan aircraft engines with a thrust range from 37,000 to 43,000 lbf (160 to 190 kN).
The aircraft involved was a Boeing 757-204 registered as G-BYAG. It was manufactured by Boeing Commercial Airplanes in 1992 with a manufacturer serial number of 26965 and was delivered to Britannia Airways in 1993. Two Rolls-Royce turbofan engines were installed on the aircraft. It was configured with 235 passenger seats, most being triple seat ...
But Boeing never built a replacement for the 757, which was discontinued in 2004. This gave Airbus an opportunity to seize the transatlantic narrow-body market with its long-range A321neo family.
The aircraft involved was a Boeing 757-23N, MSN 30233, registered as N524AT, that was built by Boeing Commercial Airplanes in 1999. It first flew on 7 October 1999 and had logged 43420 hours and 13 minutes of airframe hours and 13367 takeoff and landing cycles. It was also powered by two Rolls-Royce RB211-535E4 engines. [2] [3]: 30–31
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A C-32A dwarfed by a VC-25A at Paris-Orly Airport, 2009. The C-32A is the military designation for the Boeing 757-2G4, a variant of the Boeing 757-200, a mid-size, narrow-body twin-engine jet airliner—that has been modified for government VIP transport use, including a change to a 45-passenger interior and military avionics. [1]