Guys and gals this is a sad day indeed for I have learned that Boeing has plans to discontinue production of the 757 by 2007/2008
.The 757 is my fave plane.
I'm told that they plan to replace the 757 with the new 7E7. I had,had serious hopes of seeing a 757-300 in new Delta colors but with the Delta's financial problems and the fact that there not buying planes and have deferred all current orders until 2005 I have all but given up any hopes of seeinga 757-300 with Delta.
As for the new design of the new 7E7 my feelings are rather mixed it looks okay. Definately a radical departure from anything Boeing has created in the past and yes it does bear a striking resemblance to the EMB170/190. But I liked the original picture that was released back in Dec.That looked more like the 767 or 777 with the raked wing tips instead of the winglets in the new pic.
Hey Doug I work AT CVG and MD-88's are the loudest plane I have ever heard on landing ,when those thurst reversers kick in. The whole freakin ground shakes I love it actually all that raw power. The new Boeings 757,767,737's NG and 777's hardly make any noise on full reverse kinda bores me actually(lol). But MD-90's are very nice it's too bad they stopped production of them early, I think Delta only has 14 of em. Anyways in closing 757's are trey kool and it will indeed be a very sad day when they end there production.
P.S. Hey Doug you wanna fly the 757 one day?