What Makes The Boeing 757 An Iconic Aircraft?

It has been over four decades since the Boeing 757 took to the skies for the first time. Developed as a successor to the Boeing 727, it may not have been the best-selling single-aisle model in Boeing's history, but it’s a type that many pilots and aviation enthusiasts respect and revere. While it’s no longer in production, the 757 continues to serve in commercial and cargo operations today.
But what, exactly, gives the 757 its iconic status? What is it about the jet that people love?
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[@Humanity_Hope_]

B-757 (arguably the best Aircraft ever designed by Boeing): She was powerful, beautifully designed, super stable, reliable, ETOPS certified... Spacious cockpit and galleys, formidable wings and stabilisers... She was Loved by Pilots and Crews!!!

[@ncard00]

The best part is the iconic Rolls Royce engine high pitched takeoff sound, spinning upwards for an insane amount of time, instead of just having a low pitched rumbling noise like most other aircraft.

[@david4x-ear198]

Years ago, as a flight attendant, I worked on the 737, 757 and 767. I always preferred the 757 over the others. It was tremendously powerful, and with the RB engines, the roar right after takeoff was iconic. I cannot tell you how many times passengers near the engines got a fright, and we had to calm them down that this was the noise it always made as it climbed out. Also, having a cabin crew of 5-6 was a lot more fun than the standard 3. Later on, flying out of short runways on hot days was always possible. Arkia for years had a 757-300 do the Eilat-Tel Aviv run from the old airport with a 6,500 foot runway, also in temperatures exceeding 45 degrees c. Took off like a rocket with 260 passengers onboard.

[@antonyh37]

I will miss the 757 dearly when it retires. This aircraft is one of the aircraft that formed my love for aviation. Of the many rides I've had on a 757 I can honestly say I've never had a boring experience.

[@chiagozienjoku7198]

It's a very good looking plane and I like the -300 variant the most

[@FlyByWire1]

The -300 variant really embodies the nickname “flying pencil!” I love it!

[@NicotineRosberg]

Those tall landing gears along with its nose just looks so good

[@melhiyabesh]

The Flying Pencil

[@wadehiggins1114]

Yup 👍🏿 and they also made the famous stumpy 🤪

[@EuropeanRailfanAlt]

The 757-300 is literally the second longest narrowbody ever built, second only to the DC-8-63/-73

[@martindehavilland-fox3175]

One of my absolute favorites to work as cabin crew. Take off never failed to give you a thrill. The power of those birds was insane! She's going to be sorely.missed by many. Me included ❤

[@Alexisso42]

My favourite plane still

[@nurrizadjatmiko21]

Not to mention the Boeing 757 can land at one of most extreme airports such as Toncontin International Airport in Tegucigalpa, Honduras. Yeah, I too love the Boeing 757.

[@skylineXpert]

Dont forget Skiathos. Short as hell & a black hole at night. But yes toncontin Is a class above...

[@Pwj579]

The C-17 was a McDonnell Douglas designed aircraft , it only became a Boeing product after merger in 1997 . But all Design and flight testing was conducted by McDD

[@Dan.d649]

The 757 to me is still the best airplane in the same class as the A321 series models. No matter how old it is now, the Boeing 757 was and still is the amazing development Boeing brought fourth in the late '70s. It's quite understandable that it is overpowered, but the terrific economics of these two great engine types Boeing picked for this airplane back in the day. The RR-RB-211-535s are rather noisy on the ramp, while the P&W PW-2000s are more quiet and both create "raw power" on the climb out, using less runway. A lot of pilots and flight crews to this day miss the 757 so terribly, because it was a quality built airplane that showed impressive results for the airlines. It certainly is a wonderful airplane to me.

[@mfmantica]

I don’t know about those engines stats. But the 757-200 I flew had RB211 with 43k of thrust.

[@breathtakingblue]

Yeah I was thinking that! The E4 is up to 43k of thrust!

[@1nsanejochem]

That one could take off vertically I assume?

[@_justwren]

Absolutely my favorite jet 🎉..

[@turbofanlover]

Still my fav passenger plane. Such an awesome beast. Really gonna miss them when they are gone...and gonna enjoy them to the fullest while they are still around.

[@CO84trucker]

My favorite thing about the 757 is the ability to use the L2 door for boarding like on the larger widebody aircraft thus separating first/business class & economy passengers during boarding. I flew first class on a United 757-300 (former CO/CAL bird) back in 2019 and the L2 cabin door was used for boarding & deplaning.

[@orionwesley]

I used to fly this one as a child when I was sent to my grandparents in Colorado from Seattle. I loved the powerful takeoff, but I hated the deplaning. As a standby flier, I was often in the back. That meant that, once we'd landed, I had to wait for everyone in front of me to get their crap and get off. It was frustrating, and I loved it. Back then it was in that rainbow theme too, which was iconic.

[@Poobtato]

Boeing’s best wld arguably be the 777 family

[@Real_deal954]

But it can’t go to remote places like was mentioned

[@stuartaaron613]

I flew in a Delta 757-200 only once, that was back in June 1991 from Los Angeles (LAX) to LaGuardia, with a stop in Cincinati (Kentucky). I found it very cramped, probably because of the seats in the rear of the plane. I enjoyed much more a fight on a Delta 767-200. The 2-3-2 seating along with the wider cabin was far more relaxing.

[@NicotineRosberg]

Wow a narrow body vs wide body, wow bro

[@NihonPlay]

the 757-300 is the sexiest modern Plane

[@stradivarioushardhiantz5179]

757-300 ❤

[@JasonWoolridge-o1l]

Delta and United will continue to fly the 757 until the 737 Max Series is out of production and the only aircraft to actively compete with the Airbus A321 Family and Neo variants ✈️

[@AbdullahNajib-b9z]

the boeing 757 is one of my favourite planes.I also like every boeing plane,every embraer,every bombardier and the airbus A380.my most favourite plane is the 777.Great video long haul by simple flying.

[@kai84m]

It will gradually be replaced by the A321XLR. It's a very unpleasant situation for Boeing since they cannot provide any product for this market segment.

[@giovanniladeda]

two times per week the Condor's 757-300 lands at my local airport!!

[@RaffMo12]

The legendary flying pencil

[@georgewyatt2924]

Flew on the 757 many, many times - usually on flights to Hawaii from LAX or SFO. Great and reliable airplane.

[@LegoSM737]

Boeing 757X Like if you agree :D

[@EuropeanRailfanAlt]

The 757 thanks to its runway performance is able to fly to airports like Skiathos and Washington Reagan. I'm sure it could fly out of London City aswell...

[@N330AA]

No as the issue at LYC is the glideslope, rather than the runway length - though that is very restrictive too.

[@ekonomipanou9791]

I had the fortunate opportunity to fly on the Boeing 757 three times.

[@rosshurst2066]

It seems that an update with more efficient engines and better use of light weight materials should make a 757-NEO a success. They will say that is the 787-8, but not really as it’s a more expensive widebody.

[@FloorItDuh]

From the maintenance side of things I loved working on the 757. Much more enjoyable than the 737. You need a ladder to do a lot of things but there is so much more room.

[@zakkprice1213]

Cebu Pacific previously have 757, until it replaced with A320.

[@Inflight777]

Love flying on this aircraft on both delta and icelandair

[@BrandNaz]

Before the A350 the 757 was and still is a sexy airplane ever made

[@pmbuthia4210]

The 757 is a jerm and iconic just to see woth its long landing gears.

[@jentypoulose5096]

Please make video on bac 111

[@jimmoore4438]

Best passenger aircraft ever made! Fly on one every chance I get.

[@ahmadtheaviationlover1937]

It’s a really cool and and an amazing aircraft ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@HRP_Avia1922]

I never understood why -300 was so rare until now

[@skylineXpert]

Having the pleasure of flying icelandair i have tried both -200 & -300 I will avoid the -300 due to the boarding process being annoying.

[@ComSubGru9]

It is indeed regrettable that there isn't a new version of the Boeing 757 and with the multi-problems of which includes different facets faced by Boeing it seems very unlikely this so-called replacement will ever takeoff. We can only suffice ourselves with the newer Airbus A321XLR and consign this historic plane into the history books soon. All we can hope is that the next generation Hydrogen/Electric Models can fare better than their fossil fuel counterparts when they arrive in the 2030s.

[@suddhojitgon5929]

I have seen the 757 fly from Kolkata to Delhi as a cargo plane with Blue Dart.

[@simonsvennung590]

Fun fact, the b757 landed on the one of the hardest airports to land at in europe and that is Stockholm Bromma Airport.

[@collinbenta1500]

Best designed aircraft ever made

[@Sciolist]

With a new shorter span composite wing, with single bogey main landing gear, and new engine, would have made 757 ideal challenger to Airbus A320 neo, but Boeing lacked vision to pursue it.

[@N330AA]

It's a fantastic plane but ultimately it was overpowered and too performant to be economical. It only really survived whilst it had a monopoly on the sector, but when the A321 came into service it could do 90% of the missions more economically. Then eventually the 737-900ER followed suit

[@magnustan841]

People suddenly love it because they wanted to pile as much crap on Boeing as possible for screwing up the MAX and missing the chance to rival the A321 XLR. Look, Boeing was right to cull the 757 when it did 20 years ago, the middle-of-market (MOM) hadn’t taken off yet and the 737 was selling like hotcakes, so airlines didn’t need an oversized narrowbody at the time. In hindsight, maybe they should’ve modernized it and made an A321 rival, but I don’t think it would’ve stood much of a chance. The 757 is much bigger and heavier, so even new engines and modernized structures might still have made it uneconomical against the A321. Boeing should just focus on getting their s**t together with their current programs, mend the company culture and employee relationships and then absolutely cook with the 797. That has always been talked about as the MOM aircraft to replacing the 737 and fit in the capacity gap left by the 757. Having said all that, I do like the 757’s bottlenose dolphin nose and I’ve always wanted to experience takeoff in one. I hope my time will come sooner rather than later.

[@thehoundGOT]

"hadn’t taken off yet" - I see what you did there...

[@eamonahern7495]

Hypothetical question: is it possible to upgrade a 757 with modern engines? P.S. Aer Lingus used it on the Shannon to Boston route before modernising to an all Airbus fleet.

[@thehoundGOT]

There are no modern turbofans that would be a like for like replacement. They're either too big or too small

[@eamonahern7495]

@@thehoundGOT ah. I see. Thanks.

[@ronlucock3702]

Probably more of an airframe lifespan issue than just upgrading the engines.

[@rikashvanveelen993]

In alternative world where there isnt a war, i belive the tu204 engines might be the only to fit

[@thehoundGOT]

@@ronlucock3702 I think it's both. Google says the lifespan is 50,000 cycles, if this is true the oldest Delta 757s are around 40,000 cycles and 30+ years old. Some United ones are closer to 25,000 cycles but still old in years.

[@ronparrish6666]

I've always thought that it was basically a 707 with 2 engines instead of 4 for better fuel economy

[@pmbuthia4210]

Is there a way to use app like flight Radar to filter out the 757 in airports nearby. I need to know if they are still some 757 operational in my region

[@ilmarilah1195]

You can put a 757 family and an airport in your area filter. I'm pretty sure you can only filter 1 airport at a time so that's not super efficient but should do the job

[@pmbuthia4210]

@@ilmarilah1195 thank you. I'll definitely try 😃

[@ZK-APA]

If you have gold then yes you can put an airport+aircraft filter. Or alternate is just mention the airport name and if someone knows, they'll respond.

[@ilmarilah1195]

@@ZK-APA I dont have gold but I can put a aircraft+airport filler. Just to test I selected my local airport and A320 family and it only showed A320 family aircraft going to or coming from helsinki

[@JIMKIM-zq5ff]

I would give anything to fly on a 757

[@ItsAndyAntonio]

Boeing drop the ball on this amazing aircraft. They should’ve upgraded it and relaunch it.

[@nicolasblume1046]

Crazy that they still dont build a 757 Max

[@Mythbuster3808]

Its the only boeing id be comfortable flying on these days

[@yajrodihsat8272]

Hell yeah

[@ion475]

It is all nostalgia? Plus 747 is still the icon Boeing plane. 757 is almost nonexistent outside of US and maybe UK anyway (ok...forgot about Icelandair).

[@michaelflinn7784]

Boeings are quite iconic, especially at synchronization diving.

[@mohammedziauddin601]

The 757 is far superior to the 737 max/NG from the perspective of both customers and pilots.

[@EngelsAviation]

a re engine now and bye bye A321LR/XLR !!!!

[@rtbrtb_dutchy4183]

Won’t do anything to come close to the LR or XLR.

[@MrMonoTracer]

I flew/fly 75/76 and 77s. Many Airbus models as well. I wouldn’t consider the 75 my favourite. Handling is more like a tractor…

[@TysonIke]

I know this is a disputed topic. But other than thrust, what does the 757-200 do that the A321LR cant?

[@rtbrtb_dutchy4183]

Nothing. Except burn more fuel.

[@TysonIke]

@@rtbrtb_dutchy4183 understandable. Still can’t understand why Delta doesn’t just replace it yet

[@rtbrtb_dutchy4183]

@@TysonIke they are all paid off. So, even though they are inefficient to operate, they don’t have to make payments on $100 million per airplane. (Or whatever deal they would have with Airbus).

[@TysonIke]

@@rtbrtb_dutchy4183 true, it just surprises me because any clean sheet design is probably 10-15 year away from introduction. Meaning that it could take almost 20 years to obtain enough to actually replace all 757s

[@sundragon7703]

The A321XLR seems to be the successor to the 757. That translates to a 3 decade+ 757 reign for that market sector with no Boeing successor. Another opportunity lost because the plane maker chose more profit over reinvestment.

[@EduardGenardAndalis]

Yeah. Also, blame the McDonnell Douglas executives. They’re more focus on profit & short term winnings over engineering and other greatness.

[@cainneachdaugherty7172]

A321XLR has the same type rating as A320. The 757 is a different type rating from the 737. They're not comparable.

[@wadehiggins1114]

Even though I hate boeing now, I have to be grateful they created the 727 and 757. I love the 727.

[@EuropeanRailfanAlt]

Well atleast you like those

[@EuropeanRailfanAlt]

I have to say the 757 is my favorite narrowbody of all time

[@wadehiggins1114]

@EuropeanRailfanAlt it's a great aircraft

[@Amrdau]

Boeing did much better engineering until merged with McDonnell Douglas.

[@martinhumble]

Gaffa?

[@cabottaxi]

Donald Trump likes them as well.

[@thehoundGOT]

Donald Trump likes insulting people and being a racist too. What's your point?

[@rtbrtb_dutchy4183]

That’s because it was dirt cheap to buy.

[@daveberryman5946]

Horrible horrible aircraft to be a passenger in.

[@bomguy999999]

TRUMP Force 1!!

[@thehoundGOT]

More like Crazy old man 1

[@bomguy999999]

@@thehoundGOT Nah. Thats be Creepy Joes plane.

[@anjingUK]

Boeing biggest mistake keeping the 737 over the 757

[@stuartaaron613]

By 2004 almost no airlines were ordering the 757, hence why Boeing took it off the market.

[@anjingUK]

@@stuartaaron613 I know that