Soddit - you beat me to it.
Over 5000 hrs on it - it was almost unbreakable - I certainly tried (to break it) many times in the Northern and Western Isles (of UK).
Brilliant in strong crosswinds - wide undercarriage and the wheels under the propellors.
The "80p" was nowhere near as good - even cheeper!!!
We called the 757 the "stick insect".