First flight in a 757 was on board BA's G-BIKJ in 1985 on a Dublin-LHR trip. WHAT A PERFORMANCE! We were off the old RWY24 like the proverbial rocket - did a 180 right over the airport and departed the Irish coast over Howth (737-200s and Tridents usually took in the whole of Dublin city to turn around and crossed the coast south of the city at Killiney).

I was impressed.

No airliner beats the 757 in performance. I once got the chance to take the-200PF on a 30 min hop, only the two of us + 7000 kg of fuel:D :D :D. And someone forgot to dial in the de-rate........
Bloddy awsome, I´m stil having problems wiping the grin of my face.

Now where did I put the keys to my F-15:8
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If you want to see a large collection of 757's have a look at the brussels ramp at night, always a good 15 or more. G-BIKJ now a freighter with DHL. As for the performance of the aircraft its c engine version is great the e4 engine makes it awesome!

Got the usual "climb FL 310, level 55 miles before Midhurst yesterday on the way out of MAN. Once we got our requested cruise FL, we actually made FL410 (easily!!). BTW-bit cheeky to move this thread into history and nostalgia...
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This is all a bit sad. I still find the 757 a modern aircraft. OK, it is overpowered but which pilot would drive a polo if a TVR was in the drive? OK, some Airbus poofs who have no throtle control might but hey lets have fun. Lets celebrate a top machine, a beautiful and a lovely handlng aircraft. If you have only flown Airbus then you have only flown second best!!! Sadly you may argue (and I am sure you will) but we all know that the 757 is the dogs bollocks!

it is sad but the first ones, are being scrapped.....

http://www.airliners.net/open.file/689369/L/

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I wouldn't say it is overpowered at all, a handful on a light LTN-LGW ferry maybe but try a 113,398kg (MTOW) take-off out of Bahrain at +38C and it was "just right". The height of the wing above the ground coupled with the relatively high aspect ratio means ground effect is minimal and as such she's just a b!tch to get consistent smooth landings out of, but I guess looking hot and performing sexy comes at a price... That said get her somwhere wet and she slides in as smooth as silk.

Also the 5.5%+ S/E climb gradient at MLW means you can take the lowest minima everywhere or get out of any Innsbruck style airport you could wish to. Boeing even operated it in and out of a 14,000'ASL airport in China.

When people ask me about the 757, I simply say "no pilot who has ever flown it has a bad word to say about it". And to the Airbus sidestick fags, yes your fagjet is inferior for all its electronic gizmos - IMHO.