Minicraft Boeing 757/USAF C-32A Executive Transport 1/144 Scale

The twin-engine, medium-range 757 is up to 80 percent more fuel efficient than the older 727 jetliners it was designed to replace, but retains the 727's short-field capability. The 757-200 carries up to 228 passengers and has a range of approximately 3,900 nautical miles.
The 757 and the 767 were developed concurrently, so both shared the same technological advances in propulsion, aerodynamics, avionics and materials. Flight decks of the 757 and 767 are nearly identical, so pilots can easily qualify to fly both.

The first 757 rolled out of the Renton, Wash., factory in 1982. On March 29, 1991, a 757, powered by only one of its engines, took off, circled and landed at the 11,621-foot-high Gongga Airport in Tibet. The airplane performed perfectly although the airfield was in a box canyon surrounded by peaks more than 16,400 feet high.

In 1996, the company launched the 757-300. It seats up to 280 passengers and has about 10 percent lower seat-mile operating costs than the -200, which has the lowest seat-mile operating cost in its market segment. The first 757-300 was delivered in 1999. By then Boeing had delivered more than 1,000 757s. Four 757s were modified as replacements for the older 707-based VC-137 executive transports for government officials and designated C-32As.

Model Kit Review:

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More information:

http://www1.airliners.net/info/stats.main?id=101

http://www.flightlevel350.com/Boeing-757_aircraft_facts.html

http://rides.webshots.com/photo/1351348960033718048NPZyGo

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