Hotrod

"f86sabre" (f86sabre) 06/01/2017 at 21:28 • Filed to: Planelopnik

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757-300. Long and lean with big engines.

E90M3 > f86sabre 06/01/2017 at 21:29

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I’ll be honest, the 757 is one of my least favorite jets to fly on.

jkm7680 > E90M3 06/01/2017 at 21:34

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I will take a 757 over any sketchy 20 year old Embraer

f86sabre > E90M3 06/01/2017 at 21:41

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With a proper interior they are fine. The 737-8/9 annoy me.

Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing. > f86sabre 06/01/2017 at 21:42

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Nah - it’s gotta be the smallest version with the biggest engines, the traditional hot rod recipe. American has the ‘B’ version of the RB211/535E4 on their -200s, which has several thousand pounds more thrust than any other 757 variant. This engine was chosen for hot and high operations in South America, but it makes the noise-abatement takeoff from SNA feel like a carrier shot - absolutely unreal, and a real kick in the backside.

ttyymmnn > f86sabre 06/01/2017 at 21:55

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Just the way I like ‘em.

KusabiSensei - Captain of the Toronto Maple Leafs > f86sabre 06/01/2017 at 22:36

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I’d take a 757-200 over a 737-800/900 any day.

In fact, one trip to SMF, I deliberately connected via SLC, rather than the direct routing, so the largest part of the trip was on a 763, rather than the whole way to California on a 737-800.

For Sweden > f86sabre 06/01/2017 at 22:43

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I know a guy who chose to drop on the seniority list to drive a 757 instead of an A320

For Sweden > f86sabre 06/01/2017 at 22:44

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But the -900 with the big overhead bins though...

f86sabre > For Sweden 06/01/2017 at 22:49

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The bins are nice and can go in a 757 as well. The -900 suffers from weak A/C packs and it is too much plane for the brakes and tires.

Viggen > f86sabre 06/01/2017 at 22:50

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The 757 in all its iterations just presses all the right buttons. Gives me the James May fizz feeling.

For Sweden > f86sabre 06/01/2017 at 22:50

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The trick for not worrying about poor A/C is to not fly through ATL

GE90man > f86sabre 06/01/2017 at 23:36

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The flying pencil

DarkCreamyBeer > f86sabre 06/02/2017 at 00:35

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Just got home from a quick turn trip to Boston. A321 > any Boeing narrow body.

Eury - AFRICA TWIN!!!!!!! > f86sabre 06/02/2017 at 06:23

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A few years ago I mentioned to a guy I was flying with how much I like the 757. He gave me the perfect explanation, the 757 is the skinny girl with big boobs of the airline world. Truth.