1000th 757

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Boeing has delivered the 1000th 757. From the press release:

Boeing Celebrates Grand Achievement: Delivery of 1,000th 757


SEATTLE, Feb. 14 -- The Boeing Company  today celebrated a major milestone with
the delivery of the 1,000th 757. The airplane, a 757-200, was adorned in the
livery of American Airlines.


In the history of commercial aviation, only seven commercial airplane programs
have achieved 1,000 or more airplanes. Boeing can claim six of the seven with
the 707, 727, 737, 747, 757 and the McDonnell Douglas MD-80.





I'm going to assume that they meant to say "only seven commercial JETliners" as
the DC-3 went well above the 1,000 mark (and yes, I know, most of those were
built as military, but if you substract military models I'm not sure the 707
reaches 1,000) (besides, well over 1,000 DC-3s ultimately served with airlines).
The An-2 also went well above 1,000 (though here again you might quibble on what
'commercial' means). The 'other' >1000 jetliner not mentioned in their list is,
of course, the Airbus A320 family.


Best regards,
Stefano Pagiola

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