And as the MD-80 went over the 1,000 mark before Boeing acquired it, I'm not sure whey they get the props here. Evan McElravy emcelr@po-box.mcgill.ca http://users.penn.com/~cpa1/ > From: Spagiola@worldbank.org > Reply-To: The Airline List <AIRLINE@LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU>, Spagiola@worldbank.org > Date: Thu, 14 Feb 2002 15:59:29 -0500 > To: AIRLINE@LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU > Subject: 1000th 757 > > 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 >