In the grand scope of Boeing's success as the world's leading builder of civil jetliners, the 757 and 767 are anomalies in that they were designed and built simultaneously -- the 757 as a single-aisle airliner for domestic routes, the 767 as wide-bodied transcontinental carrier. Author Thomas Becher describes the tandem development of the two airliners with a similar appearance but very different roles. Eight pages of color photographs complement a gallery of black-and-white shots, and help delineate the difference and ...
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In the grand scope of Boeing's success as the world's leading builder of civil jetliners, the 757 and 767 are anomalies in that they were designed and built simultaneously -- the 757 as a single-aisle airliner for domestic routes, the 767 as wide-bodied transcontinental carrier. Author Thomas Becher describes the tandem development of the two airliners with a similar appearance but very different roles. Eight pages of color photographs complement a gallery of black-and-white shots, and help delineate the difference and display the similarities between the two types.
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