Key Product Lines: Boeing 737, Boeing 747, Boeing 757, Boeing 767, Boeing 777, Boeing 787 Business Type: Planemaker Boeing's 7J7 was intended to be a fuel-efficient successor to the 727 but never ...

As a result, Khogyani explained, ""The Flying Pencil" is what we affectionately call the Boeing 757-300." Affectionately is the operative word, as pilots would love the 757 for several reasons.

Boeing kicked off the development of both the 757 and 767 in 1978, meaning that it was building two new jets simultaneously. Although the former was originally just an improved version of the ...