It’s Sunday again, so it must be time for some more Airplane Art.
This week, we have a United Airlines Boeing 757-200 on final approach to Dublin Airport, as it completed a hop across the Atlantic.
United Airlines have a fleet of 40 Boeing 757-200 aircraft in its fleet, for use both in US Domestic and International operations, where long and thin is a requirement. United Airlines also operates the Boeing 777-200ER, Boeing 777-300ER, Boeing 787-8, Boeing 787-9 and Boeing 787-10 in its long-haul operations.
The Boeing 757-200 sadly hasn’t got much life left in it as the airline is due to withdraw the type in 2024, as United seeks to replace the type with it is replaced by the Airbus A321neo, Airbus A321XLR and Boeing 737 MAX 9.
This aircraft- N21108 – joined Continental Airlines in November 1994. When the airline merged with United in November 2010, the aircraft followed along. Sadly, this aircraft has been parked since April 2020.
More airline art next week!
Photographers Notes
- Camera: Canon EOS 6D
- Lens: Canon EF100-400mm f4.5-5.6
- Settings: ISO100, 400mm. 1/640 at f8.0
- Shot from: A mound near Dublin Airport. More photos from that day here.
- Shot in: June 2018
- Processed in Adobe Lightroom
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I flew an American Airlines B757-200 on the ORD-SEA run in Sept. of 1995. My seat assignment on that flight was 13F (which didn’t have a window); I’ve always wondered if I got that particular seat because that sector was part of a trip where I used some of my frequent flyer miles (but then again maybe not).
I’ve flown other AA sectors on B757-200’s (SAT-ORD – Nov. 1991, SFO-ORD – Sept. 1993, DFW-BWI – Sept. 1994, SFO-DFW – Sept. 1995) and I managed to get window seats on those flights.
The only other airlines that I flew on B757-200’s were Northwest (SEA-MSP in May 2001) and British Airways (MAD-LHR(T2) in Sept. 1992). At one time, BA’s B757 fleet numbered about 35 but they haven’t flown any in years (BA disposed of theirs years ago). All my B757 flying was done BEFORE any of them starting sprouting
winglets.
Like its big brother (the B747 passenger version), the B757 is slowly disappearing from the passenger carrying role.