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Old Jun 5, 2009, 8:18 pm
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Additionally,

Boeing 737 and 757 have the same fuselage diameter, 757 has a cigar-shaped aft end, is longer and has a "droop snoot" look. 737 is shorter, appears squatter (original nickname - "Fat Albert.") (Boeing used the same fuselage frame jig for 707-727-737-757.)

Most 737-823 and 757-223 have or will have Aviation Partners Boeing blended winglets - they stick up like a vertical stabilizer at each wing end. (These will probably appear on all 767-323ERs as well, the ones with more exit hatches.)

777 has a "screwdriver end" aft end with Plexiglas, is the largest aircraft AA has.

767 (767-223ER "domestic" and 767-323ER "international") is smaller, yet widebodied, and has a cigar-shaped aft end.

(-x23 is Boeing's numeric designator to show who the aircraft was built for; AA got rid of the 757-231s built for TWA they subsumed when they took over TWA.)

A300 has, as others have pointed out, a wide-bodied stance and wedge-shaped wing ends - possibly not as effective as Airbus would like, or they would not be testing APB Winglets for the A320 series aircraft.

MD-80 is the only aircraft AA has with a long, slender fuselage, engines mounted aft and a screwdriver-tip aft end (modified from the original design.)

In the longer run, say "hello" to more 737-823s, and "goodbye" to the thirsty and aging MD-80s.

The Boeing 787 is coming to AA... some day.

The Boeing 888 is, well, have a look... and not coming to AA (or KLM)





Lots of aircraft photos at

www.airliners.net


Q. "What's the difference between a 777-223ER with Rolls Royces engine and an Executive Platinum?"
A. "The 777 stops whining when it shuts down at the gate."
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