I can recall when BA got their first batch of 757 aircraft and used them on the LHR-GLA shuttle runs. Back then I was used to flying on BAC 1-11, or Hawker Siddely Tridents. I was amazed at how quickly the 757 left the runway and the steep climb that resulted in that pit of your stomach feeling..

My dad worked at Rolls Royce and helped build the engines for the 757 and once went through airport security with some compressor blades in his pocket, but that’s another story.