Because 757, that's why! Miss seeing them at DFW as often as we used to since American retired them, but fortunately my work takes me through SeaTac enough times for me to catch a photo or two of one of Delta's Boeing 757s, in this case it's an arriving Boeing 757-300, N585NW, delivered to Northwest Airlines in November 2002 and now in Delta colors post-merger. Delta has 16 757-300s in service. The Boeing 757-300 is one long schlong of a jet- but not the longest single aisle jetliner contrary to common belief, that honor still belongs to the Douglas DC-8 Super 61 and Super 63 variants which were 57.12m long compared to 54.5m for the 757-300. Though designed with the European charter airline market in mind, both Continental and Northwest ordered the 757-300 as a DC-10 replacement for their domestic trunk routes. For a given route and similar passenger load, the 757-300 will have half the fuel burn of a DC-10. #avgeek #aviation #planeporn #KSEA #SEA #SeaTac #Seattle #Washington #airport #airlines #planespotting #instaplane #Boeing #757 #Delta #DeltaAirlines #N585NW #instagramaviation #splendid_transport #instaaviation #aviationlovers #aviationphotography #flight #AvGeeksAero #AvgeekSchoolofKnowledge #AvGeekNation (at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport) https://www.instagram.com/p/CQSck_gp5J5/?utm_medium=tumblr
