The Boeing 767 is a wide-body jet airliner built by the American manufacturer Boeing, introduced into service in 1982 as the company's first wide-body twin-engine jet, developed alongside the narrow-body 757 and sharing a similar cockpit design to reduce pilot training costs between the two types. Built for medium- to long-range routes and among the first wide-body aircraft cleared for extended overwater twin-engine operations, the 767 became a mainstay of transatlantic and other long-haul routes for decades and was later adapted into a cargo freighter and an aerial refueling tanker for the United States Air Force. Its airframe also served as the basis for Boeing's 777 development program before that larger aircraft's own first flight.
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SignificanceBoeing's first wide-body twinjet, developed with a two-crew glass cockpit shared with the narrow-body 757 to allow a common pilot type rating. 1 Connections
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The Boeing 767 is an American wide-body airliner developed and manufactured by Boeing Commercial Airplanes.
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The Boeing 767 is an American wide-body airliner developed and manufactured by Boeing Commercial Airplanes.
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The initial 767-200 variant entered service on September 8, 1982, with United Airlines, and the extended-range 767-200ER in 1984.
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The 767 is Boeing's first wide-body twinjet, powered by General Electric CF6, Rolls-Royce RB211, or Pratt & Whitney JT9D turbofans.
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The Boeing 767 is an American wide-body airliner developed and manufactured by Boeing Commercial Airplanes.
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The -524H was also offered as a third engine choice on the Boeing 767, and the first of these entered service with British Airways in February 1990.
Pratt & Whitney JT9D (Wikipedia)
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It subsequently powered the Boeing 767, Airbus A300 and Airbus A310, and McDonnell Douglas DC-10.
Pratt & Whitney PW4000 (Wikipedia)
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It powers the Airbus A300-600 and Airbus A310-300, Boeing 747-400 and 767-200/300, Boeing 777-200/300, and McDonnell Douglas MD-11 widebodies.
General Electric CF6 (Wikipedia)
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and then for the Airbus A300, A310 and A330, Boeing 767
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