I Flew on a RARE Boeing 757-300!
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- Опубликовано: 20 май 2023
- Back in September last year, I had some free time in Frankfurt between flights, and naturally went looking to see if there were any interesting planes I could fly on.
Lo and behold, I found just that on one of Condor's many flights to Palma de Mallorca, Spain! Condor still operates some of the rare Boeing 757-300, of which only 55 were built, and I knew I had to take the opportunity to try the world's longest single-aisle airliner!
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FLIGHT INFORMATION
Airline: Condor Airlines (CFG/DE)
Aircraft: Boeing 757-300 (B753)
Flight Number: DE1502 / DE1773
Seat: 14F/13A
Livery: Post-Thomas Cook / "Wir Lieben Fliegen"
Engines: 2x RR RB211-535E4B
Registration: D-ABOJ / D-ABON
Route: Frankfurt (FRA) - Palma de Mallorca (PMI) - Frankfurt (FRA)
Callsign: CONDOR 5HV / 5CK
Runway used: 18 (FRA) / 06L (PMI) / 06R (PMI) / 07R (FRA)
Date filmed: September 2022
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Outro song - "Take Flight" by Nyhtian: • Nyhtian - Take Flight ...
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CORRECTION: The Douglas DC-8-73 is the longest single-aisle plane at 187.4 feet - the 757-300 is 178 feet. The 757-300 is still the longest single-aisle plane currently carrying passengers today though!
Word has it that the 757 was an expensive jetliner to make by Boeing standards, which could indicate that it was very well made aircraft ?
Another fantastic video Alex. I have never been on a 753, but I have flown on 752s a couple of times. They’re similar to being on a 321 but with the slightly narrower cabin.
Say Alex, did that jetliner happen to belong to Thomas Cook Airlines originally ?
@@rscott2247 Yes, Thomas Cook bought Condor from Lufthansa, but now the airline operates as Condor again.
Wow!! Yes, I use to look up at the Old Braniff Airline back in the 1970s and I would see the DC-8 Super 63s. And I thought those were long!! Wow!!@ the 73 series!!! Wow!! Nice back then in the good days.
The man flew to Frankfurt of his own free will twice in one day. That's dedication, folks.
yeah, but it’s not as bad as Heathrow or CDG
@@marcd6897 I'd gladly pick Heathrow T5 or CDG T2 (excluding the 2G gates, of course) over that aging, multi-level maze that is FRA T1. My personal favorite: If you arrive on a Non-Schengen flight, after walking up and down several sets stairs and trotting down corridors that do not seem to end and after finally passing immigration with a comically undersized non-EU passport line and passing thorugh what looks like THE customs channel, you actually leave the secure area and enter the landside arrivals hall. Without collecting your bags. For that, you have to spot and walk down another rather inconspicous looking set of stairs (with a "flight guests only" sign as the only security measure next to it) to finally enter an underground baggage claim area. With an, of course, 2nd customs checkpoint at the far side of it.
@@marcd6897 not as bed as Heathrow? You mean you need less yhan 10 minutes for security? Cose that's exactly how much time I needed in March on Heathrow.
@@marcd6897 something tells me you either haven't been to LHR/CDG or have never been to FRA, Frankfurt is a terrible airport especially if you are travelling to or from T1.
@@coopa2002 FRA is serviceable. Not the worst I've been to, but certainly also not the best.
T1 will get a new security line in 2024 with all areas behind a common line and hopefully much better pathfinding.
The giraffe of the aircraft world 🦒 ✈️
The Pencil!
@@scpatl4nowno pencil is a340-600
Are you talking about Alex or the plane😂
Both 757-300 and A340-600 are pencils
@@deltafox757 nah 757-300 is giraffe and a340-600 is pencil
As a German avgeek and average Condor enjoyer, I want to give some more insight. I flew to Gran Canaria on the Canary islands aboard a Condor 753 (D-ABOB, D-ABOH on the return flight). As someone who is 1.95m tall (6.4 ft for all Americans) I really enjoyed their seats... They don't offer any IFE via those audio outputs but the screens show information (altitude, speed etc) throughout the flight. I can also confirm that Condor has some lovely pilots, they make by far the funniest announcements and are quite friendly.
By the way, "Wir lieben Fliegen", which was written on the heart 757 does not only translate into "we love to fly" but also into "we love flies", for that reason there is the small insect on the horizontal stabilizer of the plane.
I'm glad that you enjoyed the flight just as I did on my trip. Thanks.
I was in D-ABOB´s cockpit in 2019 :)
I love the way you flew into Frankfurt from western Canada and then immediately checked the schedules, knowing there would be interesting flights on offer.
11:46 - that is equivalent to pulling out on a road with the accelerator to the floor 😁😂No lining up and waiting. Just full power from the taxi way and turn on to the runway 👏
Nothing beat a 757! Badass Rolls Royce engines. Insane takeoff performance. Excellent short landing capabilities. And overall better then any modern 737! Great work Alex keep up with the awesome videos 😁
Couldnt agree more. One awesome aircraft. Flown on so many. The revamped 737 is a 'bag of Neil's in comparison. So sad there wasn't a re-engine of the 75.
Sorry... should have read ' nails'
The sports car of the skies!
Boeing really should have refreshed the 757 instead of piling on upgrades to the 737 which is based on a 50+ year old design at its core
@@markar6395 They should of strapped a couple of GE-90's underneath then time travel would of been possible. 😆
A geeky comment here! ;) At Mallorca Airport is one of the last CV-990 Airframes which also pretty sure was one of the last ones in commercial service till 1987 with Spantax. Only 37 buit in total! You can see it during depature from 12:25 to around 12:33 sitting on the Apron. Please give this commet a like that Alex notices it :) Thank you.
Pretty ace, you got to fly both the Condor 757 in its 50th Anniversary and later the Condor 767 in the retro livery! Can't fault that one Alex!
When I worked as a flight attendant for delta I’d often work the 75-300. I used to hate working on them because I swear the aisles went on for miles 😂 I didn’t realize not many were made!
Im a ramp agent for delta and it my favorite plane to work on. soooo nice.
I kinda like how "Wir lieben Fliegen" could translate into both "We love to fly" and "We love flies"...
Actually the Super DC-8 was the longest single aisle plane. It was about 8 feet longer than the 757-300.
I believe that the Tu-144 and Concorde (both single isle) were longer than the DC8-63 and B757-300
*@@boblatham7696 Yes, overall length of both Tu-144 and Concorde was longer than the 757-300 (by about 35 feet and 24 feet, respectively) but the passenger cabin was significantly shorter. The DC-8-61 and -63 were about 9 feet longer. Considering aircraft models still flying, the 757-300 is the longest single-aisle. Not certain but I believe the only DC-8s still flying are a couple of DC-8-72s (re-engined -62s), 30 feet shorter than the -61 and -63.
@@boblatham7696 your comparing apples and oranges
@@boblatham7696 and the cabin is narrower
@@rickpalmer9518 In terms of performance, yes, but I was simply responding to Alex's title comment "and I knew I had to take the opportunity to try the world's longest single-aisle airliner!". Perhaps twin engined, single isle airliner would have allowed the 757-300 to sit rightfully on the top step of the podium.
In the States, the 757 is a common occurrence. I also flew on it a few times between Newark and Heathrow. Perfectly fine. I’m from the generation where we flew 707s and DC-8s across The Pond, so the 757 didn’t seem out of place at all.
Flew on one to Barcelona in 2014, it was comfortable, slept 3 hours of the flight.
@Lurch As of 2023, Newark is the third-largest hub for United after Chicago and Houston. In the 1990s, every airline seat had a larger pitch than it does today. I'm sure you're fond of your reminiscences. And no one cares, especially me.
I was on the exact plane in 2011. It was like a time machine because it had crt screens and old seats with ash trays
I´m remembering to the screens, too. They gave the impression sitting in a cinema while a movie was shown during the flight and the lights were dimmed - very different from the usual impression in more modern aircrafts.
As someone who mostly flies Delta, I have flown numerous times on both 757 types. I have always liked the 757s.
I flew on one of these from Hamburg, Germany to Lanzarote, Canary Islands Spain. The flight was only 3/4 booked, I had one row for my own. It was the best flight in my life. ✈️ ❤
I went on lots of 757s back in the 90s, primarily with British Airways and a charter airline called Brittania which went to lots of holiday destinations including Majorca. It was a huge step forward from the older Boeing 737 200, the 727, and the Trident which was the mainstay of BA's short-medium haul fleet until the 80s. Good memories.
Two 757 on the same day! Lucky you! Thanks for sharing!
Both landings absolute butters. Very nice video thank you
Once again Alex, your videos always impress and are a joy to watch. Thank you for sharing this adventure with us.
I'm lucky to have flown on a Condor 757-300 from Düsseldorf to Menorca (and back) around 15 years ago! On that flight I also bought a small model of the special livery 753 - and I still have that model. Amazing to see you try it, and even being on the special livery plane itself (which I never saw IRL unfortunately)
Loved this, thanks Alex!
That spool up of the RR 757 engine on take off reconfirmed it as my favorite engine sound from any airliner. I flew on many 75's as a inflight crew member a truly wonderful aircraft throughout its design. Great video Alex I always enjoy your enthusiasm for our shared love of aviation!
Talk about making great use of your down time! So wish we could do these kinds of relatively inexpensive, last-minute "day trips to nowhere" in Canada. Love the 757; flew on Royal Airlines (remember them?) and on BA. Always had good experiences with Condor too! Thumbs up from YLW.
Nice! I've flown one of Arkia's former 757-300s a decade ago between Tel Aviv and Eilat's old airport. Their two 753s were later retired from the fleet and purchased by Icelandair, who still operate them as far as I know. 4X-BAW, the 753 I flew on, debuted wearing the special Icelandair livery. I have otherwise flown on the 752 slightly more often.
Love the engine sound!
Nice to see you expanding into International Airlines coverage. 👍
I love that engine sound Alex! Great vid!
I flew with Condor´s 757-300 from Hamburg/ Germany to the Canary Islands and back before the Pandemic - the four-and-a-half-hour-trips were usual standard in comfort for European Carriers - some LCC-Carriers like Ryanair are flying the route with even smaller legrooms. The 757-300 are unique and so were my impressions from that flights, too. Condor had once 15 of it, but are retiring them now piece by piece - 8 of them are still in service at the moment, all of them between 20 and 25 years old. What I´m remembering is how overwhelmed the Spanish Ground Handlers on Gran Canaria obviously were with this large aircraft: They needed nearly two hours to unload the luggage and the return flight departed with a huge delay.
Thank you very much for this Trip Report!🙂💛👍
0:09 *sad DC8 Super 60/70 noises*
I’ve worked as a flight attendant one of Condor’s 757-300’s when it was leased to Transavia one summer, around 2002. I think it was D-ABOH. Had to con my way into joining the select few to get qualified and actually work it. As noted, the cabin is endless. Walking from one galley to the other and back to fetch something was a 100 meter walk, so it was great exercise. One unique feature that stood out was the camera in the forward galley, to be used by the lead flight attendant to broadcast themself over all video monitors in the cabin. Awesome stuff.
4:23 Music to my ears of the RR RB211’s on the 757
Another awesome review
My first Condor flight was on this exact route so many years ago and also with the 753
Fantastic aeroplane. Very lucky to have operated the 757-200 & 300 along with the 767-300 for Thomas Cook Airlines for many years prior to their demise. Very fond memories.
My favorite Boeing commercial aircraft. What a hot rod! And, the landing on the return flight? Butter.
I love the takeoffs on a 757, reminds me of my first flight on an EAL B720.
Great video..I am reminded of my first 757 flight which was on Continental Airlines(now unfortunately UA) and my introduction to the best scotch around! Thanks and stay safe!
Amazing work! Keep it up!
Great video Alex! I flew on D-ABOJ back in 2016 from LPA to FRA.
Been on the Delta 753 a few times!! It's amazing when you are sitting in the back during take-off!
My first ever flight on an Air Liner was a 757-200 operated by Monarch from Manchester to Las Palmas (Gran Caria). It's been my favourite airliner ever since.
Condors 757s are a staple of my childhood, I spent many hours on them. Flying on the "Wir lieben fliegen" 757 (also named "Willi") was a core memory for me and my last Condor 757 flight was in 2021 on D-ABOA, which also served as the prototype and first-built 757-300. It's sad to see them being retired, but I'm glad to have had the experiences I managed to get with these beautiful pencils :)
I loved the sound of the 757 engines
I've flown on the 757 many times to/from Cabo Verde with TACV in the 2000s and early 2010s. Such an amazing aircraft and as you said, those RB211s are just mesmerizing! I hope to fly on one again in the future before they're all gone.
My only flight on a B-757 was on Delta between Salt Lake City and Dallas-Ft Worth back in 2000. The long narrow interior reminded me of flying DC-8-63's in the mid 1970's. I really enjoyed both aircraft very much.
Love the Roller power...
Flew a United 757-300 between LA and San Fran in April 2014. Beautiful flight on a beautiful aircraft.
Great video ! Thanks
I've flown on that 50th anniversary special some 12 years ago from Frankfurt to Halifax! Neat!
Hello Alex I have been watching for a long time now and it has been good seeing your channel grow and grow till success and thank you for always sacrificing your comfort for us to view those amazing turbofans views
Thanks a million for that
I flew on a Condor B- 757 300, it was a, replacement for a Thomas Cook 757 200 (which went ⚙ tech in Tunisia 🇹🇳)
What I love is the fact the folk at the front must stay seated till the rear empties or it well tips back lol...
Great machine I had seat 💺 across from stewards at main door...
I am traveling between MCO-SFO on United every other week, and my flight out from MCO is usually at 757-300. most of the pilots that I talk to love that plane!
I worked the 'standard' 757 and the -300. We were the only airline in the UK that had them. JMC became Thomas Cook, and I think eventually, Condor had some of our aircraft as there was some kind of affiliation between the two.
Flying the standard pencil was long enough, but on the 300, you walked for miles every day!
A skipper said to us on our first flight on it, if you had crew seats at doors 2 on take off and landing just look how much the back galley wobbles around. Same in flight, if it was lumpy, stand in either galley and watch the far end just bounce around! Quite a sight to behold.
I have to say though, the 757s were amazing machines to work on and the thrill of hearing those RR RB211s powering us skyward like a homesick angel never got boring!
Useless fact - did you know the -300 variant has a skid under the tail to prevent damage? It lowers and raises with the landing gear.
I hope you had a excellent flight😁
I have flown on a few 300s with Delta. I will miss the 757 - loved the power. Mostly flew the 200 from SLC to DCA - one of the few long flights into and out of DCA. Great video.
I just love seeing Ryanair in the background
Theres nothing better then arriving at the airport early morning very dark and hearing your plane take off
The 300 in the new Condor "ringelsocke" livery must be a sight to behold! I flew on an Icelandair 757 last year and my ears were not prepared for those engines. The return leg on a Max was like golden silence by comparison.
That was a very fun way to experience a 757-300 by the look of it. I've been fortunate to fly on a American Airlines 757-200 from PHX to LAX in 2017 (now retired), but haven't flown on -300.
Oh those rb211s, just music to my ears
Mallorca is gorgeous though, shame you couldn’t see more of it!
Loved it!
I mainly remember my one and only 757-300 flight for a ridiculous reason. I had been in Houston for a conference and back home, bad weather was on the way to mess up my flight back to Newark. So I rebooked my flight, but since my original flight had not been cancelled yet (it eventually was, so I guess I still made the right call), I had to pay the difference in the fare plus a change fee. The new fare was several times more than the original fare, using the "because we can" system of airline pricing. I got on the 753 and found that I had the whole aft cabin, the last 8 or 9 rows, to myself. Basically, United had used me to cut their losses for this fairly empty flight. Cool.
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I just flew on a 753 last week. Delta from LAX to ATL. The plane was 100% full. I was in 12A comfort +. 757 are fantastic planes to fly. I wish they would start building them again.
At 16:25 Lufthansa 747 is like peekaboo... Great video as always.
Love the 757 tha k you for making this video
I flew the Condor B757-300 one single time on a flight from Tenerife-South to my homeairport Düsseldorf (DUS). Very nice flight but without any service whatsoever on a 4:15h flight .....!
this guys content is fire!
I remember, as I got out of my Ryanairflight with Lauda last Summer, I saw the Condor D-ABOI in the stunning new blue livery and it was just in Front of me, because at the Hamburg Airport we had to go by foot from the plane to the terminal (budget Ryanair vibes)
And the Picture of the D-ABOI I got ist wonderful with no fences between me and the plane and a beautiful sunset in the background 😍
It's such a dorky looking plane.
I love it.
Underrated aviation tuber!❤
I flew one of those back from Saidi Arabia back in the late 90's. Riyadh to Sigonella to Shannon to BWI. It was a LONG trip, but I didn't mind the single isle.
Best engine sound!
Interesting. I didn't know about the -300 variant. I was lucky enough to fly the 757-200 with BA on Jan 1st 1995 Edinburgh to LHR. Super smooth greased on landing just like yours too...
Flew on a condor 757 in 2017 to Turkey. Great aircraft!
I had the privilege to fly on the Boeing 757-300 back in 2011 when my family flew to Phoenix on Delta for spring break. Unfortunately I don’t remember much from the flight there and back because I was pretty young at the time.
Nice experience. I want to do the same thing you did, and now I know I’m not the only one !
Great review! I’ve flown on the 753 with Thomas Cook Airlines, I remember it being very long too.
Great seating choice. I would highly recommend the same seats but on short flight in 757-200. The sound and the powerful takeoff is amazing!!!
Also when you booked two one way tickets, were you not stressed that the first one might get delayed?
I remember us making wing ribs for 757s here in Melbourne Australia - yonks ago!
You could easy catch a ride on the stretched 757 in the UK 20 years ago, pretty much vanished now. Awesome video as always
Nice video! Next, fly on the 767-400!
12:48 is the part of the island where my aunty lives. Lovely video mate great you got on both 😊👍 Liked
Had my first flight in a Condor 757-300 to LGIR - Heraklion :)
I almost lost a mouthful of coffee reading your reasons for being on the flight … I’m a nerd 😂 … love the sense of humour, Alex. Great video.
I flew on a United 757-300 from Denver to Lax and the leg room was surprisingly good compared to other United planes I have flew on.
i flew on their 753 SFO-DEN and never thought they were rare lol, yeah it was actually not too bad
@@Banom7ame neither 😂
I got to fly on one of these, a 351 on Delta last winter. It was a younger one, built in 2002. They are certainly very interesting, didn't realize how rare these are. You can tell they are zippy compared to other jets, they are off the ground in what seems like seconds. Here's to the flying pencil.
Thank you sharing your flights here. You made me laugh 😂 about the leg room on the 757s. I love those aircraft as well. But I need more leg room because I stand 6'2" so, when I have traveled on them I try to get the Exit Seating to get way more leg room. And then the window seat on the right side and it it the second row passed Door 2R gives you so much leg room on the USA flights. But I do like First/Business/Polaris Class sections on our United or American Airlines. I have the transcontinental flights on the 757-200s and I have flown to Hawaii out of Los Angeles on them in First Class. I have not flown on the 757-300s. I heard that United Airlines got the 757-300 from the merger take over of the old but nice Continental Airlines. Friends have told me that those aircraft are so long. Now, see, for me the old DC-8 Super 63s were very long. The old history of Braniff Airlines had those old great history aircraft!!!! By the way, I am a little bit of a nerd myself!!! And a former Purser Flight Attendant from a USA airlines as well. I noticed on you second flight as they were getting ready to turn on to the runway, the cockpit power up as they were making that left turn!! Sweet!! I have loved it when that has happened!!!!
You should try the long haul 737 max routes from Halifax/St John from Air Canada, that would be an interesting trip report for you to cover, another long haul narrow body
he did a YHZ - YVR route like that one :)
When we lived in Halifax, we flew the AC 767-300 between YHZ and LHR several times, even as early back when they made a stop, both ways, in YYT. (Ah, the good old days)!
@@MikoDT YHZ-YVR is only 97 miles shorter than YHZ-LHR.
12:56💙💙
Beautiful video ❤
Mallorca is Germany's 17th state and UK's 49th county so no surprise lots of flights heading there. We used to go on Air 2000 757s in the 80s and 90s and I used to obsess about the Rolls Royce RB211-535E4 engines and the ridiculous thrust they had for the size of plane. The climbing out of Birmingham was always amazing.
I flew on condors 757-300 (D-ABOF) to Hurghada in Egypt once. Little tip: the First 7 or 8 rows are „premium economy“ where they have quite a bit more legroom and leave the middle seat free. But if they can’t sell all of those, they open them up for economy and you can book those for no extra cost (without the free middle seat ofc). At least that’s how it worked for us in 2022
Condor / LH launched the 757-300 as well. They were the launch customer in 1999.
I love the buzz saw sound but not when my fridge is making it! Truth! 😂😂😂
Just discovered ur channel. I’m binge watching. It’s unique from other channels. If I may recommend an airline, not so many ppl review el al, u should fly on their 787-8.
I made once the mistake of pre-booking row 9F on the Condor 753 DUS-FUE and it was Seefunk. And I am a very regular 180cm. So return flight we booked the door 3 emergency exit seats, which were great. And yes, on longer flights Condor does show a movie. All in all, Condor is a well known name for German tourists and I like to fly with them. During the climb when crossing the East coast of Mallorca, you saw the Cap Formentor, an amazing lighthouse 180m above the cliffs with a long and narrow windy road with awesome views along the coast. If you’re looking for a little break let me know. I work in the travel industry and can assist you to book a German package holiday, including flights you may want to checkboxes like Vueling, EasyJet or even Ryanair (🤓) Sundair is also worthwhile to check out.
I must say I found it "strange" seeing a B757 with winglets. These were a retrofit in the 2000s I believe. I remember flying these planes on main trunk routes out of LHR to GLA EDI CDG AMS with BA where they replaced mainly L1011 Tristars on high-capacity or 4+ hour routes and Tridents on commuter routes. These were all however the shorter 200 variants. They were still an awesome plane to fly on and state of the art for the times. I believe they flew from the early 80s to the millennium. They also served transatlantic routes from BHX and GLA.
I'm surprised that I actually flew on the type before Alex did...Most of my flights to and from Europe were aboard 757-300's flown by Icelandair from YEG. I also loved the sounds too. It's a pity the flying pencils are being retired. I still think that Boeing should've updated the 757 and kept it in production...
The success of the A321XLR shows that after the end of the 757 production run, there was a desperate need for airlines for a single aisle high capacity plane with medium to long haul capabilites.