The Boeing 767 is a mid-size, wide-body twin-engine jet airliner built by Boeing Commercial Airplanes. It was the manufacturer's first wide- body twinjet and its first airliner with a two-crew glass cockpit. The aircraft features two turbofan engines, a conventional tail, and for reduced aerodynamic drag, a supercritical wing design. Designed as a smaller wide-body airliner than preceding aircraft such as the 747, the 767 has a capacity of 181 to 375 persons and a design range of 3,850 to 6,385 nautical miles (7,130 to 11,825 km), depending on variant. The original 767-200 entered service in 1982, followed by the 767-300 in 1986 and the 767-400ER, an extended-range variant, in 2000. Versions for freight and military use have also been created. The aircraft was initially flown on domestic and transcontinental routes, before becoming the first twin-engined airliner to receive regulatory approval for extended overseas flights. In 1986, Boeing initiated studies for a higher-capacity 767, ultimately leading to the development of the 777, a larger wide-body twinjet. In the 1990s, the 767 became the most frequently used airliner for transatlantic flights between North America and Europe.
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_______________________________ Today's selected anniversaries:
1615:
The first Recollect missionaries arrived in Quebec City in New France (now in Quebec, Canada) from Rouen. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Recollects
1805:
Napoleonic Wars: A Franco-Spanish fleet recaptured Diamond Rock, an uninhabited island at the entrance to the bay leading to Fort- de-France, from the British. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Diamond_Rock
1848:
As part of the Pan-Slavism movement, the Prague Slavic Congress began in Prague, the first of several times that voices from all Slav populations of Europe were heard in one place. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prague_Slavic_Congress,_1848
1910:
Charles Rolls (pictured), co-founder of Rolls-Royce, became the first man to make a non-stop double crossing of the English Channel by plane. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Rolls
1983:
After an emergency landing because of an in-flight fire, twenty-three passengers aboard Air Canada Flight 797 were killed when a flashover occurred as the plane's doors opened. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Air_Canada_Flight_797
_____________________________ Wiktionary's word of the day:
superannuate: 1. (transitive) To retire or put out of use due to age. 2. (intransitive) To become obsolete or antiquated. https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/superannuate
___________________________ Wikiquote quote of the day:
You can't lead the people if you don't love the people. You can't save the people, if you don't serve the people. --Cornel West https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Cornel_West