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Is The 757 Cabin The Same Width As The 737?

ChautauquaFA From United States of America, joined Jul 2002, 111 posts, RR: 2
Posted (10 years 10 months 13 hours ago) and read 2196 times:

Having just flown on a 757 a couple days ago, I noticed that the cabin seems wider and taller than a 737. I'm pretty sure it is the same, and that it's just the way the cabin interior is layed out, it just gives it a more open feel. Can anyone answer this?

Thanks,
Derek

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B757300 From United States of America, joined Dec 2000, 4114 posts, RR: 25
Reply 1, posted (10 years 10 months 13 hours ago) and read 2178 times:

If I remember correctly and my brain isn't fried after writing a Spanish paper for the last 11½ hours, the 707, 727, 737, and 757 all have the same cabin width.

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BA From United States of America, joined May 2000, 11135 posts, RR: 61
Reply 2, posted (10 years 10 months 13 hours ago) and read 2176 times:

Yes, they are exactly the same.

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MarkTpa From United States of America, joined Jun 2000, 97 posts, RR: 3
Reply 3, posted (10 years 10 months 12 hours ago) and read 2150 times:

Yes,
They are all the same width. It is an optical illusion, the 757 just seems wider because of the layout and the legnth of the cabin.

Leo From China, joined exactly 7 years ago today! , 0 posts, RR: 0
Reply 4, posted (10 years 10 months 12 hours ago) and read 2137 times:

Boeing builds only ONE narrowbody cross section (and cockpit)........

...the 1957 design for the B707 !!!

...and uses it over and over and over again.......

B727-100
B727-200
B737-100
B737-200
B737-300
B737-400
B737-500
B737-600
B737-700
B737-800
B737-900
B757 but, ...... new nose section
B757-300 but, .....new nose section

This can only mean the Boeing cross section is a living classic...

KLM-MD11 From Greece, joined Mar 2002, 471 posts, RR: 1
Reply 5, posted (10 years 10 months 10 hours ago) and read 2085 times:

Yes, same width, and too bloody narrow!!

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RickB From United Kingdom, joined May 2003, 243 posts, RR: 10
Reply 6, posted (10 years 10 months 9 hours ago) and read 2057 times:

Leo - they have two narrowbody cabin widths now, the 717 has a much narrower cabin !! I think Boeing need to start rationalising their cabin widths (5 is way too many) to reduce costs.

RickB

Trident From United Kingdom, joined Feb 2000, 484 posts, RR: 0
Reply 7, posted (10 years 10 months 7 hours ago) and read 2031 times:

Obviously the 717 is not of Boeing's design being a Douglas DC-9 at heart.

Leo From China, joined exactly 7 years ago today! , 0 posts, RR: 0
Reply 8, posted (10 years 10 months 7 hours ago) and read 2008 times:

RickB:

Trident is absolutely right, no one would call the B717 a ..... Boeing!!

Leo From China, joined exactly 7 years ago today! , 0 posts, RR: 0
Reply 9, posted (10 years 10 months 7 hours ago) and read 2001 times:

.....Because it clearly is a classic ............ Douglas ..!!!

Greg From United Kingdom, joined May 2005, 0 posts, RR: 0
Reply 10, posted (10 years 10 months 4 hours ago) and read 1920 times:

I think the useable interior cabin width actually is 2" wider than it was from the original design due to thinner insulation and closer molded cabin walls.

Just my .02

CoAir@IAH From United States of America, joined Feb 2001, 271 posts, RR: 0
Reply 11, posted (10 years 10 months 4 hours ago) and read 1894 times:

How much wider and taller is a a319, than say a 735?

Andrew

Fly_emirates From United Arab Emirates, joined Oct 2000, 1046 posts, RR: 10
Reply 12, posted (10 years 10 months 2 hours ago) and read 1826 times:

compared to airbus narrow bodies, Boeing 757,737 windows are lower, and some how uncomfortable. but on Airbus even though they might seem smaller, they are higher so still you can see comfortably

Trident3 From United Kingdom, joined Jun 2001, 1012 posts, RR: 3
Reply 13, posted (10 years 10 months 1 hour ago) and read 1803 times:

The 757 was of course originaly designed with the same forward fuselage as the 727 which would have meant an even higher degree of commonality.

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Tupolev154b2 From United States of America, joined Jun 2000, 1332 posts, RR: 2
Reply 14, posted (10 years 10 months 1 hour ago) and read 1771 times:

Wider. Sometime ago I flew on a 57 right after flying on a 37. On the 37 my head was a bit above the top of the window while on the 57 it was a bit below it.

Gr8slvrflt From United States of America, joined Jan 2002, 1583 posts, RR: 16
Reply 15, posted (10 years 9 months 4 weeks 1 day 23 hours ago) and read 1721 times:

I'll have to research this one but I think that although the 757 shares the floor-width dimension with the 707/727/737 the fuselage cross-section is actually quite different.

Greg From United Kingdom, joined May 2005, 0 posts, RR: 0
Reply 16, posted (10 years 9 months 4 weeks 1 day 22 hours ago) and read 1675 times:

The 707 is different from the 737/727/757. The lower lobe is considerably shorter on the later aircraft. Also, while similiar looking, the 727 and 737 share only the windscreen from the 707. The nose, while similiar, is a different shape (and of course, the 757 is totally different).

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