Where the Boeing 767 300 flies

2024 Author: Howard Calhoun | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-17 10:16

In the aircraft industry, from the very beginning, a tradition has been formed to build aircraft on a single scientific and technical base. The designer creates the main model of the airframe and specific models are developed on its conceptual basis. The Boeing 767 300 passenger aircraft was created just within the framework of a certain concept. This wide fuselage aircraft is designed as an intermediate option between the previous machine, which had a normal fuselage volume, and a more powerful aircraft. The developers were tasked with creating comfortable conditions for passengers and at the same time reducing the cost of operating the aircraft.

As a result of the development, testing and refinement, the Boeing 767 300 appeared, the cabin layout of which turned out to be the most convenient for passengers. Seven seats in a row were arranged in such a way that only one seat was located in the middle, between the passengers. And 87% of the seats were either by the window or by the aisle. Boeing 767 300 became the first airliner in which passenger seats were placed in a row according to the formula 2 + 3 + 2. If we recall the domestic liner Tu-154, then it uses the 3 + 3 scheme. It would seem that there is only one chair less, but as in the cabin of a Russian liner it is crowded. And two out of six passengers are in an uncomfortable position.

The fact is that the fuselage of the Boeing 767 300 is almost one and a half meters wider than previously accepted standards. And thanks to this increase, not one, but two passages appeared in the cabin. Salon has become not only more comfortable, but also more spacious. Depending on the configuration of the Boeing 767 300 aircraft, more than three hundred passengers can be accommodated on board. This option is designed for charter flights and does not imply the separation of cabins according to the level of comfort. In a more common form, when there are cabins of different classes on board, 224 passengers are accommodated in the aircraft. At the same time, the cargo compartments are able to take more than one hundred cubic meters of luggage. This indicator is more than forty percent higher than similar characteristics of aircraft of this class.

If you look at the Boeing 767, whose photos are shown on many screens, posters and booklets, you can easily see that it is more massive than other aircraft that fly the same distance. By the way, the range of its flight is about eight thousand kilometers. And in this context, the question arises, why did the increase in the external volume of the aircraft improve its technical and consumer characteristics? There are no secrets or supernatural secrets in this case. Engineering thought, a systematic approach and the application of innovations from related fields of knowledge made it possible to create such a machine.

The first thing to say is the improvement in the aerodynamic properties of the airframe. The second component of success is the use of more powerful engines. Boeing767 300 has the ability to take on board significantly more fuel. Simple logic dictates that the more fuel on board, the longer the flight can be. The flight control system, takeoff and landing has also been upgraded. The cockpit contained a large number of sensors, indicators and other instruments, but they were placed very compactly. In particular, it can be noted that the most modern avionics complex developed by an American company is used to control the aircraft.