"Phillip Treweek" wrote in message
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A coworker is taking lessons at the local airport and he mentioned
having the get out of the way of Air Force 7 which was a 757 hanging
around the area for a few days.

Off at a distance a few days ago I noticed a 757 flying around the
airport and wondered what it was.

757's are not normally seen in this area to say nothing of 767's,
747's and 777's.

thnx

The US has one or more 767 painted in "Air Force One" colors. I don't
think there are any 757 painted as such.

Working my way through college I used to refuel airliners. It was very
difficult for me to tell a 757 from 767, at any distance, except by
looking at the pointy end of the aft fuselage where the APU exhausted.
In one aircraft the fuselage was painted almost to the tip of the APU
exhaust, while the other aircraft had a few feet of stainless steel or
unpainted surface on the aft end. I can't remember which had which. Of
course the 757 is a narrow-body and the 767 is a wide-body, but that's
not as easy to determine at a distance as one might imagine.

I find the 757 looks very 'long legged' compared to the 767. I don't know
of any 767's in USAF service, but there are certainly some 757's,
designated C-32. I had the pleasure of taking a ccloser look at one
(externeally at least, this time last year. Take a look at:
http://www.kiwiaircraftimages.com/757.html

The 767 being a wide body looks odd with narrow body sections 40 and 41 of
the 757 grafted onto it.