The Boeing 757 single-aisle twinjet airliner made its first flight Feb 19, 1982 at Renton , Wash. Pilot John Armstrong made the inaugural flight with Lew Wallick as copilot. After a near-perfect 2 ½-hour flight, the plane landed at Paine Field near Boeing's Everett plant. The medium-to-long range 757 was 20 percent more fuel-efficient than the Boeing 727s it was designed to replace. A total of 1,050 Model 757s were produced and delivered to 55 customers around the world.