Farewell, Boeing 757

The Boeing 757 flew into the sunset on October 28.

The Boeing Company bid farewell to its 757 line of passenger jets after having built 1,050 of them.

The 1,050th 757, built for Shanghai Airlines, is the last of the series. Of the 1,050 planes built, 1,030 are still in active service. Interestingly, the 757 is the same aircraft that the 9/11 terrorists used to crash into the Pentagon.

Hundreds of Boeing workers assembled at Boeing's Renton plant to mark the end of the twin-engined 757 aircraft, which the company produced since 1981.

Now the only Boeing jetliner still built at the Renton plant is the 737.

Boeing employees get a close up look at the last 757 that the company will produce October 28, 2004 in Renton, Washington. The Shanghai Airlines 757-200 was the centerpiece of the ceremony. Photo: Ron Wurzer/Getty Images