The Boeing 767 is an American-made long-haul, low-wing, twin-engine, low-wing aircraft. Propulsion is provided by two Pratt and Whitney JT-9D or PW4000 or General Electric CF6 or Rolls-Royce RB211 engines. The flight of the prototype took place in 1981, and serial production began in 1982 and continues to this day. By April 2014, 1,030 copies of this aircraft had been produced. The Boeing 767 was created as an attempt by the Seattle-based company to respond to the fuel crisis of the 1970s, which forced the creation of aircraft capable of long-distance flights, but using much less fuel than before. In addition, it was during this period that the Boeing concern grew into a formidable competitor in the form of the European consortium Airbus, which had been offering the successful A300 model since 1972. Boeing 767 turned out to be an innovative machine - it was saturated with modern electronic equipment, which allowed reducing the crew to 2 people. However, the decision to use the Fly-by-Wire system was not made, despite the fact that it was used by Airbus aircraft. In the course of serial production, several basic research versions of this very successful aircraft were created, differing mainly in the capacity of the cabin and the engines used, as well as the flight range. The 747-400ER version, which was tested in 2000, can carry up to 375 passengers and has a range of 10,415 km.
