Popular Trijet: A Deep Dive Into Why Boeing Built The 727
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- Опубликовано: 29 май 2024
- American planemaker Boeing catalyzed the jet age when it launched the four-engine 707 in the late-1950s. However, going forward, it also had to consider what aircraft it might produce for shorter flights to and from smaller airports. Airlines had different demands, with some wanting proven four-engine jets while others preferred the idea of twin-engine aircraft.
However, Boeing came up with an alternative solution that effectively met both of these demands halfway. The result was the three-engined Boeing 727 design - but how exactly did this popular narrowbody come about?
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Calling 727 wisperjet is like calling a very close cannon blast totally silent.
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My favorite 727 story was flying Chicago to DC on United back in 1975. My dad was a retired UAL DC-8 pilot and we were of course flying non-revenue so when one passenger showed up at the last minute of our sold out flight the 4 of us (dad, mom, me and my brother) were originally going to need to get off. My dad then disappeared for a few minutes and then came back to let us know he was going to ride in the cockpit jump seat! I’m sure that’s nothing that you could get away with today but dad had a great time flying up front one last time!
The B727 are beautiful, no matter what you say!
I remember flying on them when I was younger. My favorite part was boarding and unboarding using the “DB Cooper” air stairs! 😁
As a middle class, suburban kid of the 80s, flying on 727s was pretty common for me, and I absolutely loved it! Chicago Midway was the best airport for the 727 to strut its stuff thanks to the short runways and nearby buildings. I recall several takeoffs in which the pilot set the brakes, revved the engines to max, then released the brakes, plastering all the passengers into their seats like no other airliner could achieve. The plane would hurtle down the runway, snap its nose into the air, and shoot off into the sky like a rocket. MDW takeoffs aboard a 727 were the closest a commercial passenger could get to flying in a fighter jet.
The early 727 accidents were caused by pilots totally not used to the flight characteristics of the plane because it was just so different from other jet airliners of the day. But what really killed the 727 was the rise of the CFM56-powered 737 Classic models in the early 1980's, which offered the shorter runway benefits of the 727 but was much quieter and more economical on fuel.
compared to Boeing's other planes, the 727 is certainly an unusual plane featuring three engines all mounted at the rear but for the time it was built, it worked out well
I got married at the Museum of Flying in Santa Monica, CA last October. They have the forward section of an ex FedEx 727 called Brittney. My favorite wedding photos are of me and my husband sitting in the cockpit, smiling at each other at the end of the night. I was born 14 years after the last 727 was delivered and missed its heyday by quite the margin, but I’ve always been captivated by the engineering that went into that beast and the countless iconic photos from the era it flew in.
I flew on the 727 with United and Northwest Airlines. It's a beautiful plane and was comfortable from what I remember.
Flew the B727 the 1st time with my dad on a business trip in 1970. AA B727 JFK-->PVD; returned later in the day NA B727 PVD-->JFK. I was 7 years old, remembered the smell of fresh coffee brewing during boarding, and smell of jet kerosene. I was felt like the king of Queens! I flew on them well into the 2000’s. My most memorable B727 flight was in August 1978, SQ (my first time flying this carrier) between BKK-->SIN which at that time was the Paya Lebar Airport. Always special!
Flew from MEX to Cancun, Zihuatanejo, Acapulco, Zacatecas and Oaxaca in those amazing 727-200 from Mexicana all my childhood. A very special aircraft.
As a young child I remember going up the tail stairway on a PSA 727 (I looked for the smile under the nose and remember how fun I got to see it).
First flight on a jet airliner in June of 1965 Eastern B727-100 Whisper jet JFK to St. Pete Clearwater PIE .. December of 1980 I became a Second Officer on a 727-200 (4 years) and then a First Officer (2 years) .. never checked out as Captain as the airline was phasing out the trijet in favor of the 737 and MD80 series. At the peak the fleet was over 100 of 727-200's. GREAT Airplane .. but a little tough to land well consistently .. no frills .. basic and ready to go anywhere anytime. Dual VOR/DME and ADF (and a paper chart) got you to where you were trying to go .. did get CAT II later in it's career. Surprisingly the straight 200 could not make it nonstop westbound from the East coast to the West coast .. the "A" models with an AUX fuel tank were required ... and cruise altitudes were always in the high 20's and maybe 310 if you were very light .. but it would do .84 Mach all day long .. with a total Fuel Flow of 9,000# PH (1350 GPH). Stiff crosswinds on takeoff might get you a compressor stall on the No. 2 due to the long draw down the S duct to the engine .. so you would advance 1 and 3 until you got some forward velocity .. then brought them all up to take off EPR. RIP my friend.
My favorite 727 story(s) was jumping from one at the World FreeFall Convention in 1992, 93, 94, and 95. This was one of the specialty jumpships they brought in for one day. I wore a suit and tie like DB Cooper. We exited from the rear, the airstairs were removed. Aircraft levels off above Quincy, IL airport at 13K, airspeed about 155 mph. This was a cargo type, no seats but seat belts on floor for all 200 skydivers, I forgot the company on first year (I have a video on that). Amerijet flew the other years.
Less than two minutes in, and there it is, an Aerosucre 727. Not disappointed at all 😆
1986 MAH-MAN with Dan Air
don't mean to nit pick, but boeing wasnt looking into a 3 engined jet airliner until it had walked around DeHavilland and saw a prototype Trident (later Hawker Sidderly Trident).
I regard the B727 as the most beautiful aeroplane ever designed and built. As a teenager, I saw the 727 more like a rocket ship than an aeroplane. I was only able to fly on one twice - on Ansett-ANA's VH-RME from Mt Isa to Brisbane and from Brisbane to Sydney. It was under the command of veteran pilot Captain Arthur Lovell in 1968. A very memorable occasion that I will never forget.
I lived in Alaska for thirty years and flew Alaska Airlines 727 as a passenger for many years to many different destinations. Great memories. Great plane.