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The 727 is equipped with a retractable tailskid that is designed to protect the aircraft in the event of an over-rotation on takeoff. The 727's fuselage has an outer diameter of 148 inches (3.8 m). This allows six-abreast seating (three per side) and a single aisle when 18-inch (46 cm) wide coach-class seats are installed.
End of an Era as FedEx Express Retires Last B727 Farewell Celebration Marks End of Venerable Aircraft; Fleet Modernization Adds More Energy-Efficient, Lower-Emission Planes MEMPHIS, Tenn ...
March 18, 2002: A Varig 727-100 freighter, registration PP-VLV, operating Flight 9051 from Salvador, ran off the side of the runway when landing at Tancredo Neves International Airport near Belo Horizonte, Brazil. Damage was sustained to the left main landing gear, nose landing gear, forward fuselage belly, left engine, and left wing and flaps.
On March 2, 2016, after extensive restoration, N7001U made its final flight from Paine Field near Everett, Washington to the museum's facility at Boeing Field. [5] The aircraft was a notable exception to Boeing's practice of retaining first production examples of its jet airliners for testing and development; not until the Boeing 777 of the 1990s would such an aircraft see regular airline service.
Rescuers (at the time) speculated that an explosion occurred aboard the plane, a Boeing 727. Three and a half hours after the crash three bodies had been found in the ocean along with parts of fuselage and a United States mail bag carrying letters with that day's postmark.
Boeing 727-100 in 1971 Electra South Lake Tahoe 1977. PSA’s fleet changed constantly in the 1960s and 1970s. The 1960s started with Electras, then Boeing 727-100s arrived in 1965, PSA's first pure jet. [41] The last Electra flight was September 1968 [42] By 1969, PSA was swapping out 727-100s and replacing them with bigger 727-200s plus 737 ...
Two approaches were considered: a stretched 727 (to be designated 727-300), and an all-new aircraft code-named 7N7. [7] The former was a cheaper derivative using the 727's existing technology and tail-mounted engine configuration, [ 7 ] while the latter was a twin-engine aircraft which made use of new materials and improvements to propulsion ...
The Boeing 7J7 was an American short- to medium-range airliner proposed by American aircraft manufacturer Boeing in the 1980s. It would have carried 150 passengers and was touted as the successor to the successful Boeing 727. [1]