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The rival Boeing 727 had quickly established a lead over the Trident. [32] The 727's early lead only strengthened it in subsequent competitions; one such example is Trans Australia Airlines, which had determined the Trident to be superior to the Boeing 727 from an operational standpoint, but it was also viewed as having been commercially risky ...
Although it was designed in response to a specification issued by British European Airways (BEA), the Type 200 was larger than the airline's requirements and was closer to the Boeing 727 in size and range. The project was cancelled when BEA selected the Hawker Siddeley Trident instead. The Trident went on to have a production run of 117, while ...
Boeing 727 cockpit Flight engineer's station on a Boeing 727-200F In 1959, Lord Douglas , chairman of British European Airways (BEA), suggested that Boeing and de Havilland Aircraft Company (later Hawker Siddeley ) work together on their trijet designs, the 727 and D.H.121 Trident , respectively. [ 7 ]
Boeing 727: tumb: 1957 1962 1984 1,832 1963 Boeing X-48: tumb: 2000 2005 2005 2 2007 Boom XB-1: tumb: 2016 2024 1 Bristol Type 200: tumb: 1956 1958 0 Convair Model 200: tumb: 1973 1973 0 Convair XB-53: tumb: 1945 1949 0 Dassault Falcon 50: tumb: 1974 1976 2008 352 1976 Dassault Falcon 7X: tumb: 2001 2005 289 2007 Dassault Falcon 8X: tumb: 2014 ...
The most common configuration is having the central engine located in the rear fuselage and supplied with air by an S-shaped duct; this is used on the Hawker Siddeley Trident, Boeing 727, Tupolev Tu-154, Lockheed L-1011 TriStar, and, more recently, the Dassault Falcon 7X. The S-duct has low drag, and since the third engine is mounted closer to ...
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.
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In the mid-1960s, BEA's European rivals began placing orders for new "second-generation" jet aircraft, such as the Boeing 727-200 and its smaller stablemate, the 737-200, as well as the Douglas DC-9-30/40. Compared with the Trident, these were more economical, in terms of range, revenue generation and seat-mile costs.