American 767 From United States, joined May 1999, 2450 posts, RR: 17 Posted (6 years 5 months 5 days 19 hours ago) and read 572 times:
I didn't know that, until three days ago when I read the last issue of Airways. There is in Airways an article about Detla's 727 retirement, it tells the whole story of the 727 at Delta, from the beginning 30 years ago to the final flight this year 2003. It starts by saying that Detla acquired its first 727's in the early 70's by taking over Northeast yellowbird which had 727's both 100 and 200 series. So I asked myself if Delta ever operated any 100's in its history because I had never seen any in pictures, I thought they had 200's only. It is true they never ordered 100's from Boeing.
Mika From Sweden, joined Jul 2000, 2712 posts, RR: 4 Reply 2, posted (6 years 5 months 5 days 19 hours ago) and read 545 times:
Boy does 3 engines look awfully overkill on such a small aircraft. BTW, is the 737 nose design a rip off from the 727? they look very much the same to me. (Iv'e always wondered about this)
CitationJet From United States, joined Mar 2003, 1566 posts, RR: 4 Reply 3, posted (6 years 5 months 5 days 17 hours ago) and read 486 times:
Three cockpit crew members on the 727 (pilot, co-pilot, flight engineer) also seem like overkill in this day and age with two cockpit crews on much larger aircraft.
Tango-Bravo From United States, joined Jun 2001, 3328 posts, RR: 37 Reply 6, posted (6 years 5 months 5 days 15 hours ago) and read 404 times:
The post of Luv2fly states: IMHO - I think any airline that flew 727-200's started with the 100's
Not quite true. There were several airlines who operated the 727-200 in significant numbers who bypassed the -100 altogether. Some that come to mind are Air France, Alitalia, Iberia, Olympic and THY Turkish in Europe, plus Royal Air Maroc, Air Algerie and Tunis Air across the Mediterranean. In the U.S., Western had a large fleet of -200s but never flew the -100. North of the border, Air Canada started with -200s in 1974 and flew -100s later in all-cargo configuration for a very short time in the early 1980s.
Boeingfan From United States, joined Aug 2001, 385 posts, RR: 2 Reply 7, posted (6 years 5 months 5 days 11 hours ago) and read 313 times:
727-100's were former NE (Northeast) yellow birds. They only flew on for a couple of years, and were retired when a new batch of 727-200's arrived.
Trivia - NE flew the 727-100's on the MIA LAX route awarded to them in 1971. DL/NE merger was conditional that the MIA LAX route was not included in the deal, as DL had SFO MIA DC-8-61 nonstop service then.
DL aquired more 727-200's in the 1987 WA (Western) merger, one of the smoothest mergers in airline history, as both airlines employees embraced the marriage of the two quality carriers. "The only way to fly, ready when you are"
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