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UA, Pan Am, TWA, And DL 727s In Europe

Thrust From United States of America, joined Sep 2003, 2673 posts, RR: 11
Posted (8 years 8 months 3 days 8 hours ago) and read 1736 times:

Did the four airlines mentioned in the topic use Iceland as a stopping point to ferry their 727s across the Atlantic for domestic service in Europe? Or did they equip the with extra tankage? If extra tankage, how was this possible? The range needed to fly transatlantically was almost twice as much as the 1700 mile range of the 727 (Boston to London alone is just above 3,000 miles)

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Tarantine From United States of America, joined Sep 2000, 210 posts, RR: 0
Reply 1, posted (8 years 8 months 3 days 7 hours ago) and read 1696 times:

I have always wondered also how short range airplane were delivered to overseas customers, like the 737-100 for Lufthansa for example.

Jbmitt From United States of America, joined Jan 2002, 509 posts, RR: 2
Reply 2, posted (8 years 8 months 3 days 3 hours ago) and read 1593 times:

Ferry flights without passengers, bags, and cargo have a much greater range. Additionally they can make several stops, such as Gandar, Iceland, Manchester. Island hopping sort of deal.

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Laxintl From United States of America, joined May 2000, 22029 posts, RR: 51
Reply 3, posted (8 years 8 months 3 days 2 hours ago) and read 1579 times:

I'm aware of a US operator ferrying B727s to Europe nonstop from Bangor Maine to Shannon Ireland which is is nearly 2400nm.

An empty aircraft can fly quite a bit further than the published sales number as they are based on full passenger loads.

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Go3Team From United States of America, joined Mar 2004, 3266 posts, RR: 22
Reply 4, posted (8 years 8 months 2 days 19 hours ago) and read 1546 times:

Back in the days of Piedmont, we flew a 727 from CLT-SFO-CLT - nonstop. The plane was practically loaded to the gills with pax.

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Starlionblue From Hong Kong, joined Feb 2004, 15870 posts, RR: 66
Reply 5, posted (8 years 8 months 2 days 12 hours ago) and read 1516 times:

The only place where you run into real trouble is Hawaii, since it's so far from anything. There is simply no place for refueling stops. But there are ferry tanks for that sort of thing if the aircraft really needs extra legs.

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