Agreed, I truly miss the “3 Holer”. Boeing was a very different company back then…After the Alaska incident, you gotta wonder if they are going to be around much longer.
Beautiful sounding aircraft! I've taken flights in Boeing 727s and very strongly agree that these are beautiful classics now! I have a lot of very happy memories of the 727! I used to love riding in the rear cabin where I could hear the engines!
One of, if not the most sleek and beautiful looking aircraft to ever grace the skies. So lucky to have been able to fly on one. Love the roar of those JT8D Pratt and Whitney engines.
I come from Australia and in the eighties the 727s used to take off over our house although we were quite a way from the airport. The plates used to rattle but I tell ya that was an awesome sound
I'm showing my age, but I feel so lucky to have flown on the 72 soooo many times. Some of my most memorable flights include a flight on a Delta 727 between DEN and CVG that STRUGGLED to climb out of DEN on a very hot day. On another Delta 727 out of CVG (yet again) we lost 2 out of the 3 generators and had to return with a Pan Pan Pan call (not mayday). Was cool how they turned off everything in the cabin LOL...Lastly my most memorable 727 flight was aboard a United one from the old BWI A concourse to Denver on a beautiful battleship grey bird that took off in the late after noon. Back then we still got meals with real silverware IN COACH....Combine that with Channel 9, a beautiful sunset and the whine of the 72s engines for nearly 4.5 hours......what an amazing experience!!! Funny I actually got tired flying on Deltas 72s because I always flew them between ATL and MOB when visiting family. How I miss them now 😂😢
Cant get enough of watching a 727 take off - The best would have been a -100 without the hush kits and a huge smoke trail with all the crackling leaving the ground, but for that you must travel back in time meanwhile.....
I'd love to hear again the 727 without hush kits. In Portland, when Horizon Air was flying Fokker F-28s, their Rolls Royce Speys put out a commanding roar. The 727 is definitely no short roll, short field aircraft
You are So right, it as almost imposable to tell or they had them or not. Just a bit less "crackling" towards the end of the runway at take off. God I miss that sound@@jonahair747
Still waiting for the "loud" take off. Maybe for those on the ground? Anyway, thanks for the post. Always liked to use the seats close to the engines. Toilets were near, that rear exit, memories...
I don't wanna appreciate quiet jets. I miss the smoky loud engines. During that era, I Lived close to LAX in Los Angeles. I miss the rattling windows and smoke all over the sky.
That's what these planes are, folks - VERY LOUD!!! Those Pratt & Whitney JT8D-15 engines mounted on the sides and tail were of late '50s to early '60s-era technology. Ironically, at the time of our Boeing 727's debut in 1963, it was nicknamed the "Whisper Jet" because of it being the quietest plane of all jetliners flying at that time. Nowadays, she's one of the loudest still in service! I'm also surprised this old gal didn't use more runway for takeoff. Their average takeoff runs often use more than 5,000 feet. I once witnessed an American 727 in 1995 use almost 12,000 feet for its takeoff out of Houston Bush Airport, bound for Miami. I thought it was going to crash before leaving the ground, too!
Eastern Airlines trademarked "Whisper Jet" for their 727s, which was a reference to how quiet the cabins were - particularly up front in business class. Nobody ever claimed they were quiet outside the aircraft. 😄
The 727 was what the 737 is today. The backbone and workhorse in the modern industry. The 727 was a bullet proof airplane.it was better than today’s 737, but huge gas-hog. That was it downfall.
