Classic LAS Spotting (2 of 5) 

javacup912 the 727 was the last “fun” aircraft I’ve flown although the 757 comes very close. Both were a bit overpowered which gave the 727 a huge marketing advantage over the the Trident, and it had more seating. To maintain the tri engine, T-tail design and to be comparatively easy on fuel consumption, Boeing would have had to build a DC-10/TriStar sized aircraft. Three engines on a single aisle aircraft was like nipples on a man, just decorative filling no practical need. All together the two jumbo 3-holders only sold maybe 675 units all together. That s fine for the Brits and 10 times normal for a Soviet aircraft, but not enough to cover R&D expenses for Boeing or Douglas. We all know the early DC-10 horror stories

Me too, but they were just too thirsty for fuel (compared to the 737 & A320, which could do the same job using less fuel).

the 727 also needed a flight engineer, it was more costly to have that extra flightcrew as well as the gas guzzle engines

Good points all yet sad. The 727, to me, was just a graceful, beautiful aircraft.

Would have been nice if Boeing kept building the 727, the 737, 747, 757 & the 767 out last the 727. Improvements in my opinion on jet fuel consumption could've been improved as I think was improved on the 737. Someone mentioned the 727's had a flight engineer, this is true but so did the 747 had a flight engineer until that position was eliminated & now only 2 in cockpit of the 747. Ijs.

Good spot! I'm wondering if the pilot mistakenly retracted flaps instead of deploying spoilers, which are only visible later, after the flaps are nearly completely retracted.

Yeah me 2

TheGamerverse There were two kinds of thrust reversers on the 727. One with the buckets visible on the outside, the other with the clamshell door not visible. The visible clamshells were installed on the -100 with the -7 engine. on the -200, a series of vents (they have a name, but I haven't been on the 727 since the late 80s) in which the clamshell was inside of. On #1 and #3 engine, these "vents" are on top and bottom, and on #2 engine, they are on each side. Most -100 were later retrofitted with the -200 version as the engines were swapped with -11, or -15.

Oh okay