Posted on 08/13/2005 2:43:03 PM PDT by Paleo Conservative
So why did Boeing not develop a twin engined 2 man cockpit version of the 727? I've always liked the 727 better than the 737. It seems that Boeing converted the 737 300-500 into the replacements for the 727. With the much bigger and heavier wing of the next generation 737, there really isn't a suitable Boeing replacement for the 737-500.
Probably too much work, you'd have to rewire the whole damn cockpit, replace everything.
Boeing did come out with a few 767's with a 3 manned cockpit. I think they went to Air New Zealand, they were modded I believe.
Shouldn't that engine have a few more decals? Pennzoil, Champion, Holley, and maybe a Budweiser or Winston.
Its still there, doesn't fly much, but when it does, its a sight!
Its N. of the Northernmost runway about halfway down.
I nonreved to SAN yesterday, never get used to that approach, hate that parking garage.
That plane was used for lots of important research programs. It was used to test concepts for glass cockpit instrumentation that eventually was put in the 757 and 767. It tested a GPS based navigational system for automated landings, and it was used to test the use of cockpits that have no direct view of the outside to evaluate their use in future SST's. They actually built a second cockpit inside what would be the passenger section of the plane, and it only had video images of the outside.
Now defunct Ansett Australia ended up with most of them.
And where is Air New Zealand now? Weren't the unions responsible for that purchase?
I didn't think there wer any of those left. I thought all the remaining ones were bought by the USAF to upgrade KC-135A's to KC-135E's.
You are right, I was in the right area of the world. I flew on Ansett a few times, great airline, I loved them. I did SYD-HKG, didn't fully grasp how long of a flight it really was!
They used to own a bit of AWA.
But then the plane wouldn't be able to leave the ground and would try to go around in counter-clockwise circles around the runways and taxiways.
Should Boeing just give the huge Chinese market to Airbus?
Well,,,,, I was told there was a pretty girl behind every tree in Glasgow, Montana. Problem was, there were no trees.........
Glasgow isn't very big now either with about 2000 or so.
When I left the base there were about fifty military people still on duty.
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