The Boeing 727 is a mid-sized American plane, mid-Range, narrow-body, trijet (3 engined) aircraft. It was built by Boeing Commercial Airplanes from 1962 - 1984. The story behind the aircraft consisted of, a smaller Boeing 707 with cheaper fuel costs, and the capability to land at smaller airports. The Boeing 727 had a larger and more advanced flap system to land at the smaller airports as-well-as taking off at smaller runways, but this caused 3 major crashes all around 5 months from each other due to pilots not understanding the system. The Boeing 727 had a small gas-turbine engine auxiliary power unit or also known as an, (APU). Range of the 727, 2,250 nmi (4,170 km), Max passenger capacity 106.
The Boeing 727 Is Retired.
by Boeing 727 September 14, 2020