Found this very fascinating story and filmclip about the last US plane out of Da Nang in Vietnam, on 27 March 1975.
It was a World Airways 727-100 with 360 refugees onboard. The story is quite familiar, but I’ve never seen film from this humanitarian rescue mission before –
http://fromtheflightdeck.com/Reviews/727/World727/
There is lots of other interesting 727 stuff on that site too. Worth a look!
By: steve rowell - 14th May 2004 at 10:46
727-200 – Max seating for 189 at six abreast and 76cm (30in) pitch, typical two class seating for 14 premium class and 131 economy class passengers.
727-200F – Typical max payload comprises 11 2.23m x 3.17m (7ft 4in x 10ft 5in) pallets.
727-100 – Flightcrew of three (two pilots and flight engineer). Typical two class seating for 94, max seating for 131.
By: Hand87_5 - 14th May 2004 at 09:26
Well this means that the 727 is better than the 777 🙂
By: Bmused55 - 14th May 2004 at 09:24
Brilliant story
Good Ol 727, built like brick *hit houses
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