Boeing 727-100 Tri-Jet Prototype - "First Flights" - 1963

[@awesomedan157]

great video, thank you for the posting. i worked for federal express when we first got the 727. i was apu certified, jump seated many times on them and got to write my name in the aft stairs section of the last 727 ever made. many, many great memories.

[@Burnsengine]

My dad (pilot) always said this was the most reliable, safest plane to ever fly the skies. He LOVES this plane.

[@fkarste1]

The Boeing 727 is the best medium-range commercial aircraft ever built. One of the first flights of my life was in a Boeing 727-100, and I remember how incredible it was. I am today a enthusiast pilot and fly this plane on Fligh Simulator X. Because of the success of this airplane, Boeing Company should re-design it to a Super 727-X version. I really love this plane.

[@tonyktown]

The 727 and it's sister the 727-200 will ALWAYS be my favorite aircraft.

[@bentleybrabec]

3:07 looks great flying over the cascade range

[@dongmo1]

My dad who was head of the Boeing photo unit and his crews probably shot most of this footage. I hired in to Boeing in June 1964 and was assigned to be a riveter's assistant on the 727 48 section torque boxes. Lost some of my hearing there! A year later I advanced to mechanic installing the hydraulic rams, jackscrew, cables and trim actuators in the vertical fin. Always liked the 727.

[@bentleybrabec]

5:40 first takeoff was perfect

[@stenic2]

I really enjoyed this video, surely the 727 was ahead of the competition and truly state of the art in the early '60s

[@cleekmaker00]

Awesome video! As a kid I lived right over the approach track to the old Stapleton Intl. Airport in Denver, and used to watch the jets line up on final. Noisy as all get out, but a sight to remember! There was a time when most of the jets flying overhead were 727's.

[@POLLUXAKS4]

So fortunate to have this plane during my business traveling days. The most enjoyable plane to fly and could manuver nearly like a fighter. Fast, smooth and check schedules to be assured of getting a 727. This plane climber faster from take off of any plane I ever flew in. This plane needs to be built again...but never to be I suppose. Feel sorry for traveling public that never got to experience this jewel of the skies. Awesome piece of equipment never to be seen again in my opionion.

[@sonnyburnett8725]

I was riding on an Eastern airlines flight once in the jump seat on a B-727-100 and the captain decided to climb to FL390. It was a bit high for our weight and the pitch attitude was on the high side to hold altitude. Anyways, the -100 had an oval shaped intake on the center engine and at high pitch it could cause compressor stall. So sure enough we get this bang bang bang in rapid succession. The captain reduced the power on the center engine and told the F/O to request a lower. The problem went away and we descended to FL350. I had been told by guys that flew the B-727 that the early birds had too much lift lost by the speed brakes which led to a couple of accidents such as in SLT. Boeing reduced the number of panels used inflight and the problem was solved. I never flew one but always enjoyed riding on them. Just watching the wing come apart on approach and landing was amazing.

[@Cl4rendon]

I miss this plane in today’s skies. I was lucky enough to fly with both versions 721 & 722 back in the 70s & 80s. (The 721 had the galley in the centre). The aircraft was also quite popular in Europe and flew alot to the middle east & Africa. It had a great acceleration and short take off roll, however i often felt it was more prone to turbulence than other aircraft’s.

[@Fym_ryan]

You mean the Boeing 727 and 717 not the 721 and the 722

[@Officer79]

The most beautiful airliner ever build! Love the B727-200 with full flaps

[@ToyKingWonder]

I was a lucky kid in the 60s/70s. Flew on 727s, 737s, 707s, 747s to Chicago and Hawaii, 720, DC-8, DC-8 Stretch, L1011, and even a Caravelle! The most interesting one was a Convair 880. I remember pulling down the sunscreen and it said 880 on it, and I asked my dad, what is an 880 and is it safe!

[@warminator1091]

I was lucky to fly with the 727-100 a few times, back in the days. She was such an elegant workhorse. I really miss that plane in todays skies.

[@aaronbocknek858]

when i was at EASTERN, i absolutely LOVED working on this aircraft. rock steady in rough air. the only thing about her that i did not like was the lack of keeping cool on the ground on hot summer days. other than that, i love the '72. sleek and classic looking. and sitting on the aft jump seat, hearing those PW jt8's....... music to my ears. long live the 727 in all her forms.

[@mcdonnell220]

Thanks Aaron, I really enjoy reading comments like this!

[@floopy312]

"it's lack of keeping cool on the ground on hot summer days" you mean the engine or the cabin?

[@aaronbocknek858]

floopy312 the cabin. it was an absolute sauna on hot summer days. in the caribbean, it was really bad due to the high humidity. the a/c packs could not keep up on the ground. in flight, a totally different story. but, remember, this was an air craft that required a 'side sitter', (second officer) and he was kept quite busy adjusting the cabin temp manually. but i loved the airplane. absolutely loved her. such a great profile!!!

[@sundar999]

I was worse in a DC8 with no APU

[@mcdonnell220]

William, thanks so much for the comment, I really enjoy reading stuff like this. On usually a bi-weekly basis, I see comments like this, and I'm glad my channel has been meaning something special to folks. I was born in 1961, grew up an airline pilot's son, and as a kid, knew I would be somehow still connected with all this stuff years later. Thanks again.

[@mikefly562]

I’m aboard this very aircraft at the Museum of Flight in Seattle, watching this video 🙂

[@adriendiaz739]

I've been in the same plane too.

[@charlesjones6487]

I have also, sat in the capts. seat when it was still at the restoration center in Everett.

[@Thirteenwindows]

The greatest piece of machinery ever made.

[@RobMiami787]

The 727 is undoubtedly gorgeous ac.... I think the -100 is especially 'cute' ! Happy to have logged a ride in 1979 Continental PHX DEN

[@RobertPlattBell]

Thumbs up if you remember going down the rear airstairs after landing at a regional airport, back in the day before jetways....

[@yamahonkawazuki]

My first flight was a 707, then on return trip was one of these. Yes I remember the stairs :)

[@sandyhanson6082]

My first time flying was a 727 in 1967. I was 8. We used the rear stairs too!👍

[@stuartlb]

I loved flying on the 727--my favorite.

[@ksmith610]

If you were sitting to the aft of the wings, on approach and landing you would literally see the trailing edges "come apart" at full flaps and you could easily see to the ground between the slats of the flaps. And similarly if you sat forward of the wings, watching the leading-edge flaps come out was amazing, too.

[@jaygreen45]

so pleased to have managed to fly on this plane, on a delta flight from cincinatti to norfolk virginia in 1997. amzing difference to the 787 now flying

[@samphillips8322]

Eastern toured the system with their first one in 1964 to give the new airplane a little publicity. When it departed ATL the crew made an impressive climbout. s soon as it went into service I rode one from ATL up to EWR. Fast and quiet. The new generation of jet airliners had arrived. Truly a great plane with a character all its own.

[@wilburfinnigan2142]

The first 727 that flew, shown here, today sits at the Museum of Flight Boeing Field Seattle Washington along side the 737 and 747 proto types....and it is ironic that they all sit next to a British Airways Concorde SST, which these Boeing proto types put in the Museums.....the Dash 80, 707 prottype sits in the Smithsonian Museum....

[@KevinMeno2008]

This 727 has completed its final flight today PAE-BFI for permanent display at Museum of Flight. N7001U is painted in its original United 1960s livery

[@MrShobar]

Some 727's were re-engined with the Rolls Royce Tay for UPS. Boeing cooperated in this venture by providing engineering support (I was one of them). The Dee Howard Co. of San Antonio, TX performed the work.

[@neothearmal]

Thanks for adding this Video, truely facinating!

[@dynodon8592]

Nice airplanes, flown on both100 and 200s. Always enjoyed exiting from the rear stair.

[@photorooster8865]

This is my all time favorite airliner. In mechanic school I was asked to research how many ways to lower the rear stairwell. Electronically, hydraulically, by gravity, by explosive charge, you could literally hop up and down on it til it opened and so on a so forth.. I think there were about a dozen different ways to open that thing :-)

[@kevinmccorkle7331]

I met lew during one of his last visits to n7001U at Paine field. I was so happy to meet him

[@shikat2371]

I really enjoyed seeing these 727s taking off. They had character. Unlike any of today's aircraft, 727s didn't whisper when they take off. Those JT8D engines were highly durable and reliable, and very noisy in full takeoff power. I truly miss these old silver birds.

[@sundar999]

But Eastern called them Whisperjet. It was written on the fuselage.

[@TheUtuber999]

@@sundar999 That had more to do with noise levels within the cabin - particularly in First Class (toward the front).

[@flatbedbill]

My very first airplane ride was in a Boeing 727, from Oakland, Ca,. to San Diego's Lindburg Field to begin US Navy Basic Training.

[@Dan.d649]

The 727 was one terrific airplane that was developed right. It's done so many things really well that one can imagine. The Boeing Chairman, Bill Allen, already predicted that the 727 was going to succeed handsomely. He said so assuredly: "The 727, will be a great airplane for a long time". Years later, his prediction was right. One thing about Bill Allen that made people alike at Boeing think was, he had a great knowledge, and perception of what was coming through in his company, and most of the time when he envisioned something to succeed, he was mostly right!! He did have teams of great engineers that came from all walks of life, to build airplanes, but his direction along with them helped to create something great like the 727, and make the airplane become an instant success. The amazing "newer" wing that the 727 was to incorporate at the time, which consisted of tripple-slotted flaps, for "slow-approaches" for landing, became a popular concept with flight crews. The "take-offs" were rather "fast", and completely amazing for a three engine airplane. Many pilots enjoyed their careers on a 727, saying that it was an airplane that loved to fly "fast", when it was at cruising altitude, with a "clean" configuration. The passengers loved the smoothness that it flew as well. As practical as this airplane was, the airlines which ordered it, were cashing in and improving their route structures almost immediately. This is why it was dubbed "The Cash Cow". With over eighteen hundred of them sold to the airlines, it instantly became a very popular airplane for the passengers masses, and many carriers alike. It also later became a solid freighter also. Great Boeing airplane it was.

[@dpairyqt]

Being a lead ground handler in Northern Ontario, our main aircraft was the B737-200, but every once in a while we ended up servicing the B727. the aircrafts style was very impressive. Enjoyed my time working the ground with this aircraft.

[@carlosga1978]

Thank you so much for sharing this!!!

[@TheErawl]

Beautiful airplane, great video.

[@Skybolter]

Why no one has said that the Boeing 727 is the greatest kickass airliner ever build ? it looks truly fantastic to me.

[@Ibirdball]

+Skybolter No, it was copied from the Hawker Siddeley Trident

[@Ibirdball]

+ArkadyVolkov And Britain had the original design with the HS. 121 Trident. I can't believe Boeing got away with that.

[@TheUtuber999]

@@Ibirdball Got away with what? Boeing didn't copy anything... they ran with the basic concept of a trijet with tail-mounted engines, and that's pretty much where the similarities ended. Get over it.

[@kickniko]

There is only one plane that ever gave me the feeling of a jet and that was the 727. The rest ist simply turbofan fishes in the sky.

[@Skybolter]

THE BOEING 727 SHOULD NEVER DIE

[@shikat2371]

That's true. The BAC 1-11, also built in the early 60's, had a black athletes eye painted under the flight deck windows too. The BAC 1-11 was even noisier than the 727 taking off. Whenever the BAC 1-11 took off, it took off like a jet fighter, extremely loud and deafening.

[@Flies2FLL]

No wing fences on the prototype. An FAA pilot performed a "whip stall" -[!]- on a 727 during the final certification stages, and it nearly spun, so Boeing installed a prominent "fence" or rounded vertical cuff on the leading edge of the wing about 2/3 of the way to the tip to prevent "wing dropping" in the event that an airline pilot would decide to perform a whip stall! Also, it helped stop spanwise flow of air.

[@Gus1966-c9o]

Beautiful jet and that wing a work of art.

[@r123154]

I love this plane.I was lucky enough back in the 80's to get to ride the jumpseat on a Piedmont Airlines 27 from KROA To CLT.It was only 35 minutes from gate to gate but that was the greatest 35 minutes of my life.Employees at the time who were students working on their flight certificate would once in a while get this opportunity.

[@DeMickeys]

Interesting! What a different era...

[@shikat2371]

These early aircraft: the 727, BAC 1-11, Vickers VC10,........... were so noisy that most of them were already put out of service. There's a few 727s still in service. FedEx still flies the 727 and I think their 727 is fitted with hush kits. I like it without hush kits.

[@cliffthelightning]

God i miss that bird... such a comfy plane

[@Oldbmwr100rs]

The MD was in production later than the '27,and being able to use more efficient and quieter engines was likely a factor as well. The MD80 is more a competitor to the B-737 though,not so much the 727.

[@robytar]

I remember the early 727s, DC-9s & 737s used to spew out thick black smoke, almost as bad as the J79s (Convair 880s). And in this footage, the JT8D's smoked very little. I do know in the early 1970s something was done to greatly reduce the smoke from the JT8s; probably due to public outcry.

[@Mr2stroketom]

Thanks for sharing, great video

[@Spy1228]

@Thirteenwindows This and the 737-200 are the greatest pieces of machinery ever made...

[@dailytelegraphAU]

I think newer designs take anti-glare into account when the aircraft are designed. Newer paints also don't reflect as much as the bare aluminium or glossy finishes you probably remember on past aircraft.eg: most modern military aircraft are painted using a low-visibility flat grey finish

[@Want2bPilot94]

Great Video! This is my favorite aircraft.

[@Mik-ly9sp]

I been down the rear airstairs on a 727 back in 1978 holding my sisters hand she was only 2 at the time

[@misahorna]

Lovely peace of history...

[@archietherobot]

Please, bring them back!

[@Caipiroska243]

@mcdonnell220 Modern aircraft still have them, the only difference is that they are now mostly matt white (or matt finish of whatever colour used in the area), so as to look more flush with the rest of the livery.

[@Quackers2011]

oh boy do i wish they would still make these bueatys... i want to fly on one so bad!

[@eminye1]

One of the best channels on youtube!

[@jorgearrazola6965]

it was fun to fly,nowdays is just getting there , no thrill or frill...

[@strafrag1]

Workhorse of 60-90s. Great aircraft.

[@manitogata]

great video, love nostalgia

[@Oldfarming231]

need the 727-300!

[@jamesgovett3225]

Notice that TAA (Trans Australia Airlines) and Ansett-ANA, later Ansett Airlines of Australia have their names on the fuselage as some of the 727’s launch customers the first being delivered and landing at Melbournes then International airport Essendon Aerodrome in 1964, they actually had to flip a coin on which Airline got to land first and the winner Was Ansett-ANA, my father took me and my brother to the Airport to witness both of our domestic airlines first pure jet equipment, memories!

[@m1pistonhead]

New airplanes don't have the black athletes eye paint under the flight deck windows because they now use either transitional glass, translucent visors, or in the 787's case the windows automatically tint themselves.

[@JuanGarcia-cy8wy]

More stringent noise regulations have put all 727s out of commercial service. That is unfortunate. A few 727s are still in service, but they are mostly for private use. I like the sound of the 727 taking off. A non-hushkit 727 taking off is very noisy, but not as noisy as the BAC 1-11 or a VC10 taking off, and it's not as deafening.

[@poitrenaud]

Beautiful Aircraft- Boeing is a great company

[@dg_kevin]

why do some older jets have black paint under the flightdeck windows?

[@TheVeryAngerBird]

Today is the 50th anniversary of the 727.

[@Dominionian]

The background music of this is catchy and melodic

[@Oldbmwr100rs]

That and it was an old and less efficient aircraft,the planes were pretty much flown out. The '27 had a great run though,and were still being used for air cargo for many years.I'm sure they're still flying with airlines outside the US,most likely in South American countries airlines.I have spoken with pilots of them, they really liked the plane,it was a good flyer as far as they were concerned.

[@Skybolter]

Wich of all aircrafts developed are the best, the 727 or the DC-9 ?

[@lufthansa330pilot]

@mcdonnell220 They do not need this is because the windscreens have an anti glare layer sandwiched inside of the glass.

[@bradq]

built in my home town. morphed into the 757. now there is a strip mall where the 727 factory used to be. And the Seattle Seahawks training camp.

[@MrShobar]

Correction: The strip mall is where the back shops were. Final assembly buildings are still there. The Seahawks training center is at least a mile north, on the site of an old sawmill. The electrical and mock-up building was where an apartment building is now. Fry's and Lowe's are in the old employee parking lot.

[@Hot80s]

most people flown a 727 & didn't know it.

[@caralhoguy]

Music name?

[@kpdsza]

Thanks for that answer.

[@mikenstarr09]

I don't understand why the 727s were all retired, yet the MD80s are still in service. I understand about fuel efficiency, but was the 27 all that bad?

[@НовиСадСрбија]

the beggining of small jet era :) 737 dad

[@TalksWithDirt]

I wonder why during the test program they did not do JATO takeoff tests just to see how cool they could make the aircraft. Ah,,, so many flights in a 727. I remember the excitement when I first flew in a 757 thinking, finally a break from the 727. I'm still a 757 fan. But the 727 is the airliner from my youth.

[@arodrigues2843]

From Boeing, I flew the 707-200, a great, allmost indestructible a/c, the 727-100, the 727-200, the 737-200, the 737-400, and the mighty 747, ( grand - in all senses, a/c ), but the 727-100, well, she andled like a fighter a/c !!! It's so strucstructurally strong, that it is the only commercial a/c, as far as I know, that has BRAKES IN THE FRONT LANDING GEAR LEG !!! ( Not so on the -200 ). The only one from Boeing, I was not very fond of, was the 737's !!! ( Perhaps a personal opiniom ).

[@flyewr1907]

i love this plane

[@super20dan]

boeings best desighn

[@neruni]

@maxpowz Congratulations. Besides the B727 what other types of airplanes you have flew and in your opinions which is the worst airplane you ever flew?

[@njsullyalex2744]

My dad used to fly 727's as a kid. These things almost never fly anymore. HOWEVER, I recently discovered that Cargojet Airways flies a 727 into my home airport of KEWR every weeknight, and sometimes, the flights go directly over my house! In the past 2 weeks, I've spotted at least 4 classic Boeing 727's flying over my house (thanks to tracking them on flightaware.com)! It's pretty cool to see such a rare and classic airline fly over my house almost every day now! Loud, smokey, and awesome!

[@Javelinfanatic]

NJ Sullyalex WA8246! Flies right over my house heading towards EWR , sounds like nothing else

[@rodrigofabregas7756]

Beautifull airplane!...great performance at low & high speed. I flew the 737-200 (same P&W JT8D engines, but two), for me the 727 was superior...it's only issue was fuel consumption for being a tri-jet. Thank you for this great video!.

[@raulortal572]

Federal Police in Mexico still use 727 with great results.Land in any mexican airport out of Mexico City . Transport troopers and special Federales unit.

[@supersabrejet]

When planes were in the hands of the pilots......not computers, when flying was ,,,,all human.

[@IPGVirtual]

thank you

[@Avantime]

@mcdonnell220 @mcdonnell220 I think it's due to advances in multi-layered windscreen glass technology. Same reason why polarized sunglasses doesn't work inside the cockpit.

[@CCitis]

New airplanes have the anti glare properties built directly into the windshield it self!

[@Latitudedriver]

Love the 72

[@henson2k]

Nice looking bird! It's sad 727s rarely seen these days. At least quality of video seem to be improved since 196x.

[@sundar999]

Even the moon landing had better quality

[@PetrolHeadBrasil]

WOW! I didn't know that!

[@Guitaraviator14]

@1995SkyLiner Same reason that baseball players but black lines under their eyes!

[@Rickypaisa42]

im in total accordance with you

[@Skybolter]

@maxpowz The best Airliner for sure, among with the 737 & 747

[@Skybolter]

I LIKE THE 727, IT'S THE BEST AIRLINER

[@JonathanBeaumontFsxYeah]

how can a new plane smoke?

[@TheUtuber999]

They aren't like cars that burn more oil as the engine ages. 😁