SCRAPPING the Boeing 727

[@Kevin_747]

I flew 727's 14 years. Got 7,900 hours in them and loved every hour. Unfortunately I have flown many of them to the desert on their last flight.

[@gertraba4484]

Lived in the approach path of major NYC airport and wood watch for them in their logos and numbers. Loud suckers!!!!!!

[@michaelallen1396]

What's that you said I can't hear you- I flew 727 jump seat about 20 times, I'm deaf.

[@jimdiane1]

That must have been a sentimental experience for you.

[@gingerelvira6587]

I lived Close to the approach fly over of Will Rogers apt. and remember Braniff's 727"s screaming by in there very Cool Colors.

[@gloriousdelta1430]

Are you a pilot?

[@robbyowen9107]

4:57 would love to have that hubcap! Thanks for the video Erik, always sad to see an airplane getting taken apart but enjoyed seeing the process.

[@MTisOnly1]

It is so sad to see such a glorious plane come to an end like this. Seeing the interior, I could almost hear all the chatter of the passengers and the hum of the now silent engines.

[@delten-eleven1910]

I miss the roar of the glorious Pratt&Whitney JT8D-15 engines.

[@rulfi1950]

This was the most silent plane that I have flew, was a beautiful and magnificent plane. Sad to see how is scrapped.

[@delten-eleven1910]

@@rulfi1950 Silent?....I can't remember if the B727 had very good interior acoustics, but from the outside, she was loud and I loved it.

[@TERoss-jk9ny]

And all that glorious cigarette smoke from back in the day. My eyes felt like they would bleed to death.

[@delten-eleven1910]

@@TERoss-jk9ny Yeah, the smoke inside and out. The B727's left a smoke trail like a B-52.

[@walt8089]

Great Video and narrative as you shot the walk around. Seeing those rear stairs, I thought of D.B. Cooper and his parachute jump many years ago. As always, Thanks for your Video !

[@arasb3258]

I think the 727 was the only passenger plane in major use with those stairs!

[@robertgoodale7204]

My father flew 727s for American as a pilot for many, many years. Chances are extremely likely he flew this one. After American decommissioned them he flew DC-10s for a couple years before retiring.

[@paulstaf]

I would have loved to have that little chart table at 12:32 to use as wall art.... :)

[@JungleYT]

As a kid building a 727 model, I really dug how those main landing gear doors swung out like that... Looked really cool - 14:25

[@BGTech1]

This makes me sad. I want to be able to take apart every bit of a plane like a 727 by hand, to be able to look at and appreciate the amazing engineering that goes into an airplanes avionics and electrical systems. Maybe just maybe that dream could come true before I die.

[@avtom_]

If I ever started an airline, it would be with a classic livery with classic planes. We would offer 60’s service aboard:)

[@DJSHaKa]

To make it authentic, you would have to pop a smoke in everybodys mouth and light it with matches 😂

[@yamahonkawazuki]

iran still pretty much does this.

[@f2004-r9j]

You wouldn't have permission to fly

[@JohnSmith-dh3kx]

Very interesting to see the inner workings of this plane. I'm particularly interested in the flap mechanism. I've been wanting to make a motorized scale model of the 727 flaps but haven't been able get access to the plans. I was able to get a better look at the track and the part that slides along it in this video so that was helpful.

[@Milepost1965]

Very nicely done, Tears Tears and more Tears, thank you for your service...

[@p7301c]

Thanks for tour; the b727 was an excellent aircraft to learn on; worked on them for 15 years, gear changes, engine changes, b- checks and k-checks, learned real quick to duck or hit your head on them blade antennaes

[@104thDIVTimberwolf]

I'm sorry, but there's nothing cool about the death of a Three-holer.

[@raynus1160]

Agreed. One of the greatest.

[@pizza_parker9689]

104thDIVTimberwolf ”three holer” it just sounds wrong

[@StupidCuntOnYoutube]

My wife is a three holer

[@arandomguy8352]

@@StupidCuntOnKZbin eew

[@bobbyrayofthefamilysmith24]

Glory holer

[@jhaedtler]

I have seen a bunch of these scrapped in Roswell New Mexico! After the wind storms most end up sitting on their tails with their noses pointing up! Lots of damage when they bring them down.

[@detroitgarage9430]

What a great aircraft, a real pilots plane.:) Was my first jet job and a real privilege to fly.:)

[@christerry1773]

Do u have any videos showing the actual smelting of the components recycled. I think would be a blast to see

[@bmused55]

The 727 was known for it's power. Imagine how much more powerful it would have felt with those RR engines strapped to it as was originally intended! Never been on one and it's highly unlikely I ever will get on one. But I love it's history and what it did.

[@gszikora2000]

I am sure the Super 27 would be quite the ride too.

[@joeg5414]

Got to fly in many TWA 727s growing up. Good memories flying to see my grandparents for the summer.

[@brimopm]

I know some of the people on the Coyotes NHL organization who rode on this proud jet. I will send them this link and am certain they will find your video a rare chance to go back in time before the object of memory is no more. I also flew the 727 for the airline I'm currently employed with some 25yrs ago. Your video walk-around brought back memories like a old song form the 70's or 80's. Thanks for sharing!

[@255-southcarolina8]

Enjoyed the video very much worked around a 727 in my early days about three years unloaded many of them and other aircraft

[@chrisreisinger4935]

Very nice video! I’m making several scale models from 1/72 scale to 1/200 of the 727 and this will come in handy, thank you!

[@highoctanegames]

This hurts a hell lot for me being a plane enthusiast. This was my favorite plane.

[@arnenelson4495]

Watching the wing rebuild itself for landing was simply a gas! Especially in heavy rain you could see the airflow just like in a wind tunnel- landing in Ketchikan, Ak. My favorite jet.

[@georgejacob3162]

8:38. Cool! Wing walking! I've also done wing walking on a Boeing as can be seen on my KZbin channel. My wing walk was done at up to 2,200ft and had some upside-down loops and hammerhead turns thrown in too! It was great fun! I highly recommend it!

[@ellonysman]

Erik...what ever happened to the Northwest Flight 305 727 airliner from the D.B.Cooper case?

[@mattcoleman7738]

Snagged the 'Cooper Vane' for yourself... Nice.

[@Ka9radio_Mobile9]

We are blesses that United donated a 727 to our Museum of Science and Industry, Chicago. Its keeping the U505 company from afar.

[@ErikJohnston]

ka9radio I would love to visit your museum one day

[@Ka9radio_Mobile9]

@@ErikJohnston When all of this self distancing stuff is over if you should fly in will be more the happy a taxi you down there! stay safe! :-)

[@jeffmarett321]

I remember seeing the engines with the hush kits in the 90's at SLC International. Those engines looked strange.

[@arasb3258]

I rode one of these, back in the day, and I could tell the pilot was having fun with it. It was so responsive and fast in change of direction and speed! Then the next trip was with a 737, and that felt like a slow bus compared to the 727.

[@jimdiane1]

Absolutely the best video I have ever seen on this subject.

[@barrymccockiner6641]

Are there any "airworthy" parts worth keeping and selling? Or even any part commonality with other Boeing series that can be reused? And what is the ultimate value of Aluminum, Copper, etc?

[@snowboard246]

When visiting Dallas in 2016 I remember seeing that 727 with the Coyote tail on the ramp and wondered where it came from. Sad to see it go.

[@ThePaulv12]

And just think, this whole plane was designed, built, flown, tested and operated without KZbin commenters overseeing every aspect of the life of this plane. How can this be?

[@ErikJohnston]

ThePaulv12 Hahahahaha, so true!!

[@RalphReagan]

Lol

[@bermudarun3903]

Nice work, Erik

[@mrpaulgrimm6129]

Great Airplane. It had cables to control it. Had that unique rear stair way. First planes of UPS

[@matthewethredge8958]

I used to load up the rockets and then some other teams when they came into Houston on N698SS and then a 757 N757SS when the rockets needed a larger aircraft.

[@andrewsiefker70]

That VAW-124 sticker though. I wonder if it was a flightline crew member that put it on there. That’s really cool.

[@steveandrushko75]

great camera work

[@manthony1956]

The Boeing 727 was the first aircraft I ever flew in. I had been fascinated with aircraft since early childhood, living in the flight path of several airports. The Summer of '67, was spent with my uncle on his farm in New Mexico.The whole family drove out from CA, but returned without me. That first flight on American Airlines, from El Paso to San Francisco was scary and exciting. I flew home by myself, which meant the flight attendants paid a lot of attention to me. Scared, but I loved the acceleration! Take off from El Paso requires you to climb rather quickly to avoid the mountains, and we had a stopover in Tuscon. Landing at SFO comes in long over water. The following Summer I took a United 727 to Spokane, and spent the Summer with relatives in Northern Idaho. This type I watched the flaps and ailerons, and listened for the cycling of the landing gear. It has been over fifty years. I noticed people becoming more casual and nonchalant over the years. i guess to many, it is just a bus. But every time I fly, I'm that eleven year old kid again. Exciting!

[@mackfisher4487]

Question: which member of the crew had to get out during the flight to turn on the landing gear lights? (see 2:15/21:55)

[@billdewahl7007]

Save the trijets! (and tri-motors) Glad we'll at least have a museum example of a 727 but still sad to see them go. Just watching that beautiful wing unpack/unfold itself is amazing. Is the cooper vane your souvenir?

[@peternicolaides6256]

I spent many hours working as an F/A for Eastern Airlines flying on the 727-200 and the shorter version 125 QC , I always felt safe on them as they were built like tanks.

[@christainmarks106]

The Cooper Stairs...i love it

[@planesfreek]

Actually looked like it was in pretty good shape minus the wing damage. I’m just finishing up a C check on a 727F super where I work. Second last 727 ever built

[@dew2667]

Do you work for Kelowna Flightcraft? Question posed by an IFL Mechanic.

[@nicks4597]

Id love to have some of those small panel pieces of the wing :)

[@michaelquillen2679]

It is indeed a tough thing to watch a grand ol' lady get scrapped (wife still can't understand why I love air museums but refused to do the boneyard at Davis-Monthan AFB). I remember seeing this one at Love Field. This girl was built in 1977, about halfway through the 727's production run. Flew in many of these, with the last time being in early 1987 with Western Airlines.

[@nishakc811]

How can we buy an abounded aeroplane sir ?I'm interested only in body not the engine

[@Mike_Engel]

If this is the last American Airlines 727-223 operated.. Did you know it was also one of the last 2 727 American Airlines use at the Ft. Lauderdale Air & Sea show dont remember the year but I was one of the last guys to push this aircraft out of the hanger in MIA where it flew its last scheduled passenger flight. I loved these aircraft... 34 years with AA and no other plane could match what this type did

[@nlo114]

A row of those seats would be great in a home cinema!

[@lki34442]

i can just imagine. Foreman comes out and says.. STOP what you are doing, we just found a buyer, put it all back together

[@porthos9502]

I am sure you have chopped it up by now but if not do you have the Fe station table top and or the FE esential power selector panel? and if so how much.

[@Ka9radio_Mobile9]

All the bits went to a good cause. I hope that all Three Holers that have been abandoned by there owners get the respect that they deserve! :-)

[@gerardocaraballo2248]

My first airplane Flight was going to basic training in a TWA 727 back in 1988. Was a great experience!

[@americanrambler4972]

I remember watching the systems testing on a new build 727 in the factory at Renton. They had put the plane on jack stands and were checking the function of all the systems on the airplane. I watched it for a while. That wing is incredible! It’s amazing just how much it changes shape when it goes form a fully clean configuration to everything and I mean everything fully deployed. The 727 is a very beautiful plane when everything is buttoned up. With the landing gear fully retracted and flaps and slats all in, it’s one very sleek airplane. To see it sitting there on the stands in flight configuration with the ailerons, elevators, rudder and wing spoilers moving around as they would in flight is a sight to behold. Every pilot I ever talked to who piloted that plane liked the way if flies. I have not seen one flying for years now. And I do not know if any still are. I think most of them that are left are now permanently grounded.

[@jimjonrs3932]

Still some flying in South America.

[@luke6587]

I remember driving down Lemmon Ave and seeing this beast over the fence. Sad to see it go.

[@delten-eleven1910]

The Boeing 727 was one of the most beautiful airliners ever made and very popular. I miss it; especially the powerful sound of its 3x JT8-D engines.

[@brandonb1681]

You spend tens of thousands of flight hours ferrying people and cargo only to end up as a beer can.

[@cmscms123456]

Total built 1,832 some still in use as private jets, or air cargo. Still popular in Latin America.

[@manthony1956]

Was this a team aircraft for the Phoenix Coyotes? Big hockey fan, about five minutes in to the video.

[@williamcap2236]

Was wondering this myself ?

[@michaelswartzkopf6032]

Interesting video Erik, the 727 is my favorite jetliner and I live in Lewisville and would love to watch A tear down someday with you

[@bobbyrayofthefamilysmith24]

Guy at 20:01 is begging to be killed using angle grinder at head height with no eye protection, grinder has no guard and he isn't using the side handle either. If that thing kicks back it will fly right into his face or neck. Guy could lose his head in a flash.

[@MikePresents2]

We used to 'guillotine' 707's in the 80's - parts would go flying everywhere. Boeing used a lot of balsa wood - I accidentally set a couple of them on fire.

[@deanc.5984]

i could have lived in there!

[@philt1658]

So sad. Think of energy and man hours it took to design and build this beautiful machine. My first flight was on a Northeast Airlines 727-100 from Boston to Tampa in 1967.

[@joehalliday6081]

I just looked at one in a museum in Chicago. There must be 100,000 rivets holding it together.

[@kittykat999a]

I flew on a 727 twice, one way Las Vegas to OKC, and round trip DFW to St Thomas. Loved that bird!

[@danburgdorf6428]

Any way to buy some of the seats?

[@MrShobar]

There was also an AD on the 727 airplane issued after the D.B. Cooper affair. This AD mandated a switch on the air stairs that communicated with the air-ground logic system that would prevent the stairs being moved to the lowered position unless the airplane was on the ground.

[@carlthor91]

It was mostly mechanical, it interrupted some of the latches at the bottom of the rear stairs. Also sending a signal to a light in the cockpit. I loved the 727, solid and deadly reliable, no matter how some greenhorns mistreated it. My favorite spot was the jump seat. A +6,000 ft. runway sure is short at those approach speeds. Cheers all

[@jimjonrs3932]

@@carlthor91 : deadly reliable?

[@carlthor91]

@@jimjonrs3932 Only way I know of it not working is that it fell off, not that any did to my knowledge. A 727-277 combi, short fuselage, heavy gear, mostly cargo haul, was my ride to work for a decade. Cheers, stay safe

[@chriswilson7138]

I live by love field and saw this plane for years on the ramp and wondered why it never moved. Now I know why. I had no idea it was storm damaged. I am going to share with my Father-In-law who started his commercial pilot career at American Airlines on the 727.

[@TWA717]

Hey Erik, Thanks for sharing the video of the Last 72 Flown by AA. I happen to save airplanes like these from the scrap heap as much as possible. I would have loved to have purchased it for my 727 sim projects. I currently have the forward 45' nose and fuse section from the former Team Jet of the NBA New Orleans Hornets. My 72 N777KY originally flew for Royal Air Maroc, then also flew for the Seattle Supersonics and finally to the Charlotte / New Orleans Hornets I also have the full interior out of an AA 727-200 and was looking for another fuse - this would have been of course absolutely perfect being an AA 722 unfortunately I am too late... I do have a question - Do you know if they completely stripped out the rest of the cockpit on that airplane for the FD. AA had a mechanical Checklist mounted to the engineers panel on their 72's and I need one for my project and would love to purchase it. if you know someone who might be able to get back to me on that and maybe a few other items if they still exist. In particular a 727 cockpit door as mine never had one being a -2B6 model with an executive team interior for the Hornets. If you can help out in regards to who I might contact I would be ever so grateful! Thanks again for posting the video as much as I hate seeing them cut up I love rescuing and using those parts in a second life in my Sim projects! Thanks Erik....

[@BGTech1]

. I want to be able to take apart every bit of a plane like a 727 by hand, to be able to look at and appreciate the amazing engineering that goes into an airplanes avionics and electrical systems. Maybe just maybe that dream could come true before I die.

[@DailyDrives]

Hope they pulled all of those twist lock millspec connectors out of the cockpit before it went to get burned up by the fire department. Those would be great for my racecar!

[@MrShobar]

Cannon plugs.

[@Moon___man]

Old AZ hockey team plane?

[@sox-on-a-duck693]

Oh man. I flew on NWA 727's more than I can count during the '80s MSP-LGA and I hated them, just because there was so MANY of them. It was the backbone of Northwest's domestic fleet back then. Now I'd give almost anything to fly in one again.

[@nivi319]

is that the same type db cooper jumped out of?

[@flower2289]

yes

[@KourZ_13]

I always wonder why the never take a piece of the aircraft aluminum

[@pablopicaro7649]

Two crazy storms ht dallas in 2019. An insane wind storm during Spring Break, then a Tornado in the Fall. Must have been one of those storms that did it in.

[@mauriciocastro7505]

An aircraft is the one of the more complex engineering marvels in this world.

[@e30kitty]

Can someone tell me, what's the $ that they made for scrapping them? Would be a nice plane to live in it like Bruce Campbell :)

[@sherwinsalvatori6997]

Would love to have 1 jt8d

[@manubird2475]

Thank you for this video, as sad as it is. The B727 remains my favorite aircraft. I have fond memories of many flights in the 1970s and 1980s on the Continental Air Micronesia "Island Hopper" flights between Honolulu and the Western Caroline Islands and back. Those flight crews were unbelievable, landing these planes on unimproved 4800' air strips. In those days, the B727 was the only long range commercial jet capable of these feats. The cabin crews were also awesome and gracious and full of island aloha. Early last year, I returned to Yap to visit old friends and relatives. The route is now covered by United B737s. That was a nightmare trip from hell, given the excessive surliness of United employees. Aloha from Hawai'i.

[@DJSHaKa]

I was imagining the old man reading a book, and the little girl holding her teddy during the cabin walkthrough 😥😓

[@donaldparlettjr3295]

I liked how it has been branded by others on the left gear door. As a part of the flight crew I carry our stickers and I (all of us) will brand different acft when at Air shows.

[@johno9507]

I remember my last flight in a 727, was a Pan Am flight from Costa Rica to Miami in 1989.

[@gunsaway1]

Poor girl. From angel to beer cans

[@FinalLugiaGuardian]

Beer is an angel to many in these current times.

[@RallyRat]

2:46 ...will that intercooler fit my Honda?

[@watsisbuttndo829]

Yes.

[@cushman11firefighter18]

I love the 727 such sexy air craft

[@joehalliday6081]

You saved the Cooper Vane. Did you sell it?

[@ErikJohnston]

Still have it I think

[@joehalliday6081]

@@ErikJohnston The 51st anniversary is coming up soon. Are you a Cooper fan?

[@ErikJohnston]

@@joehalliday6081 Can’t really say that I’m a fan but I definitely know the story

[@joehalliday6081]

@@ErikJohnston interest is on the rise now that fbi documents can be foia’d after 50 year declassify. New evidence is ruling out some likely suspects and adding intrigue and new questions. ThatCooper vane will age well in terms of value to collectors.

[@ErikJohnston]

@@joehalliday6081 interesting. I didn’t know that about the evidence. Thanks

[@timw6596]

I want one to turn into a home !

[@mikeknowles8017]

The modern generation of twin jets may be cool, but they'll never be 727 Tri Jet T tail cool.

[@pstreaks]

Millions of tiny parts make a huge airplane its amazing

[@markskanyt]

Great video, Erik - What was the rationale for fixing, rather than scrapping, the 727 that was next to it, with the fuselage damage? (I assume different owners but just curious.)

[@gertraba4484]

Probably. Economics this is mid century tech And the airframe divided as opposed to composites today, plus operations. Must be. Costly to keep it flying

[@yuvegotmale]

wondering if the 727 that D B Cooper was on is still in existence .

[@alterman156channel]

The Boeing 727 that D B cooper was on was scrapped in 1996.

[@TheTferrer]

This is so painful to watch. That is a beautiful aircraft!

[@majormal1]

The first plane I ever flew in. Eastern Airlines whisper-jet 727 1970. You never forget your first time.

[@michaelallen1396]

First jet for me, Western Airlines LAX/Montreal 1984.

[@yamahonkawazuki]

first plane i ever flew in was a 707 right at the end of its life, in late 70s next was a few of these.

[@chrislemaster2695]

Do airplanes have titles like cars and boats?

[@jetjock015]

Any idea what the total air frame hours were on this old bird?

[@guntherultraboltnovacrunch5248]

What that the Coyotes team plane or something?

[@lewistasso8866]

This is sad. My very first flight was as a 12-year-old flying from Newark to Boston in a 727. It was awesome. The 727 will always be special to me in that way. It was an Eastern Airlines jet.

[@platec4798]

It is sad to see the end of the line for this great plane. I must confess, I am pretty much done with flying now a days. I look at the new Boeing 737 Max and some of the Airbus planes and I have no desire to get on them as I like the old planes much better. I would take an old 707/727/737 with thousands of flight hours and cycles versus the new stuff built today. Thanks for the video. Plate [C] ©

[@KANEMUSIX]

Wicked video what's the song called at 18.18 mark