While I have not yet built an airliner, I saw this story today and thought it would be a neat subject for a build. “World’s First 727 built makes its final flight”
Rudy
Hi Rudy. I only just stumbled on this today. My dad flew for United from 1952-1988, and was a captain on pistons when the 727 debuted, transitioning to co-pilot on jets two years later. He may have flown that particular plane at some time during his career, but even if not I remember those markings well.
It’s a great subject. Let us know how it’s going.
hi . worked for united as a gate agent for quite so time at o’hare .i’m sure i was on this aircraft. one of the best and safest commercial planes ever built. thx for the post, brings back memories. my family worked for UAL.for many years. I think i will try and find a kit of it. thx again.
My dad went 48 years at United as an engineer at the MOB here in San Francisco.
He was on the team that bought the Caravelle, we lived in France for a while. That was a top gap intermediate route aircraft, and he first domestic jet in the US, when the Electra went sour.
They also evaluated but did not buy Concorde.
I flew employee passes on DC-3, DC-4, DC-6, DC-7, 8, and 10. Vickers Viscount which they gpt with the Capitol purchase. Wonderful aircraft.
He was at UAL in the Douglas days, but we saw 727, 737, 4,5,6 and 7. He managed the customer kit specifications for UA for the 777. A wonderful aircraft.
i’m amazed how safe that the industry has become. He did performance evaluation in some riskier times. UAL lost a 727 at Salt Lake Coty and dad spent a week with test pilots crashing on an imaginary hard deck over our Bay at 5000 feet.
It would indeed. Brings up a problem. I like to show my aircraft against a realistic background, and if possible some ramp stuff around. I used to see ads for things like stairs and tugs and stuff in the smaller scales appropriate for airliners. Don’t see much of that stuff anymore. Anyone know of airport/airline accessories in 1:72 or 1:144 these days?
My (unbuilt) Mach 2 Caravelle has some stuff, like a boarding stair.
So did I! Except for the Viscount. I did get to ride on a Fairchild (Fokker) F-27. It was a real hoot to sit under the wing and watch the landing gear go up and down again. I also got to ride at least one Convair 440, which my dad said was his all-time favorite plane to fly.