Sad to see so many of these classic planes reaching the end of their days - including the queen of the skies herself...
The 727 has a great deal to answer for...
1977, and great excitement as an 11-year-old kid (me) is being taken on a family holiday - an early example of a "package holiday".
Much anticipation as I climbed the stairs into the back of a Tunis Air 727 and settle in to my seat.
The moment that thing throttled up and hurtled off down the runway, I was smitten; I spent the majority of that holiday dreaming of the journey home and a repeat performance of that exhilarating acceleration and leap off the ground.
That day in 1977 was the start of my life long obsession, fascination and thirst for knowledge about aviation; and a Tunis Air B727 is entirely responsible.
What memories...