Al, a B-727 Pilot
Hi My name is Al and I flew the B-727 10 years. Let me say it was quite a machine to fly. One of the fastest Commercial jobs ever built.
Cruise Mach 84. In decent below 25,000 indicated airspeed of 420 Kts.
Flew into Saint Thomas many times when the runway was 4600 feet with a 500 foot overrun. Could stop and turn of at mid field or just a little beyond, sometimes. The B-727-100 could stop at max landing weight in 1600 feet
and we were very light with a VREF Speed of 108 Kts.
A fabulous aircraft to say the least