She was a beauty. I was lucky to fly all 3 seats for AA. First jet I upgraded to Captain on at AA. Have about 8,000 hrs in the girl. 7,900 of which were in the climb.
The 727 could come down as fast as you wanted it to. If you were ever too high in her, you had really muffed something up. The old saying from the great Captains I flew with was "If you can see the Runway over the nose, you can make it".
At one time AA was the largest operator owner of 727's in the world.
We had the
727-100
727-200
727-200A
727-200B
About 175 total
Enjoyed them all and very sad to see them go. They were truly in a class all by themselves. Went from Captain on the 727 to Captain on the 757/767. Haven't seen one in a while.
To those of you that are still lucky enough to fly this great bird, please enjoy every minute of it. I know I always will.
Bob