You might have saved yourself a bit of embarrassment Dupre if your first post had been a bit clearer! Just do it!
Blue Wolf has said it all really. The 727's, three of them [one was reduced to spares] were originally purchased second hand from Boeing, who had traded them form United. They were quite high-cycle when we bought them but they have done well for over twenty years. They engines exceed noise restrictions at many airports, and the comms fit is ancient. The range is a bit of a problem too!
I heard a rumour that Gp Capt Al Lockwood is in fact a Kiwi, and did his Initial Flying training at Wigram; a common practice once upon a time! He apparently saved the UK taxpayer something like 20 million pounds when he took those 75 and 2 Sqn pilots to the RAF!
Can we haveome of it?
