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Old 20th Mar 2017, 18:42
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Originally Posted by WHBM
The typical seating config for the Boeing 727-100 in the 1960s for US carriers (the bulk of deliveries) was F10 Y85. So much the same. They put more in later by squeezing up the seats, but so did everyone else. That was the standard of the time. Dan-Air had to install extra overwing exits when they put them into IT service.
yes Dan Air added 2 extra type 1 rear doors to enable upto 150 pax on their 727-100's
they actually put in 146 Y but it was a squeeze for pax
the range enabled MAN-TFS at least

Channel AW got 139 in their One E's but STN or Berlin to LPA must have been a struggle
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