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edetroit
2nd May 2017, 18:43
Hello,
Not a common config I know but I have seen it on a few Private 727s
A long shot I know but might anyone know what the annunciator circled in pink might display (it is not an instrument comparator)
I cannot find any info in my 727 manuals.
This particular cockpit is from VP-CJN
gearlever
2nd May 2017, 19:27
There is another panel above the stby horizon I haven't seen before.
My guess - Flight Mode Annunciator
gearlever
2nd May 2017, 20:05
Yeah, the Lufties 727 didn't have it.
edetroit
2nd May 2017, 20:11
Here is another private 72 with the same autopilot.
edetroit
2nd May 2017, 20:13
My guess - Flight Mode Annunciator
Yes it will be a FMA. But I need to know exactly what. i.e an exert from a manual or a photo of the FMA lit.
gearlever
2nd May 2017, 20:15
Here is another private 72 with the same autopilot.
Cool :ok:.
For me 727 was a real pilot's plane.
bafanguy
2nd May 2017, 20:59
Here is another private 72 with the same autopilot.
So, who owns this airplane ? Found this:
https://www.planespotters.net/Aviation_Photos/search.php?reg=M-FAHD
The company names don't mean anything to me.
There were so many 727s built over such a long time span that there are many variations on a theme.
Beige control columns ?
I don't recognize any of the avionics installations shown in this thread.
edetroit
2nd May 2017, 21:12
There were so many 727s built over such a long time span that there are many variations on a theme.
I don't recognize any of the avionics installations shown in this thread.
True but not many with this autopilot. I have only seen them in private 727s. Unfortunately VP-CJN is no more so I cannot see the annuns lit
https://www.planespotters.net/Aviation_Photos/search.php?reg=VP-CJN
bafanguy
2nd May 2017, 21:37
edetroit,
I guess we'd have to know the history of this airframe starting at the factory. I have no idea how many 727s began life as a "private" airplane. I'd guess the majority began life as air carrier stock and morphed into a "private" airplane.
The avionics appear unique.