I like that idea, Grant! I flew a lot of miles on 727s over the years. Great solid aircraft, definitely noisy in the rear, but otherwise a great ride for the time. I flew on one of the last Eastern Airlines 727 flights out of Atlanta in December of 1990. There had been some outbound delays, and nearly everyone going to Milwaukee that evening had made it onto an earlier flight that had been delayed and had open seats. I sat in the gate area with one other guy, cleary a businessman like myself. They called the flight, we both stood up, looked around, and asked the counter person, “Are we it?”
“Yes, you’re it, fellas. First class to Milwaukee tonight?” So we flew in first class on this otherwise empty 727, deadheading to Milwaukee because the aircraft had to be there for a later flight. Four or five flight attendants and the two of us, we took turns playing euchre and drinking scotch. One of the best commercial flights I've ever had. -D > On Jul 4, 2024, at 10:24 AM, G Mann via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com> > wrote: > > At last international count there are zero 727's in fleet service hauling > passengers. The remaining few in use are shown as cargo, or "special use" > [whatever that may be]. > So, the market for 727 qualified maintenance techs is pretty dry. > I have an aviation friend that built a large new hanger-dominium when he > retired and he mounted the front section of a DC6 [everything forward of > the wing main spar] sticking out the front of his "aviation palace" that he > uses as a bar, so you can sit in the captain's seat and fly no matter how > drunk you get, since it is about 25 ft in the air. > [It's his nickel, he can spend it any way he wants to.. ;)) ] > > On Thu, Jul 4, 2024 at 10:11 AM Kaleb Striplin via Mercedes < > mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > >> Looks like something that would be a Spartan. Yep, that’s where it is. I >> guess they don’t train on the 27 anymore. >> >> Sent from my iPhone >> >>> On Jul 4, 2024, at 12:08 PM, Allan Streib via Mercedes < >> mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: >>> >>> Q: Is the stand included in the Sale or just the Cock pit >>> >>> A: Yes >>> >>>> On Thu, Jul 4, 2024, at 12:02, Floyd Thursby via Mercedes wrote: >>>> and it's local >>>> >>>> https://www.govdeals.com/asset/21/24030 >>>> >>>> -- >>>> --FT >>>> >>>> >>>> _______________________________________ >>>> http://www.okiebenz.com >>>> >>>> To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ >>>> >>>> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: >>>> http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com >>> >>> _______________________________________ >>> http://www.okiebenz.com >>> >>> To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ >>> >>> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: >>> http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com >>> >> >> >> _______________________________________ >> http://www.okiebenz.com >> >> To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ >> >> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: >> http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com >> >> > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
