I didn't know 727s were out of service. When did this happen? ___________________________ GG St. Louis - Cincinnati 1997 SL500 http://homepage.mac.com/deneals/SL500.htm
-----Original Message----- From: Peter Frederick Sent: Thursday, August 03, 2006 10:27 PM They are out of service for two reasons -- noise (minor) and severe fuel consumption problems. Not really possible to remove the center engine and rebuild the tail so you could put CFM-56's on it, and I suspect the 757/767 classes have better wings, too. Same fuselage on the 757/737 anyway, no change there. I suspect there are airflow problems with large bypass engines stuck on the sides of the rear fuselage, too -- no one has put them there since the 60's, and I don't believe any were high bypass designs, either.
