Landing at Chicago O'hare United Airlines 727-200 (1997)

[MaxOfficialX]

Nice I subbed

[RicardoNY1]

That was a pretty smooth landing for a gusty approach.......superb 727 vintage video!

[tonyf734atl]

I miss the 727's...they were a great work horse for the airline industry ... i've flown on alot of them!

[cduluk]

this happened a day after my 8th birthday... damn, being on this flight would have been the best birthday present. I love the 727, but no one flies them anymore :(

[cubsrule2040]

@jimmyp42002 Now United flies 737NGs since they merged with Continental

[incheon]

How I miss the good old days of the 727's flooding practically every major airport in the U.S. Great video!!

[986tornado]

april 15 1997 ellens coming out day . i feel fucking old 31 well madey im doing it but time has past.

[jt8fan7272]

What a treat! Thanks so much for posting a video on my past favorite plane. This is definately priceless. I miss the ole 27s!!

[willineus2011]

Let me add my thanks for this. I think the 727 has to be my all-time favorite plane. Oh, to go back to the good old days! And that was possible with this vid!

[pacificbound67]

Another wonderful example of classic jet aviation. Thank you so much for the trip.

[hendriktoch]

Skyguy, Those Tri-jets were awesome planes.

I was lucky to fly on a 727 a couple of times; Once from Calgary to Montreal by Air Canada and once from LaGuardia, N.Y. to Columbus, Ohio.

Both flights were quite a experience.

Thanks for sharing this very nice video with us!

[ninjadude92584]

preety windy and gusty.and soft landing

[thedeitsch]

727 and the BAe-146 at 4:03 are two of the best aircraft ever.

[hawk45653]

Classic UAL aint it

[frtguy80]

@hawk45653 Sure is :)

[RHCP9181]

I remember flying for Skywest back in the 90s. Good Footage.

[pianomanmaestro]

awesome vid...

[MistaJ0001]

wow she actually used Bravo and Charlie. i sure miss those good ole days. best memories were on the 727 wish they could come back.

[antimatterXXXIII]

Interesting how the 747 wing is just a scaled up version of the one on this plane.

[MyPilot747]

landed too late and too fast

[rilowig]

Thank you for the upload!!!!!

[gluca90]

the best aircraft ever built ...

[frtguy80]

@gluca90 Couldnt agree more, I loved these good old birds :)

[HEAVYLOAD10]

one of the most elegant aircraft ever built....sadly missed

[BigSam3788]

Wind 200 at 16 gusting to 24? I bet it was fun for the pilots trying to land in that crosswind!

[runway34r]

@Cook1993 and you dont think that airbus would have thought of that? Im sure that there are backup systems and some kind of safety system. On the other hand, what if one of the control cables on a non-fly by wire plane breaks?

[c172kid]

Back when you didn't have to deal with the bullshit involved in flying today. God I miss those days.

[htshoward]

Never be another plane like the 727! I miss those engine and flap noises !

[mjd4277]

Miss those three holers!! It should be noted that from the time the first 727-200s entered United's fleet to the time the last ones were retired in October 2001 they maintained a PERFECT SAFETY RECORD!! No hull losses whatsoever affected the 727-200s in United's fleet. Also from the first 727-100s to the last 200s United operated over 200 of the tri-jets-far more than any other passenger carrier.

[MSTLOM]

Seat 20A?? 18A. 19A, 20A and 21A were my favorite seats in a 727-200

[jetstream1982]

y'know the enviorment its a big scheme to make money

[xhappyxlifex]

@jetstream1982 Destroying it makes even more money.

[johnmunoz18]

@Cook1993 your an idiot, go learn somfly by wire

[jetstream1982]

great plane,the old planes pour out black smoke which is beautiful to watch

[johnmunoz18]

@jetstream1982 but not for the enviorment

[airplanecrazy1989]

Wow, O'hare was very diffrent in 1997...all aircraft gray with maybe an old white plane seen and 737's and 727s rule. Now its Airbuses and a mix of gray and new white scheme...

[Skyflite]

You think that's bumpy on final, ever land at McCarren? During the summer months it's like a roller-coaster ride on final there in Vegas!

[ford9572]

The 27s KICKED ASS!!!!

[Ignantredneck]

What a great aircraft...I wish the airlines still flew them. I miss the 27's.

[ford9572]

No kidding!!! Imagine doing that on a washboard gravel road!!!

[kiriosalgado]

bumpy landing

[ford9572]

I remember my Mom & I & a friend were flying to Columbus, Ohio from Portland, Oregon in February 1996 on United, We flew on a 757 from Portland to Chicago on a 757 then in Chicago we transferred to a 727-200 for the Columbus flight, I remember it was 12 degrees in Chicago on that clear day and the Captain & First Officer of the 727 were having an extremely difficult time getting the Pratt & Whitney JT8Ds to fire up, We had to have a starting aid from a truck, But they started up fine. Just cold

[philliephanatic00]

this doesn't look anything like 1997

[naisi]

Well to go at least into some detail: Flight Envelope Protection, a part of a fly-by-wire system, reduces the range of movement an aircraft can perform. This way, in an emergency situation, the pilot must not worry about pulling the aircraft to far into the opposite direction because it naturally restricts him. So, should the aircraft pitch too much downwards, the pilot can pull it up without having to worry to cause a stall. This incorporates safety in fly-by-wire planes.

[naisi]

You do not seem to know how fly-by-wire works (which to explain would not be possible within a comment here), other than that you would not state such utter nonsense.

It is just as easy to manually correct a fly-by-wire plane as a 737NG. I would even go as far as saying that a fly-by-wire plane is security whise ahead of a non fly-by-wire aircraft due to verious reasons.

The only difference in security is that 737s can be controlled by flight-simmers should both pilots faint, an A320 cannot.

[stoeger40]

@naisi Have you ever landed on runway 1d10t?

[naisi]

The safety of todays planes is in direct connection to the maintenance standards of it's operators. The times when you could tell certain aircraft types "unsafe" are long gone, those were the seventies and to some extent the eighties. Today, if a plane crashes, it is because of a very very unlucky incidence, human failure or lack of maintenance. To say a 737NG is safer than an A320 by default is plainly false. A 737NG of United would not be safer than United's A320s.

[ford9572]

I WELL remember the sound of the flap motors on the 727!! Looks like there was a bit of a jolt on touchdown!!!!

[ford9572]

FUCKING MISS Good Ol' 727s!!!!

[Ignantredneck]

the 727 fucking rules.

[zoeylilcuds]

ha they even said my small airport Midland/Bay City/Saginaw (MBS) airport.

[manuelerwin64]

MOST BEAUTIFUL WINGS I EVER SEEN

[youtrein]

Niice landing !

[ojaldin]

love the sound of flap's motors

[fcriii]

I hear ya. Very distinctive sound of the flap motors. I'll always remember that about the 727.

[halo2windows]

But we all know 777s are the awesomest airplanes ever

[frtguy80]

@halo2windows I agree with you on that, the 777 is awesome, but the 727 such a classic, when United got rid of them I was so sad

[frtguy80]

@halo2windows I have to agree, as much as I loved the 727, the 777 is a real beast :)

[hawk4174]

Did you get off in ORD?

Sure do miss those 3 holer's!

[ojaldin]

Incredible video, it seems that it was very windy, you can how much the ailerons and spoilers are working as well a you can hear the trust back forth, nice landing. In the 727 also is fantastic to hear the motors deploying the flaps

[Springbok295]

Beautiful. My favorite aircraft.

[lawker777]

Seems like the safety record for the 727 is better than the 737. 737 scare me. I wish they upgraded this plane instead of just replacing it with crap 737

[Trevorpilot123]

The 727 were loud planes, but still very successful and awesome.

[dingdongditch1000]

I love the 727's!!!

[sbb924]

looks like a windy day

[WorldAirwaysMD11]

here is a thing for all of you who like aircrafts. The hardest plane to fly almost in the entire world is the 727. I flew the 727 once when i was with delta. The 727 is long gone and is not coming back. I wish they would come back so i could give it another try. A plane i think should come back is the L-1011 which was the plane i always flew with delta in the 90 and 80. Now i fly the MD-11 and it is ok but the 727 was a fun and challenging plane.

[Mark94xxx]

why was it hard to fly?

[naisi]

Because it is old. The 727 was one of the earliest jets. It outperformed Boeing's every calculations, it's calculated maximum takeoff weight, it's calculated fuel consumption, everything. This alone, as good as it might seem on the first look, should cause you to think that something cannot be right.

It was the first plane with aerodynamically formed wings. In the air, the 727 does not behave like todays modern planes.

[johnmunoz18]

@naisi whats the diffrence on how the 727 behaves than other planes

[JohnDH1977]

If anybody from Boeing is reading this...Bring back the 727!! Modern engines, modern avionics and modern materials. I bet it'd be alot cheaper than designing a whole new airplane. 2 man flightcrew glasscockpit fantasy of mine I guess.

[nanomusic]

they should of built a more efficient, quiet 727. then. the airlines wouldn't have retired them.

[luvtheroller]

The 727 built to last,great lines and fun to fly in,the NG 737 boring.

[johnwarman54]

yeah, america should've not retired them. I really now know why they called it the "T-tailed tigress".

[shortkid97]

why lol they were so old

[lowenbrau915]

I so miss the 727. Commercial flying has never been the same since! The JT-8D sounds do it for me every time! My favorite UA 727 was N7274U. Long cut up for scap these days!

[jt8fan7272]

Wow! Great vid of the 27! Thanks for the memories!!

[Dimension150]

Thank you for this video! I miss the 727!

[cubsrule2040]

got replaced with the 737-800

[jimmyp42002]

united dosn't have NG 737's. the 727 was replaced by the 737-500 /(now also on its way out) and A320

[cubsrule2040]

I know that. I was mentioning that other airlines such as Continental, American, and Delta replaced the 727 with the 737-800.

[BrothersButler]

it was moving a lot on final, wasn't it?

[skyguy414]

Yeah, it was pretty gusty.

[Apollo580]

@BrothersButler Well it is the windy city. :P

[vargas37]

man,i love the 727! the last ua 727 i flew on was ord-roc sept 2,2001

[cubsrule2040]

Many airlines are replacing the 727 with the 737-800

[Keagkid]

It seems like so long ago that those planes were flying. But, I flew cross-country every month when I was a baby from LAX to BOS. Ahh, I have probably been on a 727, or an MD-11 and didn't even know it.

[cubsrule2040]

the flap sounds on the 727 sound like the 737 Classic

[skyguy414]

I know, I love it.

[PeterNGloor]

@cubsrule2040

must have the same mechanism

[noonedude101]

@cubsrule2040

Its the other way around. The 727 came first.

[DannyBoy1587]

wow was it windy that day or something?