UPS Boeing 727-22C(QF)

OY-UPD UPS 727 departing from Lisbon

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Autos & Vehicles

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• OY-UPD

[benandemily]

what exactly IS the difference between an MD-83 and a 727?

[iur7]

Well the MD-83 its one engine short of a 727.

[AccessAir]

This 727 has actually been re-engined with Rolls Royce Tay turbofans in place of the normal Pratt & Whitney JT8Ds, which are much, much louder than the Tays on this one...

[RavenStarr01]

the good old days when jets sounded like jets, not the oversized vacuum cleaners we have in the skies these days

[martyring]

@iur7 Details, Details. haha

[mjd4277]

Sadly,UPS has since retired all of its 727 fleet,having replaced them with Boeing 757PFs

[johnmunoz18]

@RavenStarr01 yea, but the oversized vacuum cleaners we have in the skies today can keep you alive

[buster757]

@PaganEgyptian MD 80 has TR's - DO YOUR RESEARCH before you spout off about something. I worked on 727's in the 70's 80's and 90's and there was not a better more powerful aircraft of it's size anywhere. The pilots flying your aircraft must have been using reduced power to save fuel.  At full power the 727 is a hot rod.

[1hijax]

@gbriff yes a 727-100 just re-engined all three of them

[pdlip1]

@1hijax

Cool, I worked there for a little while before I went to work for the Air Force.

[gbriff]

is this a 727-100?

[PaganEgyptian]

I will never fly a 727 again.. I thought I was going to have to get out and push last time I was on one... there was nearly no thrust... Even the MD-80/83 seem more powerful... even thought the MD 80 has no T.R.'s . I dont like flying on non TR airframes... heating up the brakes that hot makes me cringe, then all the metallic squealing you have to hear from them afterwards.

[1hijax]

I did these planes at DEE HOWARD , every one of them!!  Tay 650 roll royce engines, glass cockpits fly it 50ft off the ground and saves gas, all day long.

[sartozzi78]

Yes, the 650