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Originally Posted by 727C47
What a great jet !, in my formative years I flew round engines,loved them,my first jet was the 727,loved it,another barber pole airchine,but always wondered about those hot baby Lears. You guys are blessed !
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The 727 landed somewhat similar to the Lear 20s. Come into the flare on speed, stable sink and pull the power to idle. The nose came up just slightly but the trick was to nail that pitch and the Mighty Tri-motor and the 23 would settle on nicely.
IF a sink rate developed or airspeed began falling off rapidly, begin adding power and don't stop until you arrest the sink, the speed decay or touch down.
The Mighty Tri-Motor was one of my real favorites and seeing 400kt + indicated was always a reason to smile. (we often flew in the A mode)