Originally Posted by
FliFast
Neat stuff, especially at 400 kias. I can only bet the crickets were singing in the background.
FF
Nope.. ours could operate in the 'A' mode (when ZFW was not greater than 136k or takeoff greater than 176k.. why the heck do I still remember that???) or the "B" mode. In the "A" mode, Vmo was over 400...around 405 or 410. As I remember, the "B" mode was around 358.
We used to do a CLT SJU trip and we would be smokin' coming into the airfield. The controller said one day, "The only thing keepin' up with you guys is the A-7s in the PRANG."
We operated -200s with -7, -9 and -15 engines as well as inter-mixes. Never flew the -200 with the -17 engines but did get to fly a few modified 727s later. Boeing said they would NEVER again build an airplane with such a complicated wing.
"Give me 50% wing disassembly and the landing check..." (flaps 40..now locked out on many of the remaining 727s and many with the flaps 30 position locked out)