Originally Posted by
Twin Wasp
But Valsans only have 200 series engines on the pods. Most of them were 100s with a -9 in the center. I know of one 200 Valsan, it's got a -17 in the center but I don't know if it's a 17AR.
Fedex at one point had 13 Valsans, all conversions of 727-2S2F -17 engined 200s. Also, Express One International had 2 727-221 -17 Valsans that were converted by Ultra Air, a charter company that folded. The original engines on the -221s as ordered by Panam were -17Rs, which had the APR performance reserve system. After conversion, they were plain -17s with no reverser.