Yes, it's an old Champion bird.

and one of our favorites,a good flying ship,and blessed with an aux tank too.

Anyone watch??? Pretty awesome...and way to go Boeing! It held up pretty well...

N-293AS then XB-MNP... It Belonged to Alaska and several others before Champion.

JetPhotos.Net » Aircraft Census Database » CN 21348 Boeing 727-212(Adv) XB-MNP

I'm more impressed that the engines are still running! P&W JT8D!

Great show, but have to say, could have been planned a whole lot better.

For starters, after 4 years of planning and millions of dollars spent on a one-shot, no-fail test, this group of 15 or so pilots couldn't figure out that they'd need a chase plane in place that could actually keep up with the 727?!

AND have a ready spare on hand?!

C'mon.

My guess is that they did that for the TV show. Just like the narrator was putting all the drama in whether or not the remote system would work. The drama of crashing a jet in today's reality TV world isn't enough :rolleyes:

And how they kept saying it was the largest plane flown by remote control after they showed the NASA 707 crash. At least the pilot said it was the largest plane flown by a hand held remote control.

Or how how one of their experts said it would slow down 5 knots after the crew bailed. In a 727 ref moves 1 knot every 2000 pounds. Do the math.

Also right at the end I heard "Traffic, Traffic" which if you have a 337 on your wing tip you might expect. The subtitle said "Descending, Descending." I've never seen a GPWS that had a "Descending" call.

Very poorly written show full of inane commentary. Who were these guys? The chase plane was just one of the many ridiculous problems with there "plan". It's a shame such efforts were made with so little support to ensure a meaningful result.

The histrionics of the narration was laughable.

I didn't hear that.