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On the approach, get your speed and set the fuel flows @ 3500# and she'd settle right into the grove. The secret to a greaser was to not yank the throttles to flight idle; but to gently walk them closed. If you slap them closed, you get a pitch change and a firm landing. If you walk them, and as you do that, gently break your rate of descent and slowly raise the nose, she'll roll right on. Then you can fly the nose down nice and easy as you bring the reversers in.
One of the nicest I ever got was on a -200 going into MDW. Put the runway numbers in the windshield where I wanted them and closed the power as we crossed Cicero. Rolled it on and stopped at the midfield with moderate brakes and reverse. Really ticked off the check airman who dropped the masks more than once.
The caveat: A light airplane (like a ferry flight) was really touchy. Much tougher to get a nice one out of, but doable.
Still miss the old girl. She was a blast to fly.
Originally Posted by ATCsaidDoWhat
I spent many happy hours in the 727. It got a bad rap back in the early days when guys transitioning from props and turboprops flew it like them. On climb out, let let her build up speed and gently bring her up and she climbs nicely...even the lead sleds (-7's) could be made reasonable.On the approach, get your speed and set the fuel flows @ 3500# and she'd settle right into the grove. The secret to a greaser was to not yank the throttles to flight idle; but to gently walk them closed. If you slap them closed, you get a pitch change and a firm landing. If you walk them, and as you do that, gently break your rate of descent and slowly raise the nose, she'll roll right on. Then you can fly the nose down nice and easy as you bring the reversers in.
One of the nicest I ever got was on a -200 going into MDW. Put the runway numbers in the windshield where I wanted them and closed the power as we crossed Cicero. Rolled it on and stopped at the midfield with moderate brakes and reverse. Really ticked off the check airman who dropped the masks more than once.
The caveat: A light airplane (like a ferry flight) was really touchy. Much tougher to get a nice one out of, but doable.
Still miss the old girl. She was a blast to fly.
She was a great ride. We used to call 145,000 lbs. "greaser numbers" on the -200's. The -100's, you could land more like an airplane. One of my memorable one's was my first time into ANC. Came up from SEA, never felt the touchdown. Just had the auto-speedbrakes handle drive back to deploy. Had to buy the first round. (It was worth every penney)
Jim
