Tips to flying the Boeing 727

[dougdrvr]

My favorite was Len's "Flight 219, the trip nobody loves" (Flying, April '78), a leg by leg description of flying a 15 hour two day trip on the 727. 4 legs on day one, 6 legs day two, with a rockin' TUL layover. 10 days flying a month = 75 hrs. Beautifully written, one of the articles we all read during our flight instructing/charter years that gave us a glimpse of "real airline flying".

Capt. Morgan had a way with words, didn't he? And yet, most of the time he wished that he could write as well as others. One of his most famous quotes, IMHO, was " Anyone can fly a plane, but it takes a genius to bid!"

 

[TriStar_drvr]

" Anyone can fly a plane, but it takes a genius to bid!"

After seeing my December award, I must be an idiot...

I was always too scared to try that "roll on" method of landing. I just flared until it looked about right and waited. Some were good, some not so bad, and a few were controlled crashes. I must admit it was a pretty cool first jet for me though.