Some PHX aviation history. That of the last Boeing 720 aircraft.
Honeywell, ex-Allied Signal, ex Garrett AiResearch used to have a Boeing 720 at their facility on the north ramp at PHX.....been a test bird there for well over 20 years. It had a test pod on the right forward fuselage where they'd hang engines that were being flight tested. Was a pristine aircraft and the last flying Boeing 720 in the world. The Honeywell flight crew signed their names on the side of the plane just days before the video was taken. It was wanted for a museum, but lawyers for Honeywell wouldn't allow it; deeming it legally had to be scrapped. And so it was in 2008, right on the ramp it had called home for 20+ years.
In the attached pics, you can see where the testbed engine was mounted on the right forward fuselage, near the R1 door. (photos courtesy Fine Art America)
Honeywell, ex-Allied Signal, ex Garrett AiResearch used to have a Boeing 720 at their facility on the north ramp at PHX.....been a test bird there for well over 20 years. It had a test pod on the right forward fuselage where they'd hang engines that were being flight tested. Was a pristine aircraft and the last flying Boeing 720 in the world. The Honeywell flight crew signed their names on the side of the plane just days before the video was taken. It was wanted for a museum, but lawyers for Honeywell wouldn't allow it; deeming it legally had to be scrapped. And so it was in 2008, right on the ramp it had called home for 20+ years.
In the attached pics, you can see where the testbed engine was mounted on the right forward fuselage, near the R1 door. (photos courtesy Fine Art America)
