TWA 727 madness!

grchase90 said:
Why does every landing look like they bounced? Was that a common 727 characteristic?
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Apparently the 72 was a very difficult airplane to land; maybe someone will chime in who's actually flown it.

Oh, Lambert field! Gone are the days of 50 cent jet fuel and TWA... It's sad to go in there now -- the airport definitely isn't what it used to be. I remember as a kid sitting in the little coffee shop upstairs and watching the ANG F-15's do pattern work.
 
I remember hanging out in the grave yard on the approach end of that runway, glideslope party's we called them, in the early 80's. They seemed to go so low over your head that it would have been possible to hit them with a beer bottle. I flew in there two summers ago, and it looked like (in my 130 knot glance) that the graveyard was not even there anymore...?
 
Don't know where the grave yard was but I do know they extended the runways about 15 years ago, which got rid of the TWA employee parking lot so maybe it got rid of the graveyard too.
 
The 727 just "looks" right. If you say "airliner" to me, I free-associate either a DC-3 or a Boeing 727.

Incidentally, ex-TWA American pilots are great fun to jumpseat with.

TallFlyer said:
A fun article on the 727. Includes one tip about landings.....
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Most airplanes have three speeds that you need to know... ;)
 
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