Last Flight of a 727 - and a short field

[srgalahad]

FedEx has donated a B727 to the University of Alaska- Anchorage for use at their A&E school.
To deliver it they had to squeeze it into Merrill Field -Rwy 25 is 4000 Ft.

Well, maybe not a squeeze.. from the video you can see it was pretty-well stopped in about 2600 ft

GE Coordinates= 61.215670° -149.841811°

 

[mfitch]

If the plane was small enough for the taxiways, they could have pulled off at foxtrot. Because I work at the university, I was able to watch from the ramp near where the plane is now parked. The worst part is when I flew the pattern after they reopened the airport, I couldn't stop in less space.

It was a lot of fun watching the go arounds that close.

 

[Jagdflieger]

Kind of sad to see the 727 come to the end of its life. In the 70s to the mid 80s, odds were you'd be on a 727 if you were flying in the States. One time while waiting for a connection out of the old Stapleton International in Denver, I counted something like 13 727s in a line all queued up for take off with no other types in sight.

 

[Trans_23]

Reminds me of this one....