Boeing 727 TWA Commercial Aircraft Model

Item#: CAB727TWA

MSRP Price: $299.95

Factory Direct Price: $199.95

Factory Direct Models introduce this Made to Order Boeing 727 TWA Commercial Aircraft Model. This Boeing 727 TWA Wooden Airplane was handcrafted from the finest Philippine Mahogany and was sealed to last for generations. Working from our library of blueprints, reference materials and their exact photographs, Factory Direct Models master artisans recreated this famous commercial aircraft into an amazing detailed Model Airplane Replica.

This Boeing 727 TWA Wooden Aircraft comes with a detachable stand, a Laminated TWA Logo and an Inscription Plaque that adds beauty to this collectible wooden model airplane.

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Boeing 727 TWA History:

"The Model 727 was the second member of the Boeing jet family to appear, design work on a 'junior partner' for the Boeing 707/720 series having begun a full two years before the first Model 707 entered service. Many possible configurations were studied before Boeing decided to adopt the tri-jet arrangement with one engine in the rear fuselage and the other two on the sides of the rear fuselage in pods. By the autumn of 1959 the design had been frozen, based on three Allison-built Rolls Royce Speys (which had also been specified for the Hawker Siddeley Trident, launched in 1958 with a near-identical layout). By the time a launch decision was made on December 5, 1960, however, with orders for 40 aircraft each placed by Eastern and United Air Lines, Pratt & Whitney JT8D engines had been chosen, and these were destined to be used, in progressively more powerful versions, in every Model 727 built. The new airliner was designed to have as much commonality as possible with the• Model 707, and this applied in particular to the entire upper lobe of the fuselage (from the cabin floor up), thus permitting closely-similar cabin layouts and fitments to be used. At the time of its launch, the Model 727 had the most advanced aerodynamics of any commercial aircraft, with greater wing sweepback than was then and is now common, and a combination of high-lift devices on the leading and trailing edges to ensure reasonable field performance. The first flight of the Model 727 was made on February 9, 1963, the second aircraft following on March 12, 1963.

The original Model 727 production aircraft had an overall length of 133ft 2in (40.59m) and were later designated Model 727-100; engine options were the 14,0001b thrust (6,350kgp) JT8D-l or -7, and the 14,500lb thrust (6,577kgp) JT8D-9, and maximum take-off weight went from 152,0001b (68,947kg) to 160,000lb (72,575kg). A convertible passenger/cargo version with side-loading freight door was as new as the Model 727C (later Model 727-100C) on December 30, 1965. The 'stretched' Model 727-200 with dimensions as quoted above flew on 27 July 1967 and became the standard aircraft, initially with JT8D-7 engines and 169,0001b (76,655kg) maximum take-off weight but with engine and weight options as listed above. Introducing a number of refinements, improved cabin and greater fuel capacity, the Advanced 727 first flew on 3 March 1972, with JT8D-15 engines and a 191,0001b (83,636kg) gross weight. A pure freighter, with cabin windows blanked off, was the final Model 727 variant to appear, in 1983, and was known as the Model 727F, with a maximum payload (for the Federal Express 'small package' operation) of 58,750lb (26,650kg).

FAA Type Approval of the Model 727-100 was obtained on December 24, 1963, and the first revenue services were flown by Eastern on I February and by United on February 6, 1964. The first operator outside the USA was Lufthansa, on April 16, 1964. The Model 727C was certificated on 13 January 1966 and entered service with Northwest on April 23, 1966. Boeing obtained certification of the Model 727-200 on November 29, 1967, and Northwest flew the first service on 14 December, while All Nippon Airways was the first to fly the Advanced 727 in July 1972 following certification on June 14th. The first Model 727 with ATR on its JT8D-17R engines flew with Hughes Airwest on May 27, 1976, and Federal Express took delivery of the last Model 727 built, on September 18, 1984, bringing total production to 1,832 of all variants.

TWA (Trans World Airlines) ordered their first Boeing 737-31 aircraft in March 1962, with the first entering service on June 1, 1964. Deliveries of the TWA Boeing 727-231 began in March 1968. A total of 92 Boeing 727 aircraft of all types served with TWA, with the last one being retired on September 30, 2000.