Design objectives of aircraft and search undertaken for optimum high-lift wing investigating several hundred arrangements; 727 is first aircraft to have triple-slotted flaps, and complete wing has maximum lift coefficient of at least 2.8; selection of 3 Pratt and Whitney JT8D-turbofan engines mounted on rear fuselage; airframe structure and details of flying controls, electric and hydraulic systems, air conditioning, ice protection and other features; cutaway drawing of aircraft and power plant.


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    Title :

    Boeing 727 -- Carefully optimized short-haul jet


    Additional title:

    Flight


    Published in:

    Flight ; 83 , n 2826


    Publication date :

    1963


    Size :

    14 pages


    Remarks:

    2 Folding Sheets


    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English