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.
Boeing 727 -- Carefully optimized short-haul jet
Flight
Flight ; 83 , n 2826
1963
14 pages
2 Folding Sheets
Article (Journal)
English
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