A Boeing 767 captain who has flown the 727 and 747 but not the 737, Insler said that on the 727, “there was the known possibility of a runaway trim, and you could manually stop it. You could ...

Boeing's 727 came about after the successful development and launch of its mid-to long-range 707 model, which made its first flight in December 1957 and began its commercial career in October 1958.

SEATTLE -- The first Boeing 727 ever built completed its final flight Wednesday morning, taking off after 25 years of restoration work on a flight from Paine Field in Everett, Wash., to its new ...