Word: 727s
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...pilot, Capt. Robert Smith, downplayed his efforts and said Boeing 727s are "fabulous" aircraft...
...quick inspection of Eastern's fleet of 111 older 727s turned up some disquieting results. One 24-year-old Eastern jetliner was grounded in Boston after the airline's mechanics discovered a 3-in. crack in roughly the same area as the one on Flight 251. And apparent corrosion near some rivets on its fuselage grounded another 727 in Miami. The plane involved in last week's incident had had seven other unscheduled landings since 1983, and recent safety inspections had uncovered two structural cracks...
...decreased the margin of safety in commercial aviation. Although older jetliners have been subject to special inspections since 1983, the FAA responded to the Aloha accident by ordering airlines to replace the rivets on 737s built before 1971. Last week the agency announced that a similar order for aging 727s would be issued in January...
...growing some 7% a year and backing up taxiways at airports from Hong Kong to Dallas. To cope with the crowding, carriers are buying larger aircraft, reducing the number of individual flights. A new midrange Boeing 767, which carries as many as 260 travelers, can replace two smaller 727s or Douglas...
Never one to pass up a good thing, billionaire developer Donald Trump entered the airline business last week. He bought the shuttle from Frank Lorenzo, who owns Texas Air, which owns Eastern, for roughly $365 million in cash. For that Trump gets a fleet of 17 Boeing 727s, landing facilities in Boston, New York City and Washington, and the right to stencil his already ; household name on the tail of an Establishment institution. And never one to leave well enough alone, Trump vowed to run it as a "diamond," with immaculate planes swooping in and out on time, providing...