1964 Boeing
727-25, c/n 18262/41, N8111N, “111”, marked Whisperjet on middle
engine nacelle, Eastern Air Lines, New York City, New York, USA;
powered by three 14,000-lbs thrust Pratt & Whitney JT8D-7B
low-bypass turbofan engines; crew of three (pilot, co-pilot,
flight engineer), 131 passengers, mid-size, narrow-body airliner;
original short-body version, retrospectively designated -100
Series; built by The Boeing Company, Seattle, Washington at
Renton, Washington; first flight on April 17, 1964; delivered on
April 30, 1964; N8111N, Aviation Sales Co. Inc., Miami, Florida;
broken up in September 1982.
In poor
condition. Somehow the nose section, to just aft of the cockpit
windows, found a resting place at the end of the Blades Aviation
building. I first saw it on an early afternoon walk in the
vicinity and on the airport grounds on Sunday, January 10, 2010.
Pitt Meadows Regional Airport (YPK), Pitt Meadows, B.C., Canada
on Sunday, September 18, 2011 at 2:59
pm.
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