Check this out: a 52-year-old 727-100 still utilized by Freight Dogs for Lineas Aereas Suramericanas out of Bogotá, Colombia. This was a cargo trip from Bogota to the island of Curacao in the Caribbean. Captain Oscar lands this baby Old School Manual. I enjoy watching the flap setting wheels rotate. Talk about way manual.

The last 727 was built back in 1984. This particular airframe, #162, was built back in 1966. And oh yeah.

The 727 was known to be the most glide-friendly aircraft ever produced by Boeing. It would glide for miles absent propulsion. Which is, of course, an issue unto itself.

BZ