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We share a heartfelt farewell tribute to the legendary Boeing 727 HK-5216, which may have been the úlast 727 Colombian.
Human beings are sociable by nature and develop attachments to the tangible and intangible.: a pet, your children, a flat loveóNico O, in extreme cases, to his cóspouse or ex-partner.
Post written by: William Casalins
Aeron Engineeráuseful
Foundationón SON
When you receive a programóflight number, everything flows naturally: get your things ready, you briefly review the route and documents, and you arrive at the dispatch office. Then you go to the platform and thereí Eastá. You see it and smileíes. The silhouette of the avión is beautiful; its slender fuselage and tail «T» they make it look stylized. There are no engines in the wings, which gives it aéclean ethics.
As you get closer, you start the inspectionóexternal security number. You verify that there are no maintenance benches nearby by testing the control surfaces and ensuring that theñas isén positions to prevent the aircraftón move on a slope when testing the anti-skid. You leave your suitcases at the foot of the stairs and go directly to the left train station.; allí you verify that the APU fire bottle has the pressureón correct (about 365 PSI) and that the witness indicates that it has not been fired.
You get into the cabin and prepare.ópreliminary n to energize the aircraftón, although maintenance almost always has it ready. You review the report book, fuel and engine oil levels. Activate a hydraulic pumpástreet (System B) and go down again to complete the inspectionón exterior. Upon returning to «your office», You sit down and adjust the chair to suit you.. You inform the Commander about the reports and the status of the aircraftón; That's when the real mental work begins..
You calculate the speeds and powers according to the weight, weather and track conditions. You look at the instrument panel again and a feeling comes over you.ón of longing: infinite nostalgia knowing that soon, tú and your avión, they are going to retire.
The cabin is spacious compared to current airplanes of the same size.ñO. By being designedñspecially designed for short runways and difficult airportsíCila, It has an impressive display of hyper-sustaining surfaces. If we wereéwe were the relative wind, surround it beíto a great challenge; However, once the avióno left «cleansed», shoots like a bullet reaching high cruising speeds, close to Mach 0.82.
Takeoff is dramático. No matter whaté it is so lighté the grandfatherón, We always see the main wheels stuck to the concrete while the nose rises several meters off the ground with a ápronounced angle of about 15 degrees. The pilot rotates it extremely gently to prevent the tail skid and the rear of the central engine from rubbing the track.. As a curiosity, thanks to its great braking efficiency (which includes the nose wheels), Decisi's speedón ($V_1$) usually coincides with the rotationón ($V_R$). This allows excellent Improved Climb maneuvers to improve performance in case of péEngine loss on takeoffs from CR airportsíticos.
You must rotate it delicately; if you hit the tail skid, the grandfatheróI won't charge youá. Its numerous v generatorsóarticulations in the vertical stabilizer and its enormous ruddersón con anti-balance tab (that look like flaps) They give great effectiveness to their thick tail. In its élittle, teníto fame of «track breaker» due to configurationón of its main gear and its weight, in infrastructure designñadas for m aircraftás light.
Boeing USEó the same narrow fuselage for the B707 models, B720, B727 and B737. Their cabins were almost idéantiques for a layman; However, between the series 100 and 200, The visual difference was in the oval or round shape of the central engine air intake.. The horizontal stabilizer hasíto a negative dihedral of -3 degrees, diseñI love theí to reduce elevator swing. Its ventral ladder, además to bring elegance, I do itíself-sufficient for embarkation and disembarkation. In fact, a famous passenger (D.B. Cooper) escapó over thereí after a robbery on board, lanceáparachutingínever to be found. After that incident, settleó a security device called «Cooper vane» to prevent its opening in flight.
He's a grandfatherón with many lovers because of her beauty, both on the ground and in the air. Today in Día, Its thunderous sound makes it unmistakable in the few airports whereún opera.
I flew ité for many toñas a flight engineer. A lots of pilots, co-pilots, mecánicos and dispatchers accompany usñaron on countless journeys. One develops empathyía with the máwhich one. Therefore, when I saw it on televisionón dragging a wing across the floor, night, under the control of a crewóheroic despite the collapse of the left train, I couldn't contain theámakeup. A deep sadness invaded meó. It was him úlast of his kind in the companyñíwhere did I serveí; I expected it to fly at least one año más and that he would retire like a soldier who fulfills his duty with honors.
Sadly it wasn't like thatí, although in his úlast minutes of flight take careó of its dedicated and well-trained crewón. God bless captains Julio and Español, to engineer Ramírez and téCnico Buitrago, who overcame the emergency with impeccable professionalism, knowing that a landing with retro main gearído (partial gear up landing) it rarely ends well.
We retire together, my dear and beautiful máwhich one. Seeing you hurt, with a broken wing and a «pata» ravine, parecíask for help. Later, seeing you leave the track towed by a tractor, sore but not complaining, I couldn't máyes and I collapsedé. Charmé I shook my head and criedé. Your crewón did an impeccable job; thanks to them, your pain was not greater.
