Today is February 9,1963, when the Cuba crisis has just happened, before the killing of Jhon F. Kennedy and before the making of the Basic lenguaje. Today you can seat in the left side and go back to the days when the new Boeing 727-100 was the "non plus ultra" of the aviation, when there wasn't any civilian plane with more than 1000 units build. Boeing, like any other airplane factory of this days, made prototypes of its planes. There were famous by its cream and chocolat colors (727-100, 737-100), until it changed, first red and white (727-200, 737-200, 747-100), later the white, blue and red used today (737-300, 757, 767, 777). If you want to know how would have looked the Boeing 737-200 in present day Boeing colors, download my b737ah59 of Phoenix Aviation.
When Boeing launched the 727-100, there were build tree prototypes. The first one, or E1, carried the registration N7001U, and was sold to United Airlines. Today is in the Museum of Flight in Seattle and is being restored to its United Airlines decoration. If you want more information, conect to http://rbogash.com/ual727tx.htm, this is the place where I found almost all the information to make this repaint.
The E2 was the Second Production Airplane. With the same paint scheme as E1, was registrated as N72700, and it is often mistaken for E1. The painting changes only in the lack of the launching customers on the nose. E2 remained a Boeing airplane throughout its life, re-registered N1784B in 1971, then re-registered again in its original N72700 tail number in May 1975. Today the forward fuselage is being used in Boeing's Everett Plant as a worker training device.
The E3, the Third Production Airplane, was painted in a hybrid Boeing-United color scheme (United colors with Boeing markings), and was registered N7002U. It was sold to United Airlines, lated donated to the City of San Francisco and today can be seen at the ramp of San Francisco Community College at KSFO.
On September 17, 1963, the fourth production plane, registered N7003U, made a promotion trip around the world: Montreal, Azores, Tokio, Roma, Beirut, Karachi (when meeted with its rival the Trident 1 Prototype), Calcuta, Bangkok, Manila, Australia, Johannesburg, Nairobi and back to the United States by November.
As I allways do before make a repaint, I looked for Flight Simulator's 727-100 in Boeing colors, but seems that nobody has done it before.
About the 727-200, The first flight of the 727-200 occurred on July 27 1967, with certification granted in late November that year. The -200 was placed into service by launch customer Northeast Airlines (this airline was later acquired by Delta) the following month, by which time total 727 orders for both models had exceeded 500.
There were at least two 727-200 prototypes. One of them, registered N47876, has some pictures and a textures only made by Kevin Stewart for use with the Mike Stone's FS2002 model (Kevin made a mistake in the color of the plane: is red and white, not black and white). I found a Kevin Sparkuhl' repaint of a Erick Cantu's model, too. But I couldn't find any actual info about it.
Plus, I found TWO info about a N7270C: The first B727-100C built, this aircraft was ordered by Northwest but delivered to Piedmont instead in 04/67, today is registered as C-GKFC, operated by Kelowna Flightcraft and the N7270C registration is asigned to a Cessna. The second info about N7270C is: The first B727-200, first flight July 27, 1967, delivered to Northeast.
I received too a Boeing magazine picture of a 727-200 in the old "cream and chocolat" colors.
In this file I'm including the first three prototipes, even when the 727-100 are 20 feet shorter than the -200 model I used. The fourth is a -200 prototype in cream and chocolat colors with N7270C registration.
And the last is the N47876 in dark red and white colors, the only -200 prototype I'm sure. I couldn't find any actual information about this plane, and the FAA number is unasigned.
Sometimes is hard to find some public information in internet, this is one of this cases. If somebody has more information about this prototypes, please sendme an email, and I will improve this repaint.
Model by Mike Stone, Repainted by Alejandro Hurtado. Thanks to Robert Bogash for her web page and help given about the prototypes. If you want to make a contribution to the history of the civilian aviation, conect to http://rbogash.com/ual727tx.htm.
My previus repaints are:
For Fs2002 only:
b190ah6: Beech 1900D from Us Air Express
b190ah7: Beech 1900D from the canarian island's Air Atlantic
b737ah8: American Airlines Astrojet, a 2001 plane painted like the 60´s
b737ah12: A BWIA 737-800 in caribean decoration.
c235ah13: The CN-235 was used by the spanish line Binter Mediterraneo
d328ah15: The two Do-328 (prop) of Welcome Air
d328ah16: Air Engiadina was the launching client of the DO-328
For FS2002, in Fs2004 the night cockpit lightning doesnt looks well from outside:
b727ah1: Green and yellow Braniff's 727
b727ah2: 727 flow by Viasa when was bought by Iberia
b727ah3: Braniff 727 painted by Alexander Calder
b727ah4: One of the first 727 flow by Kulula.com
b727ah11: Alaska Airlines 727 leased to the Seattle NFL Team Seahawks
For FS2002, displays a warning in Fs2004 but works ok:
Ju52mlka: Ju-52 owned by Milka chocolats company, in flying state
tornah10: Tornado in 2001 Tiger Meet painting
For FS2004 and FS2002:
md11ah5: MD-11F from Eva Air Cargo
l1011ah9: Two L1011 leased by Iberia
d328ah14: The only Do-328JET of Welcome Air
atr4ah17: Two of the ATR-42 owneds by Lai, a venezuelan company
pby5ah18: A water bomber PBY Catalina, the Canso 71 was used in Spain
pby5ah19: A water bomber PBY Catalina, in red painting from Spain.
b727ah20: 727 flow by Singapore Airlines
d328ah21: DO-328 (prop) Welcome Air, upgraded for FS2004
b727ah22: Alaska Airlines 727, upgraded for FS2004
1049ah23: Super Constellation belonging to Linea Aeropostal Venezolana
b727ah24: Green and yellow Braniff's 727, upgraded for FS2004
b727ah25: Blue Braniff 727
1049ah26: Super Constellation from Iberia
b727ah22: Alaska Airlines 727, upgraded for FS2004
1049ah23: Super Constellation belonging to Linea Aeropostal Venezolana
b727ah24: Green and yellow Braniff's 727, upgraded for FS2004
b727ah25: Blue Braniff's 727.
1049ah26: Super Constellation from Iberia
d328ah27: Do-328 prop of Air Engiadina, upgraded for FS2004
p51dah28: P-51D Cripes a'Mighty 3rd, a beautifull warbird
b757ah29: Three liverys of the same B757 from LTE to Volar Airlines
b727ah30: Viasa's 727 with Iberia-like colors, upgraded for FS2004
d328ah31: Do 328 flow by VIP Airlines.
b737ah32: Rutaca's 737 in the colors of the Vinotinto Football Club
p51dah33: The only venezuelan P-51D
b727ah34: Red Braniff 727
a320ah35: A320 when LTE was renamed as Volar Airlines
b737ah36: American Airlines Astrojet, upgraded for FS2004
b727ah37: 727 charter flow by Amerijet
b757ah38: 757 Prestige, the biggest spanish private plane
p51dah39: Two P-51D Taiwan Air Force
p51dah40: Another P-51D Taiwan Air Force
p51dah41: P-51D Popular Liberation Army Air Force
p51dah42: Another P-51D Popular Liberation Army Air Force
d328ah43: Do 328-110 from Swisswings
met3ah44: Metro 3 Air Catalunya, a spanish charter company
met3ah45: Three Metro 3 operateds by Key Lime Air
p51bah46: A civilian P-51D in black and red colors.
b737ah47: The famous spanish 737 from Air Europa with Martini stickers
crvlah48: Two Finnair's Caravelle.
b737ah49: two 737-200 owned by the venezuelan company Avior.
crvlah50: Two Caravelles from the spanish line Hispania
p51dah51: This P-51D appeared in the movies "The Empire of the Sun" and "Menphis Belle"
b190ah52: Beech 1900D from Us Air Express, upgraded for FS2004
c130ah53: A civilian C-130 from Tepper Aviation.
b727ah54: Boeing 727-200 from Pride Air
b737ah55: A BWIA 737-800 in caribean decoration. Upgraded for FS2004.
b737ah56: A Boeing 737 from Lauda Air in Star Alliance painting
d328ah57: The only Do-328 owned by Federico II
pby5ah58: Two PBY Catalina in red painting
b737ah59: B737-200 of Phoenix Airlines painted in "Boeing-like colors"
Fixes:
fix01ah: Fixes the bottom color of b727ah24
fix02ah: Improves the flight dinamics of b757ah29 and b757ah38
Warranty:
I love the warranty wrote by Andrew W. Hall:
"None. Zip. Nada. Use at your own risk. I dont think
this will harm your computer in any way, but if it does, I
dont even want to hear about it."
A last remark: Why don't become a repainter? There are a lot of planes with special markings. I'm tired of the usual F-16 low-vis scheme, or the usual Delta 757 markings. Why don't a Tornado Tiger Meet or a serie of Ryanair's 737s? The plane modelers like Mike Stone are very important, but they can't make all the painting schemes by himselfs. So why don't help him and his friends?
INSTALLATION:
Just unzip b727ah60.zip in your "Aircraft" folder of FS2002, FS2004 or FS9 (make sure "use folder names" is checked), install your desired panel and that's all. If you don't know how to install a panel, just let the one who comes instaled.
