Boeing 727

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commercial airliner narrow-body jet airliner

The Boeing 727 is a mid-sized, three-engine narrow-body jet airliner introduced in the 1960s that became one of the most widely used commercial aircraft for short- and medium-haul routes.

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	commercial airliner → narrow-body jet airliner →
configuration	trijet →
crew	3 →
cruiseSpeed	876 km/h →
designedFor	operation at smaller airports → operation from shorter runways →
developedBy	Boeing →
developedFrom	Boeing 707 →
engineModel	Pratt & Whitney JT8D →
engineType	turbofan →
enteredServiceWith	Eastern Air Lines →
enteredServiceYear	1964 →
firstFlightDate	1963-02-09 →
firstOperator	Eastern Air Lines →
fuselageType	narrow-body →
height	10.36 m →
icaoAircraftTypeDesignator	B727 →
introducedInYear	1963 →
landingGearType	tricycle landing gear →
length	40.59 m →
manufacturer	Boeing Commercial Airplanes →
maximumPassengerCapacity	189 →
notableOperator	American Airlines → Delta Air Lines → Japan Airlines → Lufthansa → Pan American World Airways → United Airlines →
numberOfEngines	3 →
primaryEraOfUse	1960s → 1970s → 1980s →
primaryRole	short- to medium-haul airliner →
productionEndYear	1984 →
productionStartYear	1962 →
range	4080 km →
roleVariants	combi → freighter → passenger →
serviceCeiling	11300 m →
status	out of production →
successor	Boeing 737 → Boeing 757 →
tailConfiguration	T-tail →
totalProduced	1832 →
typicalPassengerCapacity	149 →
variants	Boeing 727-100 → Boeing 727-200 → Boeing 727-200 Advanced →
wingPosition	low-wing →
wingspan	32.92 m →

Referenced by (7)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Boeing 727 ("Boeing 727-100") → Boeing 727 ("Boeing 727-200") → Boeing 727 ("Boeing 727-200 Advanced") →	variants
Boeing 737 → Boeing 757 →	predecessor
Boeing →	notableProduct
Hawker Siddeley Trident ("Boeing 727 (in many airline fleets)") →	successor