I think you are being somewhat diengenous to the Trident, with your 'cheap labour' assesment also implying that it was a technologically substandard product. It is well known that the trident - like all UK jets with the possible exception of the Hunting 1-11 - was hampered from a sales perspective by stict adherance to British carrier requirments. It was shrunk and underpowered as a result, but i innovated in many ways and was extremely advance.
The triple slotted flaps of the 727 were remarkable - but remember the Trident didn't have the hot and high short runway requirments for BEA. This was however required and achieved with the VC-10 over the 707.  
Blind auto landings you mention were pioneered by the Trident, as were triplex reduncancy systems. And don't forget Boeing benefitted from 'shared' development where they got all the technical data, and gave none in return.

Greg, did you work at ATA? My dad worked for that outfit, flight engineer and first officer, 727 and FO on L1011

I worked and retired from Boeing after 35 years. Joe Sutter is one of my heroes,  so that is my mindset. I worked on a couple of 727's in my day and one thing I can say about it was it was built like a tank. I have never seen, nor heard, of it's airframe EVER being fatigued. It was an amazing design. Period !!!! For us, with the principle of "airframe follows power plant", we always believed that the advance in power plants was what killed the 727. Thank you for a great video and for bringing back some wonderful memories .......................

The last 727 I flew on was a Western 727bgrom Los Angeles to Sacramento in March 1985.

I am actually very thankful for your inside into politics and management philosophy of that time period. It's intresting to see how americans lost this way of thinking unfortunately and that Boeing doesn't really prioritize its own workforce anymore. Great video!

Great video about my favorite airliner.  I appreciate the authenticity as well.

The trident was quite popular in Asia while the 727 was not

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I think Boeing had to adjust to the times. 727 was LOUD, inefficient, but gorgeous. There are a handful still flying.

I work for Boeing spares division and have for 29 years.  It's crazy watching the demand for 727 parts dry up over the years and we still have tons of NOS parts and kits in stock with no buyers. With a dozen 727s left flying this is not surprising and sad.

This is the plane that got me hooked on aviation to this day. I remember as if it was yesterday flying out of Burbank (BUR) to S.F. (SFO). This was a trip i took 2-3 times a year as a kid from 1970-81 on a wonderful PSA 727. As a family we really loved flying there, from Burbank you'd always walked out on the tarmac to board. My dad being a plane nut as myself got us tickets right behind the wing to watch that awesome flap action & so we could also board from the rear stairs to get a close look at the engines!

Really enjoyed this video and the follow ups. Any plans to do more civil aviation in the future?

The APU on the 727-200 was in the right main gear wheelwell.

I was a Canadian structural engineer on loan to Boeing from Canadair and worked on the rear fuselage  including the rear flat pressure bulkhead with a door in it  a most unusual design

What about the DC-9 ? When did McDonnell-Douglas start their smaler model ? Was it about the same time or later ? The european competitor 'Sud Aviation' (the "Caravelle") had a very similar idea of a small short-haul airplane mainly flown in Europe ... 😊

My first job after I finished graduate school was for the Institut für Kernphysik of the Kernforschungsanlage Jülich.  They sent my wife and me tickets for Lufthansa Airline.  We flew in December 1971 from California to Frankfurt, then from Frankfurt to Köln-Bonn on a 727.  I took short trips around Germany on 727s and 737s.  I noticed the difference, though I had the numbers switched in my mind until I watched this video.  I liked the 727 with its unusual engine placement, complicated flaps and boarding stairs.  I realized that with those flaps it must be intended for short runways, and I liked the way the stairs folded down from behind and underneath like a sex organ of a giant flying insect.

Cant help clicking on every thing727. Retired with 23,000 hrs stick time on it.

I just remember that outboard main gear door was unforgivable when changing outboard main gear tires, you can get knocked out if u get up too fast😮! And to follow the manual and stow that door correctly otherwise a guaranteed air return!

The 727 might have been a little quiet in the inside, but it was freaking noisy on the outside, I was nine years old in 1986 when my dad took me to the airport to watch the planes and I remember those sounds that went through my bones!

Holy wow, an aviation channel that honestly talks about the cultural difference between when progressive tax policies were the main thing in America and when we have neolibs and venture capitalists running our world. It's like the consequences were completely forseeable (because of the time between 1850-1929).

Edit: Could you please skip the trump jets in the future?