BillD22 Posted October 4, 2015 Share Posted October 4, 2015 Here's a quick shot of a FedEx B727-200F from sometime in the 1990's along with an ad slogan from that era. The airplane is on a visual approach to Panama City airport in Florida (KPFN) in the early morning hours with the rising sun casting a pink glow on the airplane and clouds. You can see the airport rotating beacon as a point of light next to the waters edge in the lower right of the shot FedEx has long since retired all of their 727's so this is a scene that you won't be seeing again in the r/w The airplane is the Captain Sim FSX 727 ported over to the latest version of P3D v3 so the clouds and scenery are the P3Dv3 default textures [click on the image for a full screen view] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NMLW Posted October 4, 2015 Share Posted October 4, 2015 And they're still getting it there - with newer aircraft. Nice one Bill. :cool: :) Larry Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillD22 Posted October 4, 2015 Author Share Posted October 4, 2015 And they're still getting it there - with newer aircraft. Nice one Bill. :cool: :) Thanks Larry! I sat next to a FedEx Captain who was deadheading on a flight from Dallas to El Paso once a few years ago - he was wearing a ball cap that said "FedEx - Because packages don't bitch!" You gotta love it!!! :D:D:D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peer01 Posted October 4, 2015 Share Posted October 4, 2015 Nice 727 here Bill :cool::cool::cool: [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drobson Posted October 5, 2015 Share Posted October 5, 2015 We have one of those sitting at KBIL that was given to the city of Billings for training purposes. De-fueled, and engines removed. [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MBKHOU Posted October 5, 2015 Share Posted October 5, 2015 Always thought the 727 was probably the best looking of the Boeing jets with that swept back tail and all. I always liked it better than the 707 as far as looks. I remember when I was in the 3rd-4th grade in the middle 60's, I used to draw pictures of that plane, using that exact side profile view. :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darrenvox Posted October 5, 2015 Share Posted October 5, 2015 Nice pic WJA221, BFL0200, ASA2703 http://www.darrensfs9site.weebly.com http://darrensflightsimblog.blogspot.com/ https://discord.gg/6d5V7Qu << <<<fs9 discord Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillD22 Posted October 5, 2015 Author Share Posted October 5, 2015 We have one of those sitting at KBIL that was given to the city of Billings for training purposes. De-fueled, and engines removed. There're everywhere!! We've got one here too - FedEx must have gotten a tax write off or something for donating them ;) Thanks for the good words Jan, Darrell, Darren, & MBK Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pinkyjr Posted October 5, 2015 Share Posted October 5, 2015 Here's a quick shot of a FedEx B727-200F from sometime in the 1990's along with an ad slogan from that era. The airplane is on a visual approach to Panama City airport in Florida (KPFN) in the early morning hours with the rising sun casting a pink glow on the airplane and clouds. You can see the airport rotating beacon as a point of light next to the water in the lower right of the shot FedEx has long since retired all of their 727's so this is a scene that you won't be seeing again in the r/w The airplane is the Captain Sim FSX 727 ported over to the latest version of P3D v3 so the clouds and scenery are the P3Dv3 default textures [click on the image for a full screen view] [ATTACH=CONFIG]183095[/ATTACH] Did Captain Sim ever release a fix for the P3D "cant find aircraft" bug?.....it sucks having to start P3D directly from a flight plan every single time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
av8tor98 Posted October 5, 2015 Share Posted October 5, 2015 Bill, great pic of the 727! I use to jumpseat quite often on the -27. Always enjoyed it! Yes, FedEx did get some tax incentives for donating the -27 to various schools. At any rate, now I jumpseat mainly on the MD-11, 757 and A-300/310. Haven't been on the 767 and 777 yet. Not long ago one of the Airbus captains (jumpseating as well) told me he had the best part time job anyone could ever have....he worked only 2 weeks a month. He even mentioned how much he made last year. I was not surprised at all....haha! JOE- Asus P8Z68- V Pro; CPU: Intel i7-2600K 3.4ghz OC'd 4.6Ghz, 8G Corsair Dominator Platinum DDR3-1600, EVGA 1080Ti 11G ACX Cooler Samsung 500G OS drive, 3 WD 1T Raptor HDD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillD22 Posted October 5, 2015 Author Share Posted October 5, 2015 Did Captain Sim ever release a fix for the P3D "cant find aircraft" bug?.....it sucks having to start P3D directly from a flight plan every single time. Haven't run into that problem but am having some probs with the CS 727 flight instruments working in P3Dv3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillD22 Posted October 5, 2015 Author Share Posted October 5, 2015 Bill, great pic of the 727! Not long ago one of the Airbus captains (jumpseating as well) told me he had the best part time job anyone could ever have....he worked only 2 weeks a month. He even mentioned how much he made last year. I was not surprised at all....haha! Thanks Joe - nice work if you can get it! :D:D:D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adamb Posted October 7, 2015 Share Posted October 7, 2015 Great shot Bill, my favorite commercial jet! :) [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
annber Posted October 7, 2015 Share Posted October 7, 2015 Nice Bill, I used to fly on those 727 quite a bit with Eastern.:cool: ANNBER https://www.facebook.com/Photosim-Labs-133663917277630/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
omega7 Posted October 7, 2015 Share Posted October 7, 2015 Very fine looking 727 capture :cool::) [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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