The Gamechanger - Boeing 727

Ruairidh MacVeigh May 24, 2025
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Welcome to the Ruairidh MacVeigh YouTube channel, where I present detailed documentaries on various trains, planes and automobiles from both my native UK and across the world, with deep insights into the economic, social and political factors that decided whether these transportation projects were either successes or failures. If you'd like to support what I do, and get early access to advert-free videos, please consider joining this channel to get access to perks: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCC8R7kmt-W14zWUcr8mymEQ/join Also, feel free to donate to either my PayPal or Ko-Fi for just £3. Feel free to contact me at my personal email address if you wish to ask any questions or have any concerns. Please do not ask me to do any paid promotions, sponsorships or endorsements.

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Join this channel to get early access to new videos a week ahead of their public release: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCC8R7kmt-W14zWUcr8mymEQ/join Howdy! :D Perhaps the first airliner to truly bring commercial aviation to the masses, the Boeing 727 answered the call of carriers seeking a jet airliner that would be able to access regional airports during the early 1960s that were too small for the use of the larger Boeing 707 or 720, culminating in an aircraft that presented a perfect mixture of practicality, style and performance, with many units still in active use well into the mid-2020s. Chapters: 0:00 - Preamble 1:27 - Downsizing the 707 4:12 - British Bungling 6:51 - Developed in Record Time 8:50 - Into Flight 12:57 - Master of all Trades 16:55 - Variants and Survivors 19:52 - Accidents 24:00 - Conclusion All video content and images in this production have been provided with permission wherever possible. While I endeavour to ensure that all accreditations properly name the original creator, some of my sources do not list them as they are usually provided by other, unrelated YouTubers. Therefore, if I have mistakenly put the accreditation of 'Unknown', and you are aware of the original creator, please send me a personal message at my Gmail (this is more effective than comments as I am often unable to read all of them): [email protected] The views and opinions expressed in this video are my personal appraisal and are not the views and opinions of any of these individuals or bodies who have kindly supplied me with footage and images. If you enjoyed this video, why not leave a like, and consider subscribing for more great content coming soon. Press the Join button to get access to new videos a week ahead of schedule by becoming a channel member for just £2.99 a month! Paypal: https://paypal.me/rorymacve?country.x=GB&locale.x=en_GB Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/rorymacve Thanks again, everyone, and enjoy! :D References: - Key Aero (and their respective references) - Wikipedia (and its respective references)

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