Boeing 727-400
His airplane home in Oregon is a Boeing 727-400. It was a model produced by Boeing from 1960 to 1984 as a plane for airports with smaller runways. Apparently, it was the only Boeing model with three engines. It can seat 149 to 189 passengers and Delta Air Lines was the last major U.S. carrier to have used it. These days, Iran Aseman Airlines is the only carrier that continues to use Boeing 727 units.
Boeing 727-400
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A Bleak Past
It is interesting to learn that the specific plane had once transported the body of someone famous. When Aristotle Onassis died in France on March 15, 1975, it had been used to take him back to Greece. Jackie Kennedy Onassis, his wife at the time, rode the aircraft to accompany the body as well.
A Bleak Past
