Murray, just ran across this
MH>An acquaintance of mine, Yen Ching Pao, an aeronauticel engineer par
MH>excellance, did the original stress analysis for the '27 tail while
MH>at Garrett Air Research.  I remember his words well. He said: I'd 
MH>never fly in this bird!'.  This goes back to the very early 60s.
Seems that so far his observation has been pretty wrong except the part 
that he personally didn't want to fly in that bird.  Seems the 727 came 
out about 64 and has been in continuous service since then, some 33 
years and probably the most reliable plane in the world chasing the DC-
3.  I pause to think how long it will continue in service and to my 
knowledge no accidents involving the tail section except ole DB doing 
the bailout.
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