Two further Boeing 727-200s, modified to "Super 27" configuration, have been delivered to private customers by BFGoodrich Aerospace's Aerostructures group (formerly Rohr) in California.
The Super 27 upgrade allows the 727 to meet Stage 3 noise requirements and involves replacing the two outboard engines with Pratt & Whitney JT8D-217Cs or -219s, reinforcing the pylons, adding a central engine-exhaust mixer and removing the cascade thrust reverser. The Super 27 programme was based on an earlier venture by Valsan Partners, which ceased trading in 1994 after 21 aircraft had been modified.
The latest programme, which was launched by Rohr in August 1996, has now come under the banner of BFGoodrich, which absorbed the engine-nacelle specialist in December 1997.
The two latest modifications, one for a Middle Eastern-owned 727-200 Adv and the other a Nomads Air Travel Club -200 Adv, brings the number of aircraft upgraded under the new Super 27 programme to six.
Source: Flight International
