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Old Jan 4, 2016 | 7:08 am
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Originally Posted by PF PM
I remember the B727 takeoff! Slow to roll, loud, trailing smoke, and shallow climb to altitude. I also remember being at the parking lot underneath the departure path. You had to cover your ears and almost had to duck.

The Whisper Jet!
well, compared to its predecessors (707, DC-8, CV-880), it was much more like "whisper" inside since the engines were at the back rather than under the wings ... I think the advertising phrase was an attempt to convey that passengers in the front of the jet could actually carry on a conversation in a whisper
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