Trip to Van Nuys Airport (California) 727 Corporate & A-

A friend of mine who is a pilot for a 727 Corporate Jet, invited me to take a look at the aircraft.

The 727-100 was simply gorgeus, it was shined as if it just came out of detailing & it even had Boeing hubcaps! I was not allowed to take photos of the interio, but, their is going to be special in a future edition of
http://www.architecturaldigest.com/ when it comes out, we can see some of the photos then. The 727, was loaded with a shower, gold rimmed sinks, beds, recliner chairs, plasma screen TV's, etc, (airplane was nicer than most houses)

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Now, the icing on the cake for me, was seeing the A-3 Skywarrior on the ramp (I was a mechanic on the A-3)! They had Raytheon logos, all with different nose-cones on the aircraft, looks like Rayhteon was testing different types of radar?

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