Editing Boeing 727 (section)

==Aircraft on display==
A large number of surviving retired 727s remain, largely as a result of donation by [[FedEx]] of 84 of them to various institutions. The vast majority of the aircraft was given to university aviation maintenance programs. All but five are located within the United States.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Bostick|first1=Brian|title=Interactive Map: Retired FedEx Boeing 727s Dot The Globe|url=http://aviationweek.com/blog/interactive-map-retired-fedex-boeing-727s-dot-globe|website=Aviation Week Network|publisher=Penton|access-date=April 6, 2017|date=November 24, 2014|archive-date=April 7, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170407064203/http://aviationweek.com/blog/interactive-map-retired-fedex-boeing-727s-dot-globe|url-status=dead}}</ref> Notable aircraft include:

* [[N7001U]] – 727-022 is on static display at the [[Museum of Flight]] in [[Seattle, Washington]]. It was the first 727 completed. It departed from Paine Field in [[Everett, Washington]], and landed at the museum on March 2, 2016.<ref>{{cite web|title=Boeing 727-022|url=http://www.museumofflight.org/aircraft/boeing-727-022|website=The Museum of Flight|access-date=March 31, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last1=Farris|first1=Brandon|title=The First Boeing 727 Prepares For a Last Flight|url=http://airwaysnews.com/blog/2016/03/01/boeing-727-prepares-for-last-flight|access-date=March 31, 2017|work=Airways News|publisher=Airways International, Inc|date=March 3, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160306033949/http://airwaysnews.com/blog/2016/03/01/boeing-727-prepares-for-last-flight|archive-date=March 6, 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref>
*N7004U – 727-022 is in storage at the [[Pima Air & Space Museum]] in [[Tucson, Arizona]]. It was the first 727 delivered to a customer and the first to make a commercial flight.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Boeing 727-100|url=https://pimaair.org/museum-aircraft/boeing-727-100/|access-date=June 4, 2021|website=Pima Air & Space|language=en-US}}</ref>
* N7017U – 727 is on static display at the [[Museum of Science and Industry (Chicago)|Museum of Science and Industry]] in [[Chicago, Illinois]]. It was donated by [[United Airlines]]. It features cutaway sections showing airplane framework and lavatory, cockpit view, and a few rows of seating.<ref>[http://www.msichicago.org/explore/whats-here/exhibits/transportation-gallery/the-exhibit/united-airlines-boeing-727/ "United Airlines Boeing 727."] ''Chicago Museum of Science and Industry.'' Retrieved: December 19, 2016.</ref>
* N166FE ''Bud'' - 727-100F is on static display at [[Musée de l'air et de l'espace]] in [[Le Bourget]], [[France]]. It was formerly operated by FedEx and donated to the museum in 2007.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2007-06-21 |title=FedEx Donates Boeing 727 to Le Bourget Air and Space Museum |url=https://newsroom.fedex.com/newsroom/europe-english/fedex-donates-boeing-727-to-le-bourget-air-and-space-museum |access-date=2024-08-04 |website=FedEx Newsroom |language=en}}</ref>
* N186FE – 727-100 is on static display at [[Owens Community College]] in [[Perrysburg, Ohio]]. It formerly was operated by FedEx and donated by the company in 2007.<ref>{{cite web|title=FedEx Donates Boeing 727 Aircraft to Owens Community College|url=http://www2.owens.edu/news-releases/?p=497|website=Owens Community College|access-date=March 31, 2017|date=April 19, 2007|archive-date=March 31, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170331142637/https://www2.owens.edu/news-releases/?p=497|url-status=dead}}</ref>
* N199FE – 727-173C is on static display at the [[Kansas Aviation Museum]] in [[Wichita, Kansas]]. It was formerly operated by FedEx as N199FE.<ref>{{cite web|title=Boeing 727|url=http://kansasaviationmuseum.org/visit/aircraft/boeing-727|website=Kansas Aviation Museum|access-date=March 31, 2017}}</ref>
* N113FE ''Jarrod'' – 727-022C is in storage at the [[National Museum of Commercial Aviation]] in [[Atlanta, Georgia]]. It was formerly operated by FedEx as N113FE, and by United Airlines before that as N7437U.<ref>{{cite web|title=FEDEX 727-022C; S/N 19894|url=http://nationalairlinemuseum.org/aircraft-cockpits-gse/aircraft/87-fedex-727-022c-s-n-19894|website=National Museum of Commercial Aviation|access-date=March 31, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170401232340/http://nationalairlinemuseum.org/aircraft-cockpits-gse/aircraft/87-fedex-727-022c-s-n-19894|archive-date=April 1, 2017|url-status=dead}}</ref>
* N265FE ''Paul'' – 727-200 is on static display at the [[Florida Air Museum]] in [[Lakeland, Florida]]. It was formerly operated by FedEx.<ref>{{cite web|title=EXHIBITS|url=http://www.flysnf.org/ace/exhibits|website=Sun 'n Fun|access-date=March 31, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170314235632/http://www.flysnf.org/ace/exhibits/|archive-date=March 14, 2017|url-status=dead}}</ref>
* N492FE ''Two Bears'' – 727-227 is on static display at FLY8MA in [[Big Lake, Alaska]]. It was transported from [[Anchorage, Alaska]] to The FLY8MA Pilot Lodge in April 2023, and converted into an airplane home.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Kotwicki |first1=Jon |title=727 Airplane Home |url=https://fly8ma.com/727-airplane-home/ |website=FLY8MA.com |date=January 12, 2024 |publisher=FLY8MA |access-date=12 January 2024}}</ref>
* N874AA – 727-223 was previously on display at the [[Museum of Flight]] and later stored for the [[Airline History Museum]] at [[Boeing Field]] in Seattle.<ref>{{cite web|title=BOEING 727-223|url=http://www.airlinehistory.org/boeing-727223|website=Airline History Museum|access-date=December 4, 2017}}</ref> The aircraft was eventually seized by [[King County, Washington]] for nonpayment of rent and storage fees, declared nonairworthy, and scrapped at Boeing Field in November 2021.<ref name=":3" />
* N211DB - 727-2J4 forward fuselage is reused as a commercial aviation set and on display at EECity, an experience facility for children located in [[Beijing]], [[China]].{{Fact|date=October 2024}} It was formally operated by Sky One Express Airlines before retirement.{{Cn|date=October 2024}}
* G-BNNI ''Lady Patricia''{{Snd}} 727-276 was last flown by [[Sabre Airways]] in 2000. Purchased by 727 Communications, an advertising company in [[Skanderborg]], [[Denmark]], it now serves as a conference room and billboard at their offices.<ref name="AAO-VH-TBK">{{cite web |title=VH-TBK Boeing 727-276A |url=http://www.aussieairliners.org/b-727/vh-tbk/vhtbk.html |website=www.aussieairliners.org |access-date=November 24, 2018}}</ref>
* VP-CMN "[[Pytchair|PYTCHAir]]" - 727-46 is located in [[Bristol]], UK, and was purchased by technology investor Johnny Palmer for his media company PYTCH. The fuselage is resting atop a series of [[shipping containers]] and was transported in February 2021.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.itv.com/news/westcountry/2021-03-01/boeing-727-travels-down-m4-m5-and-m32-to-bristol-to-be-turned-into-office-space|title = Boeing 727 travels to Bristol to be turned into office space|date = March 4, 2021}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://metro.co.uk/2021/03/01/boeing-727-taken-for-a-drive-down-the-m5-to-bristol-14166230/|title = Boeing 727 taken for a drive down the M5|date = March 2021}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/boeing-plane-stops-traffic-its-23581367|title = Enormous Boeing plane stops traffic as it is driven on motorway to new home|website = [[Daily Mirror]]|date = February 28, 2021}}</ref>
* XA-RRA – 727-14, last operated by [[TAESA Lineas Aéreas|Taesa]] is located in [[Mexicana de Aviación (1921–2010)|Mexicana de Aviación]] livery at Parque Metropolitano in [[León, Guanajuato]], Mexico.{{Cn|date=September 2024}} 
* XC-FPA – 727-264/Adv, last operated by the Mexican Federal Police, is on display in [[Parque Tangamanga]], [[San Luis Potosí City]], Mexico.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.scramble.nl/database/civil/details/B727_1714|title=Civil Database|website=Scramble|accessdate=April 6, 2021}}</ref>
* A nose section of a 727 is on static display at the [[Museum of Flying]] in [[Santa Monica, California]]; it was donated by FedEx after retirement, and underwent a complete restoration in the fall of 2018.<ref>{{cite web |title=Boeing 727 cockpit {{!}} Museum of Flying |url=https://www.museumofflying.org/explore/artifacts/boeing-727-cockpit/ |website= |date=March 4, 2019 |access-date=March 21, 2021}}</ref>
* N149FE, a 727-22 (S/N 19807) manufactured in 1967, is on static display at [[Guilford Technical Community College]] (GTCC) in [[Greensboro, North Carolina]]. It was formerly used by the [[FedEx Express]] before being donated to [[TIMCO]] (now [[HAECO]]) as a maintenance training aid before being donated to Guilford Technical Community College for use as a training aid for their [[Aircraft maintenance technician]] program.<ref>{{Cite web |last1=Airport |first1=Mark EvansMark has been interested in aviation since the age of eight when he first went plane spotting at Manchester |last2=years |first2=England Trips around various European airports in the following |last3=industry |first3=then to the USA as a teenager furthered his desire This led to Mark wanting to work in the |last4=training |first4=at the age of twenty one was accepted to train as an Air Traffic Controller After |last5=England |first5=working for several years in |last6=Sydney |first6=Mark moved to Bahrain in the Middle East where he worked for six years He then moved to |last7=countries |first7=Australia where he resides today after twenty years in the profession Mark's pursuit to see planes has seen him visit over 140 |last8=territories |last9=Places |first9=Including |date=June 7, 2022 |title=FedEx Boeing 727s: Where Are They Now? – AirlineGeeks.com |url=https://airlinegeeks.com/2022/06/07/fedex-boeing-727s-where-are-they-now/ |access-date=June 21, 2023 |website=AirlineGeeks.com – LIVE. LOVE. AVIATION. |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Aviation Systems Technology |url=https://www.gtcc.edu/academics/academic-programs/programs/manufacturing-transportation-construction/aviation-systems-technology.php |access-date=June 21, 2023 |website=www.gtcc.edu}}</ref>
*SX-CBA, the first Boeing 727 delivered for [[Olympic Airlines|Olympic Airways]], is preserved at the Sourmena Stadium in Elliniko.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cyprus-mail.com/2024/05/30/legendary-olympic-airways-plane-unveiled-as-exhibit-for-posterity/|title=Legendary Olympic Airways plane unveiled as exhibit for posterity|website=cyprus-mail.com|date=30 May 2024 |accessdate=7 August 2024}}</ref>