Boeing 727-200 Flying Tigers U.S. Navy equipped additionally with heat-seeking Sidewinder

equipped additionally with heat-seeking Sidewinder missiles

short-take-off-and-landing capability

Built to meet a 1939 Air Corps request for a new primary trainer

The RF-8's remained in service longer than the fighters

Boeing 727-200 Flying Tigers U.S. Navy equipped additionally with heat-seeking SidewinderBoeing 727 Flying Tigers airplane models. With estimates suggesting a potential market for 300 or more aircraft, the first Model 727, a production airplane with United Airlines insignia, made its maiden flight on February 9, 1963. Sales were not up to expectations, and by late 1964 it had become clear to Boeing's management that there was a growing demand for a higher capacity short range transport airplane, and the decision to develop a stretched