From hrose-saa@ckdhr.com Mon Apr 9 15:37:11 1901 Path: bounce-back Newsgroups: sci.aeronautics.airliners Date: 09 Apr 2001 15:37:11 From: John Liebson Subject: Re: Wing vs. tail-mounted engines? References: Message-ID: Approved: hrose-saa@ckdhr.com@ditka.Chicago.COM Sender: hrose-saa@ckdhr.com@ditka.Chicago.COM X-Trace: reader.nmix.net 986475750 82690 198.59.168.109 (5 Apr 2001 13:02:30 GMT) Organization: NMIX X-Newsreader: Forte Agent 1.8/32.548 NNTP-Posting-Host: dialup9.nets.com johnmcgrew@aol.com (JohnMcGrew) wrote: >Actually, primitive airports were a major consideration for both these planes, >as they were being sold as short and medium range "feeders" to replace places >that were still being served by DC-3s in the early '60s. The 727 was actually >certified for and used on gravel runways in Alaska; conditions that a >under-slung engine could not survive. B737s could have, as a factory-option, gravel kits installed, and aircraft with this option operate from gravel runways. I suspect that these 737s have under-slung engines and that they survive such operations....