The Rocket-Powered Boeing 727: Mexicana’s Ingenious High-Altitude Solution and a Sobering Aviation Legacy
It reads like a chapter right off the pages of a thrilling science fiction novel, but the fact of the matter was even more interesting: Boeing actually tested and used rocket technology on its legendary 727 jetliner. This was not an outrageous caprice, but a most ingenious solution to a very real problem in the […]
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