"... the photo of Sam and Julia in the cockpit that showed the reflection of the Eastern 727 really struck a chord with me. I flew that old plane (N8160G) many times as a newby with the airline in the 70's and early 80's. I checked my old logs books and flew my last flight in her on 7-17-1981. She was sold to Fed-Ex in November of that year. Later in 2003 she was retired and donated to the museum and repainted in EAL colors as one of the few 727's originally designed to carry both passengers and freight. We would fly her from ATL to LAX late at night with pax, spend a few hours on the ground while maint. converted her to a freighter and then fly her back full of boxes. Only the real (Junior) pilots got this terrible schedule. When retired she had 65,000 hours and 48,000 landings!! Tough old birds..."
Barry Turman
(retired airline pilot and husband of Edgar's co-worker for many years at GSU, Julie Turman)
