The 727 crews must be ready to tackle oil spills at sea and even near land, where the oil could be devastating for seabirds and animals.
Credit: Ian Black/2Excel Aviation
It is a rather strange sensation, flying low at 150 ft. over the North Sea. Foaming waves and seabirds speed by, but this is not a high-performance combat aircraft or a submarine-hunting maritime patroller—it is a 1970s-era Boeing 727 freighter that once shuttled packages between U.S. cities for...
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