Boeing 727 Cockpit Displayed in Syracuse Airport Terminal In the passenger terminal at Syracuse Hancock International Airport in Onondaga County, New York, can be found the cockpit of a retired Boeing 727 along with several other components of the old jetliner. The cockpit section, undercarriage and a short length of fuselage all came from a Boeing 727 aircraft built in 1970 for Eastern Air Lines. The airliner was later leased to Pan American World Airways from 1989 and 1991 before passing to its last owner, Amerijet International, a cargo airline based in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. The fuselage cutout offers a glimpse of the 727’s seating and luggage configuration, while the flight instruments remain installed behind a perspex sheet. Since the type’s introduction on February 1, 1964 with Eastern Air Lines, 1,832 Boeing 727s have rolled off the production line. The last 727 was built in 1984, though a number of airframes remain in limited service for cargo and private passenger transport. A number of retired Boeing 727s have been repurposed as offbeat houses and hotels. At Syracuse Hancock Airport, meanwhile, the plane parts add an interesting diversion on the lower level of the quiet passenger terminal.
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