Boeing 720-020 Turbofan Version

Delivery Aircraft
First Service Date: 12 March 1961
American Airlines B720-023B
Overall length 136' 2"
Fuselage length 130' 10"
Wing span 130' 10"
Pratt & Whitney JT3D-1 Turbofan engines
Kruger type leading edge flaps
Full length pylons only on inboard engines
Tall vertical stabilizer 
Small ventral fin (except for first aircraft delivered)


         Boeing 720-024B Continental Airlines, N57201

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Version 1.0
October 1998

For use with FS98
Copyright: George A. Vega
voyager3@ix.netcom.com

Create a subfolder B720024B under your FS98 folder.  Extract all the files to the B720024B folder. 

This project would not have been possible without the contributions and time of the following gentlemen.

Tom Gibson for his tireless attempt to perfect the aircraft and the visual flight model. Richard Boehringer for his 3D metal texturing design, and 3D windows which are great accomplishments. 
Mike Vidal for providing the flight dynamics, flight testing the aircraft and suggesting ways to improve the design. 
Brian Quayle for his FSFS short course on aircraft design.  His excellent primer on FSFS design led directly to this aircraft.  The low pod engines and wings on this aircraft would not have been possible if it were not for the techniques taught by Brian in his short course.
Scott Jones for his extensive Beta testing and Flight Dynamics editing.

Many thanks to all of them for their expertise, patience and help.

If you can improve the visual model, or the textures, please feel free to contact me at the above e-mail addresses.  If you would like the source files to paint in any scheme they are available upon request.

Freeware. Please share this aircraft but do not use it to make money.  Do not upload to any of the Compuserve (CSi) forums or claim as your own. 

Reference books:
                "Boeing 707 & 720" George W. Cearley Jr.
	     "Boeing 707 & AWACS in detail & scale" Alwyn T. Lloyd
                "The Boeing 707" Barry J. Schiff 
                "Jane's All the World's Aircraft 1959-60"