COLONIE — For a dozen years, the Boeing 727 carried passengers for Braniff Airways, before Federal Express bought it, removed the seats, galleys and overhead luggage bins, and began using it to ...

Two Braniff International 727s are parked at Wichita Mid-Continent Airport. Courtesy of Wichita Airport Authority Twenty-nine years ago, Boeing’s 727 was its best-selling jetliner.

“Friendly Skies: The Art of High Altitude Travel” opens Aug. 18 and continues through Sept. 23. Branded flight bags, luggage tags, aircraft models, uniforms, airline signage and even a 10-foot ...