CoolP wrote on Mar 12^th, 2011 at 5:25pm:

Tight schedule there, audiohavoc, staying at 220 kts till only 10nm out. I'm mostly catching the LOC at 180/flaps 5 and get down to 160kts/flaps 15 when going for the GS capture and following. When it starts to point down, flaps 25 and the gear are deployed and when within 5nm to the airport, I'm looking for the final config (flaps 30) and speed. The freely available docs describe this procedure when approaching with a coupled ILS and the "high" speed of 160 kts until 5nm out gives you enough motion to stay within the ATC's planning at busy airports as they mostly get upset when slowing down too soon. As said, I think that 220 until 10nm out is very, very fast and the LOC capture (which should have happened well before this point) won't be that much fun for the old AP installation on the 727. But I'm no Pro here, so correct me if I'm wrong. I'm just roughly following those mentioned docs and would fly higher speeds only with special planes (Concorde) or with the very heavy ones (747 loaded or so, not the 727 though).

220 is fast, I should have put 190-200.  It is a challenge though to practice some fast approaches, and the 727 generates a lot of drag with the gear out and flaps 30, and this can make fast approaches easier to handle than some of the more aerodynamic aircraft.