Hi dougal.

The 727 is a plane that you need to watch carefully. Especially on approach! That said, I don't have any real problems with power on approach. I think the idea is to hold an airspeed of about 140-160 KIAS (LOU will set us right on that ;)). I try to maintain 140KIAS in landing configuration of Flaps 30^o during approach. There is a placard on the forward panel above the landing gear lever that states FLAP SETTING 40^o MAY BE USED IN AN EMERGENCY, so I rarely use 40^o flaps on approach and landing.

Hope this helps.

Mark