ORIGINAL: HalH
Your right it had elevons. Can you name any others ? None come to my mind.
The 707 and 727 ailerons, spoilers and flaps operate similar to the 747. There were inboard and outboard flight spoilers and ground spoilers. Flight spoilers were also used as speedbrakes in that all could be raised at once. The flight spoilers and ground spoilers were used to aid in stopping.
Yah....I remember reading a long time ago in
Flying Magazine that for very rapid descents in teh B707 thatthe speed brakes could be deployed and the inboard engines put into reverse. Plane would shudder, rattle, and shake, and plummet like a stone. I have been in flights where the B727 I was in had full speed brakes deployed to help descent. Coming into San Diego one time, the pilot was held high until rather close, and then given a steep descent profile. Plane still shook a lot!.
Just like full-performance takeoffs...they don't like to fly like that because it scares the passengers....