T Tail Family

"f86sabre" (f86sabre) 10/24/2013 at 16:38 • Filed to: Planelopnik

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My little company loves the Boeing (McDonnell Douglas) T tail family. Last week we added the 717. We now operate DC-9, MD-80, MD-90 and 717. Here is a family photo. For those interested, the DC-9s go away around the end of the year.

For Sweden > f86sabre 10/24/2013 at 16:44

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I've spent a lot of time in the Mad Dog. I will not miss it.

Bob Loblaw Made Me Make a Phoney Phone Call to Edward Rooney > For Sweden 10/24/2013 at 16:50

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Loud, dirty, small. What's there to miss?

KusabiSensei - Captain of the Toronto Maple Leafs > f86sabre 10/24/2013 at 16:51

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We call it The Delta Difference.

Gracias por elegir Delta. (Damnit, Richard's subtitles are teaching me Spanish again...)

Slave2anMG > Bob Loblaw Made Me Make a Phoney Phone Call to Edward Rooney 10/24/2013 at 17:27

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The sheer utter ruggedness that McDonnell-Douglas built into those planes, that's what I'll miss. I'm not much of a Delta flyer but I've put a LOT of miles on American's MD80s. The pilots liked and respected those planes for their toughness and that's good enough for me....

Brian, The Life of > f86sabre 10/24/2013 at 18:00

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Isn't the 717 basically a DC-9 with a "Boeing-er" nose?

MrFlak > f86sabre 10/24/2013 at 18:55

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Caught the "new" 717's while they where still being serviced at FlightStar. Saw a single test flight head out, always cool to see an empty plane go up.

gmctavish needs more space > f86sabre 10/24/2013 at 19:11

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Love those upper windscreens. I forgot how fond of T-tails I was

f86sabre > Brian, The Life of 10/24/2013 at 19:15

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The family all uses the same nose. The difference is in the engines, systems, Fuselage length and wings vary. The 90 is the biggest of all of them. The 717 is smaller than the 90 and the most fuel efficient.

Averyrm - GTI YUP > f86sabre 10/24/2013 at 19:35

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Have you guys started hiring pilots yet this year?

John Norris (AngryDrifter) > MrFlak 10/24/2013 at 21:51

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Cecil Field with a visiting P-3?

John Norris (AngryDrifter) > f86sabre 10/24/2013 at 21:56

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Atlanta Hartsfield-Jackson?

MrFlak > John Norris (AngryDrifter) 10/24/2013 at 23:35

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Yes sir, the P3 squadrons do touch-and-gos out there as well as the NAS.

f86sabre > Averyrm - GTI YUP 10/25/2013 at 11:58

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I believe so. I've been to recruiting events where they were talking to pilot candidates. Not my part of the world though.

Averyrm - GTI YUP > f86sabre 10/25/2013 at 20:23

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Hopefully part of mine sometime soon. Thanks for the heads up.