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08/24/2016 at 18:59 • Filed to: planelopnik, t-tails rule
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Cool article about yesterday’s simultaneous retirement of 20 of American Airlines MD-80 fleet, including 3 license built by SAIC in China for TWA. Gonna miss these - while they were noisy in the back they were faster than the Boeings and Airbuses replacing them. Apparently they’re a bit underpowered and the stubbier wing and wing layout makes them a handful to fly, but they were well built airplanes.
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whoarder is tellurium
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08/24/2016 at 20:06 |
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Good video on the operation and cockpit features of the MD-80. Amazingly the MD-80 shares a lot with other projects and aircraft:
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> whoarder is tellurium
08/24/2016 at 20:41 |
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Thanks - what a great video. Cool to see all the quirks and nice features from a pilot’s perspective.
Theropod
> whoarder is tellurium
08/25/2016 at 00:16 |
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It would be interesting to know how many of the quirks and features carried over after Boeing started producing them as the Boeing 717.