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Disappearing into the Desert: American Sends 8 Super 80s to Roswell
As part of its efforts to fully retire its fleet of McDonnell Douglas MD-80s by 2019, American Airlines has sent 8 of its Super 80s, as the airline refers to them, to Roswell International Air Center today where they will be stored indefinitely. (airlinegeeks.com) Más...Sort type: [Top] [Newest]
Ride in the front is awesome on those. Ride in the back row is the worst on any commercial aircraft.
the f-100s were purchased cause ord let airlines swap 100 seat jets for commuter slots so aa purchased 76 with options for 75 more ntu. pulled seats out for the 56 seat dallas love field operation v/s legend airlines with 56 seat dc-9s... aa had to cut the number of a/c types and parked the f-100 paying the leases for a few years.
Pretty impressive service record for such a mundane aircraft.I flew on them a bunch of time from Dallas to Pittsburgh and were smooth riding.
As a frequent business traveler, typically flying out of SJC on AA, I can't count the number of times I was aboard an MD80. A lot of other travelers at my company really disliked those airplanes - I didn't. I rather enjoyed flying on them. I'm also a Private Pilot, with a ton of hours, and my only reservation about the MD80's was in the air and on the ground the CG looked all wrong. I still haven't taken the time to figure out why they appeared so damn nose heavy, but maybe I'll do that today... after about 25 years of flying on them. They were comfortable, had a nice ride and were small enough to get you on and off the aircraft quickly. The AA routes I flew generally had a plane change at DFW, an airport I loathe. Oh well, another good bird going into the history books, but they'll be flying for many years to come.
Everts Air Cargo. is still flying the MD-82SF. Probably some third/fourth tier airline still flying the model. UM Men’s basketball had a near death experience 2-3 years ago when their charter ran off the end of the Willow Run runway in high winds.
**WOW: I can still remember when working for TWA in reservations, when in the early-mid 90's, when the employees bought the MD83 from "BE-WEE", (BWIA), and we repainted it in 'reverse' colors. AA took possession of that plane and few other MD83's. SAD to see it go by the wayside, but also TWA went by the wayside as well. The MD80's, (83) were the replacement 'workhorse' for the 727's.