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Delta flies last MD88 & MD90 flights
Today, June 2nd 2020, marks the end of an era for 2 Delta fleet types as the Delta McDonnell Douglas MD88 and MD90 make their last revenue flight. Both fleet types were set to be gradually phased out this year but had an accelerated retirement due to the covid pandemic. After the 2 iconic aircraft make their last flights with passengers, they will be repositioned to Blytheville Arkansas. (www.youtube.com) More...Sort type: [Top] [Newest]
Great airplane. Either flown by Delta, American, and in my experience Alitalia, Iberia, SAS and a few other European airlines. It was a nice upgrade from the DC-9's that I used to fly on back in the 80's.
Flew from SAN to ATL on one back in December. I thought the flight was on an Airbus but was pleasantly surprised to see the Mad Dog taxi to my gate. My co-workers wife is a nervous flyer so I had to contain my excitement about flying on a "Mad Dog"!!
I'm sorry, I respect all of your opinions, but mine is exactly opposite. I hated the DC9, the MD 80, 88 & 90! They always had such a long drag before takeoff because of the screaming rear engines, I always felt like the climb was so much more steep and they were so low to the ground, you felt like you were in a car. The longer ones were just a fuselage cut in half with another section welded in between and the same engines for thrust. Because of the 727, Everytime I seen one I felt like the tail was way too small and an engine was missing. After the ValueJet incident in the Everglades and the Alaska Airlines incident off the coast of Los Angeles, you couldn't get me on one of them for all the jumpseat authorities in the world. Haha. Please take this with a grain of salt, but honestly, I'm glad to see them go.
So sad... Not only is it the end of an era for the Mad Dogs, but I never got a chance to fly on ANY MD-80 variant. This literally makes me so upset I never got that opportunity :(
I hated them when I worked for the federal government, because I always got stuck in the seats beside the engines.
I loved them when I worked for the federal government, because I always got "stuck" in the jumpseat up in the cockpit with the flight crew.*
Best
J Buck
ATP DC-9 B757 B767
Flight Instructor
Ground Instructor
Aircraft Dispatcher
A&P Mechanic
FAA Aviation Safety Inspector (Ret.)
FAA accident investigator (Ret.)
ICAO Panel Member
*It should be noted that whilst in the cockpit I was usually giving a checkride (E.g. ennroute, IOE, Check Airman Qual, etc.)
Best
J Buck
ATP DC-9 B757 B767
Flight Instructor
Ground Instructor
Aircraft Dispatcher
A&P Mechanic
FAA Aviation Safety Inspector (Ret.)
FAA accident investigator (Ret.)
ICAO Panel Member
*It should be noted that whilst in the cockpit I was usually giving a checkride (E.g. ennroute, IOE, Check Airman Qual, etc.)