A Tribute to the AMERICAN SUPER 80 "MadDog"
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- Опубліковано 26 сер 2024
- Yesterday American Airlines operated the final revenue flight of a McDonnell Douglas MD80 ending nearly 37 years of service. At one point the airline operated 362 of them!
Most of you have probably seen the AA MD80 in action and some of you probably flew it. Here we selected some video footage from many airports around the USA including Atlanta, Boston, Dallas, Houston, New York, San Diego and Washington.
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Thank you for posting this it brings back memories to me I worked at McDonnell Douglas as a flight ramp mechanic and of all the aircraft the MD 80s were by far my favorite they were just so reliable no computers to run anything the empty 90s that was a different story and I also worked on the 717KC 10s MD-11 finish my career on the C-17
The last MD 80s built were delivered to TWA which end up merging with American so American got the very last MD 80 ever built
Thanks for the videos. Great old bird. I flew the Mad Dog at AA for some 20 years as copilot when they first arrived, and Captain until I retired, and loved every minute of it. AA did a great job of maintaining and supporting the fleet. The engines were great - I only lost one... climbing to 370 at 4AM between Phoenix and Chicago. Diverted into Kansas City, and it turned out to be the fuel temp sensor was all.
I'm a retired American airline employee I had the privilege to work on them and fly these planes. They are truly great planes. And truly a work horse THANK you md80 .
I’m sad to see the Maddogs go. I think that how long these aircraft stayed in service for really speaks volumes about how reliable and useful these aircrafts are. Many of these Maddogs have outlived numerous 737s and A320s.
Delta will still be flying their MD-88s and 90s for a while, plus the 717s that have turned out to be a dream airplane
Kent I guess this was MD best aircraft they ever made ever this thing is bulletproof and reliable speaks a lot of bout boeing Nd MD espeicially after they merge
It wasn’t a good dog, it was the best dog.
its was
MD planes are simply raw power with elegant looks
Not when it’s on the ground and in pieces.
@@springbok4015 Don’t be a fool, these aircraft were built exceptionally well. Hence why they still fly today, decades after their introduction.
@@aviationlba747 Yep, that wasn't my greatest comment. My apologies.
My all-time favorite aircraft. The aesthetics, the power, and the quirkiness of the design will never be seen again. Proud to have flown on them for well over 2 decades and will sorely miss their silver gleam over DFW.
Probably the last jet that a pilot actually had some control over instead of the plane flying itself. I'll miss them. I still miss the 727 and its overly loud engines!
737 architecture including the Max is still about the same age as these, DC-9s, etc...
Scott Goodwin 747s, 757s, 767s and even the 737NG are still planes that require a real pilot
Nothing beats sitting under the departure path and listening to those babies purr.
One of my favorite planes to fly in. Great memories
Took my last flight on the Mad Dog Aug 17 from DFW to CMH. Took my first flight on the Mad Dog back in 1986 from CMH to DCA.
Ahhhh, my favorite ride between Tulsa and Dallas. Goodbye old friend.
I'm going to missed McDonnell Douglas MD-80s. These wonderful airplanes shouldn't retired and I'm glad to fly one of these airplanes because it's something that I will keep my memories as a childhood now as an adult grown up I will never forget those airplanes. Gone but not forgotten. RIP MD-80's from 1983-2019.
Fortunately, at least one will be on display at the Tulsa air museum in the late 20th century American livery!
I hope they display on a museum of American Super80/MD-80. I can't believed they retired wonderful airplane. I wish i could a fly for last time before they retired. Farewell MD-80.
Pressing F for the Shiny 80
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We will never see the beloved silver livery again. The MD-80s were the last to use the silver livery and it just looked so beautiful. So sad to see an amazing aircraft like this go. You will be miss.
✈Farewell MadDog MD-80 ✈
- 1983 to 2019 -
All McDonnell Douglas commercial jet planes were beauties.
My favorite memory of the md 80s were the take offs man did they get up and go loved it. !!
Always looked like there was not enough wing for it, but had good thrust to weight and was quiet compared to 727, 737-100, 200, DC-9's, skin flute engines.
A D The MD-90 looks even more like it doesn’t have enough wing because they didn’t change the wing size when they made the longer MD-90.
I flew lot's time with the amazing crazy mad dog every takeoff was like a rocket very powerful engine....
Kim yong un Pyongyang its an F-16 😂
@@idaviation do not drink too much alcohol because is so dangerous for your little brain 😂😂😂
@@idaviation ...lol the couple times I was on them they sure felt like a rocket going down the runway.
Sad to know I missed the golden age of more diversity in the skies. Beautiful aircraft.
R.I.P American Airlines MD-80 and Silver Metallic livery 1983-2019 "You'll be remembered in our hearts forever."
When I was a child I saw MD 80 on SKBQ and wondered how much metal shining was spent on those planes 🤭
My favorite livery on the MD-80, hands-down!
Great job JustPlanes! At least Delta still operates the MD-88, the MD-90, and the Boeing 717, which started off as the MD-95.
When do you think Delta will retire their McDonnells?
@@mrbyzantine0528 Good question; I have no idea. I'm sure they'll retire the MD-88s first, since those are the oldest ones.
Best Aircrafts MD ever made no question thing is reliable and bulletproof no question speaks a lot about MD Nd boeing Nd Ik airbus fanboys gonna b mad
@@mrbyzantine0528 their MD-88s will all be retired this year, the MD-90s until 2022. Delta will keep the 717s beyond 2030
Robert MacArthur Delta’s MD-88s and MD-90s are unfortunately already gone. They were retired on June 2 in Blytheville, Arkansas. Delta announced that they were going to cut at least half of the 717 fleet, but luckily not all will be retired.
I enjoyed it they will be missed. They were one of the best airplanes out there.
Love the MD80 in AA metallic livery!
I will surely miss them :(
Yesterday, all my troubles seemed so far away
American Airlines MD-80 was a symbol of America.
Thanks for not ruining the video with cheesy music, pure JT8D melody here!
The Prince of the Sky.
So true!
I would say the 737 for being the most planes ever sold nd is being here since the 1960s I think
@@andersonrodriguez8258 fair enough
Maiden Air so which one is the princess of the sky ? Cessna?
Wow, I never realized how far back the wings are.
You’ll find that on nearly all aircraft with the engines at the back. Having the wings further forward would upset the center of gravity and cause excessive pitch up.
Wait till you see a Yak 40
Rob Potato .....or pitch down.
Thats disturbing if you've never realised that
@@gordo1163 why?
0:10 Awesome! You can actually see the wake turbulence/vortices!
the last remnants of the old empire have been swept away... thx boeing
beautiful plane and powerful engines make this one attractive workhorse. of its time. will miss seeing these beauties for sure, thanks for many years of safe and reliable service!
THE B747 IS OFTEN CALLED "THE QUEEN OF THE SKY"...BUT FOR SOME OF US THE MD SUPER 80 (IN THE AA LIVERY) SURELY EARENED THE TITLE "PRINCESS OF THE SKY"! WHAT A GREAT TRIBUTE! THANKS.
MD-80 sounds like a real jets. 😊
I used to flew with American MD-80 several times. I was flown from EWR to DFW back to EWR several times.
It kinda of small airplanes. It was 2 seats on left side and 3 seats on right side of cabins. Cool flights.....
When American Airlines was Something special in the air.
I've actually been on a couple of the Douglas variants that used reverse thrust to do their own push back..
I will miss the American Mad Dogs😕
Loved the Maddogs!! The two greatest civil airframes ever (747 & DC9) The Queen & Prince of the skies...
I love this model and the metallic livery. I flew on it a few times GDL DFW and DFW - CLT
Nice to see San Diego to open the video. There was a time when AA had the STL, ORD and DFW routes from SAN exclusively on MD80's, so we got a ton of them. That was right after the TWA buyout.
The most beautiful plane for me , my heart is broken now that the AA super 80 are gone 💔💔💔💔😢😢😢😢
This was always the loudest plane taking off from San Diego while I was at MCRD during boot camp in 1996 and again while there for recruiter school in 2005. You could always tell when one took off.
The most beautiful planes are the ones with the engines in the tail IMHO, now almost all new airliners are the same thing, 2 boring high bypass turbofans under the wings, gonna miss those noisy JT8D!
Mad Dawg 80 is probably my favorite aircraft.
Thank you guys for doing this. Godspeed Super 80. Rest easy. ❤️
THIS is what I think of when I think of American Airlines.
A true pilot’s and avgeek’s airplane. I used to hate flying on these but as I fell more in love with aviation I saw their true beauty. RIP silver bullet!
Nice plane i flew dallas to san jose california many times 👍👍👍✈✈✈
Still better than the max
Sensational Video JustPlanes Team! Very sad that this is the end of the American Airlines "AA" Livery and the American MadDog :(
The Super80 rocked that Silver Eagle to it's death!
@@mrbyzantine0528 Yup!
My favorite seat it's in the back with the Lav, the Galley and the 2 engines around. Love it! Very confortable
Was on one of these bad boys from Houston to Dallas a few weeks back going to miss them really am
wow
We love you Mad Dog
Got to sit next to engines. The vibrations were fun.
Dude...INCREDIBLE wingtip vortices at 6:06
That’s some of the greatest vortex footage I’ve ever seen...
will be surely missed.
Best aircraft MD80
Excelente
Awesome video man liked
Iconica aeronave, bella en toda su magnitud.
As a passenger, it wasn't a bad aircraft....for short hauls....LGA/ORD etc.
Awesome. Thanks for the video.
Without the md80s American airlines won't be what it is today atlaest there not all retired Delta and other carriers operate them ........ these are amazing planes
Este vídeo es muy interesante 😊
El sonido de sus motores ♡ adrenalina pura.
The 717 will be McDonell Douglas’s last breath of life.
I remember when these MD-80s would fly at 10,000 feet in Glendale Arizona. Like the 2000s and early 2010s. They sounded really loud even at a high altitude. Not as loud as a fighter plane but for a commercial plane.
Thanks for the outstanding footage! Definitely one of the best AA Super-80 compilations out there!
Nice i like boeing 727 first but i like all planes i like the silver with red white blue stripe i took my first plane trip it was a 727 100 thats why its my favorite the united now im taking flight lessons
Question.....for you Just Planes ?
If the 737Max is still grounded , would American Airlines not need the MD-80 to fill needed capacity, until the 737 Max issues are resolved? That would be my thinking of the situation.
Fred Kuglin they have close to 1000 planes lol wouldn’t hurt them tht much for small carriers yea they would have to waited out American Airlines is the biggest airline in turns of fleet Nd other categories that I’m not sure about
And it still had the chrome livery up until the end.
The legendary "Stiletto"--ever since the 60s I've always been fascinated by it's rate of climb--how on earth can it levitate like it did, like no other? There was an eerie rise beyond the plane of the fuselage vs. the horizon!
Someone fix a nice hot cup of tea for 8:32.
Brilliant ..thanku x love an god bless
Muito lindo 😍.
Muy merecido tributo , exelente avión 🤗
Hermoso, acá en Argentina andes lineas aéreas tiene varios en servicio
I saw AA 80 arrive at ORD K5
Mr Bankruptcy, Thomas W. Horton hated this Airplane. He has his wish fulfilled that started 30 years ago.
It's beautiful boss I love you so much .amarican airline
Both flights for me on this classic were in 2010 with American. Dallas-San Antonio and vice versa.
9:52 Great Pilot!!
Always my favorite smaller aircraft for commercial flying.
What a beautiful ship. Too bad they're not making them anymore.
I know the MD-88's and MD-90's are still flying but are there any MD-87's still flying for any airline in the world?
The last of Douglas is gone now, rip MD-80 you will be missed.
Hi
When I was a child I saw MD 80 on SKBQ and wondered how much metal shining was spent on those planes 🤭
I almost forgot how they look like, but in America they are still flying,
What’s that thing on the front gear?
Alex Z. It’s a spray deflector!!
@@windanthonystream I've always wondered how it stays above the ground!
Bro the MD80s were the sh*t in San Diego! But because the us airways merger happen the took them off from here in 2015
FAREWELL AMERICAN AIRLINES MD-80 AIRCRAFT 1983-2019 0:00
FAREWELL AMERICAN AIRLINES MD-80 AIRCRAFT 1983-2019 0:00
At 13:07 What Airport was this.
I geting old ... :(
I like md-80, md-83 in Spain super like to MD-88 Aviaco this company closed.
hi
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