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Quoting PanHAM (Reply 1): May be a nice replacement for DC9s on automotive runs from Willow Run but that's about |
Quoting DiamondFlyer (Reply 3): Won't even be good for that really. Due to CG issues, the front couple zones are near useless for any freight of weight, so really it doesn't carry a whole lot more than a DC-9-30, but costs more to do it. You will eventually see the YIP operators go to either 737's or CRJ's (once the 700/900 has started to be retired and converted). |
Quoting PanHAM (Reply 1): ...too noisy especially for night ops, it might even get banned at important places like CGN or LEJ. |
Quoting gdg9 (Reply 6): verts Air Cargo has a former AA MD-80 (N73444) that just overran the runway at SLP recently. Not that that incident has anything to do with the viability of the Super 80 as a freighter, just an FYI. |
Quoting DiamondFlyer (Reply 3): Won't even be good for that really. Due to CG issues, the front couple zones are near useless for any freight of weight, so really it doesn't carry a whole lot more than a DC-9-30 |
Quoting 32andBelow (Reply 2): There is one currently flying in Alaska. |
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Quoting imisspiedmont (Reply 13): It's sitting at the Ascent Aviation hangar in Tucson. Or, it was at 0845 this morning. |
Quoting lijnden (Reply 15): I thought I saw a mexican one in QRO last Tuesday. Forgot the registration. |
Quoting DiamondFlyer (Reply 16): Aeronaves TSM have at least one, if not a couple. You see them on occasion in YIP too. |
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Quoting Spacepope (Reply 7): Quoting gdg9 (Reply 6): verts Air Cargo has a former AA MD-80 (N73444) that just overran the runway at SLP recently. Not that that incident has anything to do with the viability of the Super 80 as a freighter, just an FYI. That airframe just returned to service last week after several months of repairs. |
Quoting Wingtips56 (Reply 22): Who has/had the MD80 with the modified tail cone, so very long, slender cargo could be loaded? I thought it was a brilliant idea, although how much would it really be used? |
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Quoting imisspiedmont (Reply 24): And, unless a DC-9 can fly with only the number one engine installed, it has not been in the air in months. But, then, I only see it every day. What do I know. I wil trust peoplenthosands of miles away. They know all. |
Quoting imisspiedmont (Reply 24): Flightaware is wrong, again, it was there this morning as well. Not that the fact that I see this airplane every day, and have, for the past two months means anything. Pretty hard to miss. And, unless a DC-9 can fly with only the number one engine installed, it has not been in the air in months. But, then, I only see it every day. What do I know. I wil trust peoplenthosands of miles away. They know all. |
Quoting IMissPiedmont (Reply 27): Regardless, the Everts DC-9s are in my opinion the best looking DC-9s around. |
Quoting dtw9 (Reply 23): Quoting Wingtips56 (Reply 22): Who has/had the MD80 with the modified tail cone, so very long, slender cargo could be loaded? I thought it was a brilliant idea, although how much would it really be used? FitsAir owns it |
Quoting L-188 (Reply 28): Don't MD-80's already have that capacity by loading up the rear airstair? |
Quoting L-188 (Reply 28): Don't MD-80's already have that capacity by loading up the rear airstair? |