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.
@remylopez48215 жыл бұрын
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
@remylopez48215 жыл бұрын
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
@gordongott1275 ай бұрын
My favorite memory of the md 80s were the take offs man did they get up and go loved it. !!
@stevebollman9745 жыл бұрын
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 .
@heroknaderi9 ай бұрын
I enjoyed it they will be missed. They were one of the best airplanes out there.
@97I30T5 жыл бұрын
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.
@sobelou5 жыл бұрын
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
@andersonrodriguez82585 жыл бұрын
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
@hergi-tp9ve5 жыл бұрын
MD planes are simply raw power with elegant looks
@springbok40155 жыл бұрын
Not when it’s on the ground and in pieces.
@aviationlba7473 жыл бұрын
@@springbok4015 Don’t be a fool, these aircraft were built exceptionally well. Hence why they still fly today, decades after their introduction.
@springbok40153 жыл бұрын
@@aviationlba747 Yep, that wasn't my greatest comment. My apologies.
@terks435 жыл бұрын
It wasn’t a good dog, it was the best dog.
@tinywhitebear25785 жыл бұрын
its was
@Nebo8885 жыл бұрын
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.
@myrjer5 жыл бұрын
Ahhhh, my favorite ride between Tulsa and Dallas. Goodbye old friend.
@HighStratos45 жыл бұрын
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.
@dfwairport.mp47145 жыл бұрын
Nothing beats sitting under the departure path and listening to those babies purr.
@anthonymgucciardo4013 Жыл бұрын
One of my favorite planes to fly in. Great memories
@bbhybris5 жыл бұрын
Sad to know I missed the golden age of more diversity in the skies. Beautiful aircraft.
@Calimeroantarai5 жыл бұрын
Got over 3000 hours on this brilliant plane. They say you'll never forget your first jet. Great fun flying it:-)
@mrbyzantine05285 жыл бұрын
Can confirm, I still recall a family trip where my dad was the pilot and he added a bit to the end of the preflight announcement for my younger brother and I to be good for our mom!
@ssgooent5 жыл бұрын
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!
@rkan25 жыл бұрын
737 architecture including the Max is still about the same age as these, DC-9s, etc...
@babyj41545 жыл бұрын
Scott Goodwin 747s, 757s, 767s and even the 737NG are still planes that require a real pilot
@andreabaront22405 жыл бұрын
The most beautiful plane for me , my heart is broken now that the AA super 80 are gone 💔💔💔💔😢😢😢😢
@codyl19924 жыл бұрын
THIS is what I think of when I think of American Airlines.
@fs10inator5 жыл бұрын
Pressing F for the Shiny 80
@FlyersAviation5 жыл бұрын
F
@abandonedchannel2815 жыл бұрын
F
@yoshua63044 жыл бұрын
F
@raoultak5 жыл бұрын
All McDonnell Douglas commercial jet planes were beauties.
@jr132274 жыл бұрын
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!
@kimyongunpyongyang44775 жыл бұрын
I flew lot's time with the amazing crazy mad dog every takeoff was like a rocket very powerful engine....
@idaviation5 жыл бұрын
Kim yong un Pyongyang its an F-16 😂
@kimyongunpyongyang44775 жыл бұрын
@@idaviation do not drink too much alcohol because is so dangerous for your little brain 😂😂😂
@checkdilevels11805 жыл бұрын
@@idaviation ...lol the couple times I was on them they sure felt like a rocket going down the runway.
@oscarc3325 жыл бұрын
Yesterday, all my troubles seemed so far away
@publicmail25 жыл бұрын
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.
@97I30T5 жыл бұрын
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.
@JuanIparraguirre5 жыл бұрын
Thanks for not ruining the video with cheesy music, pure JT8D melody here!
@lawrenceforman69995 жыл бұрын
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.....
@emmettcunninghamjr.52074 жыл бұрын
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.
@ofunarookie5 жыл бұрын
American Airlines MD-80 was a symbol of America.
@VMCAviationVideos5 жыл бұрын
I will miss the American Mad Dogs😕
@leezinke43514 жыл бұрын
MD-80 sounds like a real jets. 😊
@TheSwanlake20095 жыл бұрын
the last remnants of the old empire have been swept away... thx boeing
@jeffkiess3 ай бұрын
My favorite livery on the MD-80, hands-down!
@jimcarter66695 жыл бұрын
Wow, I never realized how far back the wings are.
@springbok40155 жыл бұрын
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.
@abandonedchannel2815 жыл бұрын
Wait till you see a Yak 40
@mazepilot5 жыл бұрын
Rob Potato .....or pitch down.
@gordo11635 жыл бұрын
Thats disturbing if you've never realised that
@jimcarter66695 жыл бұрын
@@gordo1163 why?
@robertdonnelly4345 жыл бұрын
I've actually been on a couple of the Douglas variants that used reverse thrust to do their own push back..
@Aeronaut19755 жыл бұрын
0:10 Awesome! You can actually see the wake turbulence/vortices!
@gabrielzamora91565 жыл бұрын
My favorite seat it's in the back with the Lav, the Galley and the 2 engines around. Love it! Very confortable
@FlyersAviation5 жыл бұрын
Sensational Video JustPlanes Team! Very sad that this is the end of the American Airlines "AA" Livery and the American MadDog :(
@mrbyzantine05285 жыл бұрын
The Super80 rocked that Silver Eagle to it's death!
@FlyersAviation5 жыл бұрын
@@mrbyzantine0528 Yup!
@QuickBurn704 жыл бұрын
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.
@dave4shmups5 жыл бұрын
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.
@mrbyzantine05285 жыл бұрын
When do you think Delta will retire their McDonnells?
@dave4shmups5 жыл бұрын
@@mrbyzantine0528 Good question; I have no idea. I'm sure they'll retire the MD-88s first, since those are the oldest ones.
@andersonrodriguez82585 жыл бұрын
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
@Railviation4 жыл бұрын
@@mrbyzantine0528 their MD-88s will all be retired this year, the MD-90s until 2022. Delta will keep the 717s beyond 2030
@gabesuper804 жыл бұрын
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.
@clv.10725 жыл бұрын
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 -
@josiahslate73742 жыл бұрын
Mad Dawg 80 is probably my favorite aircraft.
@manifestgtr5 жыл бұрын
Dude...INCREDIBLE wingtip vortices at 6:06 That’s some of the greatest vortex footage I’ve ever seen...
@maiden54275 жыл бұрын
The Prince of the Sky.
@mrbyzantine05285 жыл бұрын
So true!
@andersonrodriguez82585 жыл бұрын
I would say the 737 for being the most planes ever sold nd is being here since the 1960s I think
@maiden54275 жыл бұрын
@@andersonrodriguez8258 fair enough
@andersonrodriguez82585 жыл бұрын
Maiden Air so which one is the princess of the sky ? Cessna?
@neilherrera54975 жыл бұрын
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.
@mrbyzantine05285 жыл бұрын
Fortunately, at least one will be on display at the Tulsa air museum in the late 20th century American livery!
@neilherrera54975 жыл бұрын
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.
@JW-gu9vy7 ай бұрын
When American Airlines was Something special in the air.
@JuanIparraguirre5 жыл бұрын
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!
@jlupe76685 жыл бұрын
Nice plane i flew dallas to san jose california many times 👍👍👍✈✈✈
@lucascalma6055 жыл бұрын
R.I.P American Airlines MD-80 and Silver Metallic livery 1983-2019 "You'll be remembered in our hearts forever."
@HaroldC9135 жыл бұрын
When I was a child I saw MD 80 on SKBQ and wondered how much metal shining was spent on those planes 🤭
@rosshanlon18285 жыл бұрын
Was on one of these bad boys from Houston to Dallas a few weeks back going to miss them really am
@MileHigh_Aviation5 жыл бұрын
Awesome video man liked
@MarcPagan5 жыл бұрын
As a passenger, it wasn't a bad aircraft....for short hauls....LGA/ORD etc.
@robbalboni41795 жыл бұрын
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!
@traineepilot575 жыл бұрын
Love the MD80 in AA metallic livery! I will surely miss them :(
@josephserotko135 жыл бұрын
Got to sit next to engines. The vibrations were fun.
@clemnewton99955 жыл бұрын
Still better than the max
@SithlordPlanespotter945 жыл бұрын
We love you Mad Dog
@bulaloco5 жыл бұрын
I love this model and the metallic livery. I flew on it a few times GDL DFW and DFW - CLT
@vicenteornelas67115 жыл бұрын
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.
@Eyes_On_Sky5 жыл бұрын
Awesome. Thanks for the video.
@JetsetMikey5 жыл бұрын
Thank you guys for doing this. Godspeed Super 80. Rest easy. ❤️
@flyingdentist5 жыл бұрын
will be surely missed.
@lucachannel97725 жыл бұрын
wow
@dallasschwartz71355 жыл бұрын
Loved the Maddogs!! The two greatest civil airframes ever (747 & DC9) The Queen & Prince of the skies...
@fredkuglin97175 жыл бұрын
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.
@andersonrodriguez82585 жыл бұрын
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
@josiasonibuseiro5 жыл бұрын
Excelente
@wendyraymond17515 жыл бұрын
Brilliant ..thanku x love an god bless
@rangerthedog73865 жыл бұрын
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
@gabrielzamora91565 жыл бұрын
9:52 Great Pilot!!
@Railviation4 жыл бұрын
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
@jr132274 жыл бұрын
The 717 will be McDonell Douglas’s last breath of life.
@DavidBerquist3345 жыл бұрын
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
@bearpaw725 жыл бұрын
Both flights for me on this classic were in 2010 with American. Dallas-San Antonio and vice versa.
@motorTranz5 жыл бұрын
What a beautiful ship. Too bad they're not making them anymore.
@sox-on-a-duck6935 жыл бұрын
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?
@jacoblathrop18355 жыл бұрын
The last of Douglas is gone now, rip MD-80 you will be missed.
@nikobelic42515 жыл бұрын
I saw AA 80 arrive at ORD K5
@jro76615 жыл бұрын
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.
@farhanashraf8085 жыл бұрын
Best aircraft MD80
@krod19234 жыл бұрын
Mr Bankruptcy, Thomas W. Horton hated this Airplane. He has his wish fulfilled that started 30 years ago.
@ChrisZoomER3 ай бұрын
And it still had the chrome livery up until the end.
@milomiki29485 жыл бұрын
I almost forgot how they look like, but in America they are still flying,
@HaroldC9135 жыл бұрын
When I was a child I saw MD 80 on SKBQ and wondered how much metal shining was spent on those planes 🤭
@marcelasilvananatura5 жыл бұрын
Hermoso, acá en Argentina andes lineas aéreas tiene varios en servicio
@brianacruz23842 ай бұрын
Este vídeo es muy interesante 😊
@techmechin5 жыл бұрын
Hi
@cristiant435 жыл бұрын
I like md-80, md-83 in Spain super like to MD-88 Aviaco this company closed.
@DodoSkydrums5 жыл бұрын
I geting old ... :(
@rafaelgarciab-k3h5 жыл бұрын
Iconica aeronave, bella en toda su magnitud.
@sohailanjum14395 жыл бұрын
It's beautiful boss I love you so much .amarican airline
@69ChevyGarage4 жыл бұрын
No landing lights on several landings?
@gabesuper804 жыл бұрын
Thanks for the outstanding footage! Definitely one of the best AA Super-80 compilations out there!
@chichi415 жыл бұрын
Not being an aircraft person, I would like to know why they were referred to as "Mad Dog".
@anandguruji835 жыл бұрын
FAREWELL AMERICAN AIRLINES MD-80 AIRCRAFT 1983-2019 0:00
@anandguruji835 жыл бұрын
FAREWELL AMERICAN AIRLINES MD-80 AIRCRAFT 1983-2019 0:00
@florgomez94044 жыл бұрын
Ya están entrando a Colombia Medellin o aún no
@GalootWrangler5 жыл бұрын
Someone fix a nice hot cup of tea for 8:32.
@carlosduran21645 жыл бұрын
Muy merecido tributo , exelente avión 🤗
@ericneumann85095 жыл бұрын
At 13:07 What Airport was this.
@eptometha20435 жыл бұрын
What’s that thing on the front gear?
@windanthonystream5 жыл бұрын
Alex Z. It’s a spray deflector!!
@mrbyzantine05285 жыл бұрын
@@windanthonystream I've always wondered how it stays above the ground!
@claudillus5 жыл бұрын
Always my favorite smaller aircraft for commercial flying.