Classic Aviation: DC-9 & MD-80 Lovers Edition!

Nearly 17 minutes of classic Douglas action! Footage shot at BUR, LAX, LGB & PAE. Tapes range a decade, from 1989 to 1999.
Video thumbnail photo courtesy of Ricardo Morales - flyAPM and used with his kind permission.
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Shot by my friend Craig Pilkington (Aviation Media ©)
Edited / uploaded by me with the kind permission of Aviation Media ©

[@vayalobo]

That was a time when NOISE used to be MUSIC...DC-9s, MD-80s, B727s, B737-200s...Thanks for sharing.

[@user-uu1fe9gb3b]

Honestly, I prefer the 737-800’s engine sound over the 737-200

[@nenblom]

I remember flying on the DC-9 in the 1980s and 1990s. Some people may say that they had safety problems. I loved flying on them! My father has been flying for business for 30 years and numerous times on these types of aircraft with no problems. Great video!!

[@pjwick2437]

These were the aircraft of my childhood where the noise of jets was music to this kids ear. Id see them all the time coming in and out of Buffalo. You could hear the rumbling coming from the airport a sound you don’t hear nowadays 😢 Fond memories of watching them take off in all their glory, it was the best of times !

[@CraigArndt]

Love that sound of the JT8D.

[@MrCapi55]

Thank You Very Much Ryan Bo. The observation of the Aeromexico´s DC-9´s, and Mexicana´s 727´s, is what motivated me for trying being an airline pilot. Looking at them again, brings back the marvelous feelings about aviation of my youth. Thank You. Very Much.

[@javacup912]

Excellent video. Lots of memories. There's even one of my old DC-9-33F from Airborne Express. Out of 70 DC9s they had, I doubt one exists. There was even a World Airways DC8-63 at a gate getting fueled up. The DC9 was the poor's start up airline acft of choice. There were plentiful at the time, and those JTD9 engines were like 350 chevys, and air-cooled VW engines, all over the place, plenty of parts all over, and supported worldwide. Thanks for posting.

[@C17Inspector]

@ RyanBomar, thanks for video! I spent a good part of my Douglas career on the DC-9 / MD-80 program. I still think the Douglas twin jets are some of the best looking commercial aircraft ever. A great aircraft, and a great place to work. Thanks again.

[@remylopez4821]

Patrick Taylor By any chance towards the end of your career where you the FOD god on the C-17?

[@oaguilera81]

I love those Aeromexico DC-9s 😍

[@georgesager1628]

I flew (as a pilot) DC9-32's for USAIR and loved them. They were called: The last pilot's airliner. They were also called: the rocket. Later on I flew the 737 and I thought it was junk compared to the douglas. Douglas built em strong.

[@chucklamont9778]

According to Douglas Aircraft the DC-9 series with proper maintenance A,B,C, and D was designed to last 69 years of Flight service....

[@brianglade848]

Except.....the DC10

[@MW-eu4bv]

@@brianglade848 DC-10 was dangerous but... Flew a lot of military charter flights on them and was always worried about crappy maint. But he said "built em strong". Check out the hard DC-10 landing of a World Airways DC-10 military charter flight. The nose would have broken off most airliners... kzbin.info/www/bejne/bXXShHl3itChfsk

[@buttholeChecker]

DC-9, MD-80’s have always been my favorites when it comes to Commercial aviation.

[@freddyferrillo9704]

@ATCkeepsUsafe : But how do you know for sure that he is lying? Because he made a spelling error? And you're an A.T.C.? Air Traffic Controller! And even if he is lying, he's only saying that he likes Douglas better than Boeing. So who cares? They're both American companies getting wiped out by the European A300 series. That's the real issue in my eyes. Peace out.

[@brianglade848]

My dad was a pilot, and a huge James Gang fan, he used to sing this in the 70s....."Seems to me, I might want to do a tailstrike....seems to me, I've just done about 3 of those just yesterday"......lol

[@fordxbgtfalcon]

This is by far the best dc-9/md-80 video on youtube.

[@tommyg2543]

ahhh I loved to fly these went from dc9-15 through them all, flew md80 series to the 88 and moved to the 717. Love ya delta

[@merc340sr]

Thank you for posting this! DC-9 is the first jet I flew on when I was a child. Flew on them many times. The shape and design of the DC-9 (T-tail) are really COOL. Looked great back in the day!

[@NathanNitz]

Awesome seeing a Midwest MD-80 in the old Midwest Express livery, as it was our hometown airline. Plus I've never seen a video of one flying in that livery before too. Great work on this!

[@acs197]

Always loved DC-9s and MD-80s. Thanks for the video!

[@michaeli8505]

McDonnell Douglas was like the Peter built of airplanes, it was as though they were assembled of spair parts laying around but built tough as nails

[@kv5904]

The shot at 7:30 is amazing. Nice work.

[@richardgrumpywelsh2485]

This was and still is a great aircraft, I worked on them for several years

[@mackdeligeromartinez]

i love that whistling sound of those planes

[@johneddy98033]

Great shot of an Alaska Airlines MD-80.

[@robertoperezaguirreeliasca5730]

Nice vid! Brings fond memories going in & out of LAX 24/7/365 for 20 years in Aerocal DC9's

[@danielshon]

Nice designs logos.Love MD 80!

[@ThatCodeBlue]

Have I mentioned lately how much I love this video! Signed "JT8D Junkie"

[@dodoubleg2356]

FANTASTIC VID!!! Ahh the classic's, miss those days ;-)

[@Scamdemic1776]

WOW , If you are an MD80.11.DC9 FAN , such as myself ! This is the place too B :) Thanks 4 The Post !

[@edolosa4]

Those were the days. Nice seeing an old glimpse of Pan Am in one of the scenes there.

[@strassj]

In past, there was lot of MD-80 and DC-9 at my hometown... gotta love to see that. Today, there is lot of mini and there only two or one airbus or MD-90 at our airport... Bummer.

[@Hawkeye6936]

Glad to see the USAF C-9A Nightingale was not forgotten. I have over 3,000 hours on her. She was retired and never replaced.

[@marcman844]

OMG an ME-MD80. If you lived in Milwaukee or ever flew them, then you know how special the airline was!

[@Jetmech01]

Absolutely love the Diesel 9’s and the Mad Dogs, great airplanes! I am a airline brat, grew up flying non-rev on these with Hughs Airwest/Republic and Alaska. I’m now a AMT working on 737’s but really miss these birds.

[@nouseforausername794]

I fondly remember Northwest flying DC9's in and out of GRB and Delta for a short while after the buy out. I remember the noise when they took off over my house. Now they're all regional jets. :(

[@Cadoudal14]

I flew 18 years on MD80 serie...the best aircraft!!!!

[@incheon]

Ah maddog city! I miss working on DAL's MD-88's and 90's. Another awesome video!

[@TheBraniffTaylor]

As usual Ryan your videos are second to none. thanks for sharing!

[@duglasdc932]

beautiful video, especially the two Aerocalifornia, I miss Aerocalifornia

[@WellingtonSantos-wf8gu]

Clássico dos clássicos 🙌🙌

[@lauchingwan]

If timetravel would be possible...what a great time with all these thunderbirds.I love those Douglas classics.Great sound

[@jermainesimmons2944]

I already started to miss those MD-80s from American and Delta.

[@mrblujet]

Another gem.

[@aeropasion]

Dear Ryan, once again, thank you so much for sharing such treasure with all aviation fans around the globe! May God bless you and grant you & family a merry Christmas & a very happy new year 2014 !!!

[@nenblom]

Mainstay of domestic aviation during the 70s, 80s and early to mid-90s. I flew on the DC-9 and MD-80s quite a few times.

[@johneddy908]

The DC-9 is one of the longest-lived designs in the history of commercial aviation; from the original "Nine" to the MD-80, MD-90 and Boeing 717.

[@emilionassarantonio7868]

Hola: Muchas gracias y felicidades por presentar estos videos documentales sobre la Aviación comercial..yo también soy admirador de estos aviones MD y dela Boeing..saludos

[@flyby9741]

Love your video. Thanks for sharing.

[@shawnstanley8748]

Love the DC-9s in all of the Aeroméxico liveries, especially in the mid-1980s Orange!

[@oligt90]

Shawn Stanley that was aerocalifornia, all of those planes are sadly in a graveyard now

[@imagaybanana2004]

@@oligt90 I think he was referring particularly to the Aeromexico DC-9s at 13:20. There’s many more Aeromexico DC-9s and MD-80s elsewhere in the video too! Gorgeous livery! 🧡🤍🧡🤍🧡

[@JockoFlocko]

Awesome video, it brings back some great memories from when I was a kid living near Pearson (Toronto) Airport CYYZ when I used to watch them takeoff and land. Thanks for posting!

[@WeekendOklahoma]

Congrats on 100,000 to you, Ryan. We love watching this specific video, as we build our RC (radio control) jetliner project. You'll likely reach that 100K mark today! We also enjoy watching several of your other classic airliners videos. CONGRATS!

[@mentallarry]

Beautiful video! Thanks so much for posting :)

[@AccessAir]

I flew on this: 13AUG90 DC9-83, N946AS, SFO-LAX ALASKA S/N 49658. Nice that you have it on video..

[@Pirata-oq7hn]

One of the most beautiful aircraft that served on South America

[@RyanBomar]

@MrFlashjet, thanks! There was an air show at the time at LGB, this was where the crowd was allowed to stand.

[@benclose9616]

Love this mate! 👌

[@johnpitzer5500]

Worked for NWA in Atlanta, maintaining their fleet of DC9’s

[@ThatCodeBlue]

Incredible!!

[@FarmerTed]

Having 15+ years in the 9 I can attest to the fact they were a great aircraft. Fast, rode well, quite cockpit. And what aircraft do you know that could be 250knts at outer maker and be on speed at a 1000’? I loved that plane!

[@robertoperezaguirreeliasca7559]

Yep A few times... 250 Kts to the OM inbound 25R LAX by ATC request! Day in Day out 1988-2008

[@Tarten46]

Back in my days of wrenching USN A-7's the C-9 was our mode of transportation getting to training evolutions. Ive got ALOT of C-9 time. We had more pilots than aircraft in our squadron so our pilots frequently flew with us maintenance guys. Ive seen instant 15,000ft lose of altitude caused by wind shear that had people pinned to the overhead. Seen manuovers that had our pilots visibly sweating bullets. The DC-9 is a damned fine airplane,incredibly well built!!!!!

[@GuldstrandLin66]

I remember Aerocalifornia was the only airline to fly to the US from Tepic Nayarit Mexico.

[@bobbypaluga4346]

As much as I’ve flown Hughes AirWest, Republic, Air Cal, PSA, Midwest Express, American and Alaska’s DC-9s and variants it was far from a favorite. I know the aircraft was hugely popular with its pilots to me the 9 didn’t handle CAT well since I lived in the West many of my flights were over mountain ranges mixed in with sizzling deserts. The 737 classics had the same issues but the 300 was a huge improvement. My favorite single aisle was the 727-200, I loved all the widebodies, the TriStar and 747 in particular. If you had a window seat way in the back (row 48 area) you could see the big bird flex nose to tail, side to side. But if your flight is under 2 hours and it’s a meal flight forget eating. I’ve taken the late afternoon United 747 LAX-DEN flight a dozen times, not once did they FAs reach row 48 with food before they had to prepare to land. No big deal I choose the rear, but United’s coconut cake was the stuff dreams are made of it was excellent. Oh yea, in the 80-90’s airlines flew widebodies often on shorter flights not the sardine cans also called 320’s, DC-9’s and 737’s of today. It blows my mind that we PAs are OK with 4-5 hour flights in packed 737’s or 320’s with a 28”-29” seat pitch.

[@georgemicrozhao8100]

love the clip with Pan Am Logos showing up

[@rcmr76]

Amazing video..!! Thanks Ryan..!!

[@jpvonjoeden]

Md-83= best aircraft ever made! :)

[@grantarmstrong7384]

I love me some Douglas planes!

[@luisaraujo4146]

Very great video, thanks for sharing, i like it the aeromexico and aerocalifornia, best wishes from bjx Mexico...

[@RafaelPaura]

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[@robinbrannon1]

great video!

[@mepetula2486]

I've got an Turkish Airlines DC-9 from AYT to IST in 1984...Was a good flight...:)

[@215alessio]

It is said that the MD 80 had a better survivability than any boeing in a belly landing since it has the engines well covered. the boeing engines when hit water can rip open the whole fuselage

[@juriosz]

Love seeing those Pan Am tails!

[@RyanBomar]

Much appreciated, thank you!

[@jermainesimmons2944]

Hartsfield-Jackson usually has a large number of MD-80, 83, and 88s before Delta retired the entire fleet of those jets, but I wish they hadn’t. Also, American replaced their MD fleet at their main hub at DFW as well. But they also should’ve stayed airworthy for a few more years along with Delta jets from Atlanta

[@TWTR4EVER]

Congratulations Ryan for a great footage and compilation of the DC-9 program. We at TWA had an extensive diversified fleet of that equipment as we also inherit many from our merger with OZARK Airlines. I understand peoples fascination with the bird as a great workhorse and its profit margin delivery for carriers but for crew still remains my least favorite. Its narrow body, inadequate overhead bins, during full meal service (LOL..thing of the past) a living nightmare for crew & passengers!

[@lucastube74]

I love this superdouglas!!!!

[@stitch-xx2oo]

I miss the MD80s and 90s.

[@TheCOWBOYRANCHER]

My father used to fly in the Aeromexico and AeroCalifornia versions 🤘🏼. I never got to fly in one as AeroCalifornia went bankrupt in 2008.

[@TheJamie6666]

First time i travelled abroad to Spain when i was about 7 years old in the mid 1980s was a DC-9...I remember it looked really old and worned out lol...Loved it though..Cant remember the airline although i do remeber there being a blue stripe down the side?

[@DCTib]

Sounds like you flew on Spantax.

[@tomzemanek6361]

BEST VIDEO ON KZbin !!!

[@leezinke4351]

Nothing beats the Maddogs 😊

[@jr13227]

Wow you could get so close without even a fence. Gotta love pre-9/11 days.

[@urszulajaskierska3111]

Ale zasuwają po pasie te samoloty zajebiste 👍👍👍🤗🤗🤗

[@JJ_Skippy]

American’s still got those Mad Dogs, along with Delta. Sad to see them go in the next few years.

[@jermainesimmons2944]

To JJ Skippy: I already started to miss those American MD-80s, as well as the ones from Delta.

[@BNSFFREAK747]

Midwest Express! I remember their cookies! Good times!

[@memegasm8972]

The best jetliners ever built

[@denniskitwerken]

Love this plane..

[@atsdroid]

One problem: the processing of this vid resulted in an aspect ratio error, as circles are now vertically squashed ellipses. Misconfiguration in the workflow, I think, given the sources had to be 4:3 and the presentation here is also 4:3. This means we're losing picture off the left and right sides!

[@creeguyvernon]

I notice this next generation of av geeks saying how they wish they could experience the sights and sounds of the 2nd generation airliners, the DC 9, the 727, the Fokker f28 and the all popular 737-200, yes they made noise, yes they left trails of black smoke and yes you could still hear them 10 mins after takeoff 🛫 😊 those days were just plain awesome ❤ the days before the hush kit, were just great 👍

[@Dsky40]

Reno air... The first airline I ever flew for, and 80 was the first plane I ever worked on

[@juancarlosgomez-montejano2961]

Is it me or those md 80 dc 9 Aeromexico jets were everywhere

[@MrFlashjet]

Great footage (as always) I have a question - People on the grass by the taxiway on 04:33,what was that all about??

[@mrivera1]

Southwest Airlines; they acquired them through the AirTran merger, but since Southwest wants to only operate the 737, they've decided to lease all 88 717s to Delta. AirTran was the largest single operator of the 717.

[@ebtroedsson]

I liked refuelling the -9s -80s, and -88s. Just walk up to the starboard wing open the panel, power-up, slap on the hose and let 'er rip. I can almost smell the burnt jet fuel in the video!

[@julianjauar39]

AeroCalifornia 💙😭

[@antoniovictoriaramirez4919]

The BEST plane ever...

[@tauro30041976]

nice wings fantastics

[@AccessAir]

@Tarten46 Thats why Ozark mechanics called it the "Bugless Douglas"

[@chilechueco]

"orange" aeromexico paint was the best ever!!

[@jamiesaavedra4412]

Who is here in 2021🛫❤

[@haroldogomescarvalho]

Indescritível paixão que essas máquinas maravilhosas nos provocam...

[@mrivera1]

Delta Airlines still flies some DC-9s on short, domestic routes. They inherited them from Northwest. Better hurry though, they're going to start retiring them this year. Then they'll be replaced with the DC-9's grandson, the 717.

[@parapsychologist5402]

Sure do miss the airline "PEOPLES EXPRESS". The way they would pack people in the plane was funny.

[@The_ZeroLine]

I have an MD-80 in an airframe boneyard. I always get the urge to sneak inside and see if I can power it up and then soar away. However, due to my ex, I am only going to sore away.