Delta Airlines DC-9-51 Cockpit [N774NC - 9865]

At the Minneapolis Gate.

[@Airforceproud95]

This video is legendary. Such good conversation and fantastic quality and discussion in the DC-9.

[@tommyg2543]

Airforceproud95 oh hey this Is old

[@ryanzhu6537]

Airforceproud95 hiiiii huge fannn

[@martonkovacs8172]

Are you FapAirProud59?

[@sjnavaid9341]

GroundPound69

[@Hill1340]

My Father was a pilot on the DC-9 for eight years at Northwest Airlines. He enjoyed flying it more than the newer equipment. It was a plane that truly tested a pilot's knowledge and flight ability.

[@nenblom]

I remember flying on the DC-9 a few times during the 1980s and 1990s. I would fly on one again any day any time!!

[@roadracer4life]

Awesome video.. It was great to see how welcoming the pilots were to all your questions..

[@N1611n]

Great banter with the guys...thanks for posting.

[@torgeirbrandsnes1916]

I have heard that the reason for that you basicly always start with engine no,2 has to to with layout of the aircraft. You can start engines on the right side of the aircraft while pax may board on the the left hand side. Pax in/out on the left hand side. Bag on/off on the right hand side. I have also seen that in prop days, the door was in the back. May that be so that people do not walk in to a spinning propeller? The ATR has this still today. The Fokker F-27, yes. The F-50 and Dash-8 in front.

[@RWRoude]

Super cool, love the great detail, very informative! I wish more videos would provide, in detail, how the cockpits work and take the time to describe it step by step like you've presented with us. It's my life's dream to one day be a pilot and to also have the knowledge of how the mechanics of the aircraft systems operate. I'd like to transfer away from the daily operation of 18 wheel vehicles across our interstate system. P.S. I'd personally love to get a chance to fly on one of these old planes! Thanks again for this great video! :-)

[@iamme6846]

Wow What a great tour vid...THANKS. I like the DC-9 xx. She's a great bird. Very responsive to pilot inputs.

[@wizardmix]

Brilliant. Jonah, hopefully you're on your way to becoming a commercial pilot, thanks for nerding out on youtube, other nerds like myself appreciate it.

[@patrickmollette15]

I got to fly the DC-9 at the Delta Training Facility. Along with the MD80 and 738 and was able to start it CnD. amazing what FSX teaches you. I wish you the best of luck. Delta is my life goal as well. Best airline in the world.

[@TheCharger895]

When the tower hands you over to departure, they say "jetBlue 1187, contact Minneapolis departure" that's on an IFR flight plan....if ur flying VFR with no planned route, when u takeoff and leave the tower airspace they will say "cessna 081, you are leaving my airspace, frequency change approved" great vid! I love airplanes like these cuz I honestly hate to see the old ones retire! I am not looking forward to the planes of the future....

[@shamu636]

i did this in a united 757...so cool! very friendly pilots too!

[@ThatCodeBlue]

What beautiful history this is! Thank you, Jonah.

[@SkuIIKicker]

Even DC-8's are still flown in airline service in America. Not in passenger service, but still in service. Air Transport International based in Little Rock still has 10 of them in use.

[@imready31]

Thats very good to hear. Im not ready to see the DC-9-51 leave. It may be a gas guzzler but its still the best plane I have flown on. Gonna plan another trip this summer just so I can get another ride on it.

[@odaikakouni7731]

DC-9 one of the fully analog aircraft that need pro pilots to deal with it soon i will miss this aircraft old is gold :)

[@legojoe12345]

Its so cool seeing the cockpit at the airport nowadays. When grandpa went on trips to europe, he could sit in the cockpit during the flight and chat with the pilots and engineers. Definety cant do that anymore.

[@juanjotm4821]

Aeromexico used to have the DC-9 -32 and DC-9-15 before. by the years 70¨s. I love this plane is very reliable.

[@javacup912]

The 50 series DC9, just like the 40, were a short production run. The 50 was the first with the nose stall stakes, which remain to this day. The 40 series I think was the best short version of the DC9, which is probably why it was brought back as the B717 with updated avionics and the IAE engines. Had MD made that change to the MD-80 line back then, things would be a lot different on that market.

[@Snookynibbles]

The 717 most closely resembles the Series 30 plane which was the most prolific of the DC9 series. Intriguing is how Douglas first released the Series 10, then lengthened the fuselage and increased wingspan to the Series 30. And then on the heels of that, Douglas mated the shorter Series 10 fuselage to the Series 30 wings & engines for a higher performance craft suited for high elevation runways such as Denver; they called that one the Series 20.

[@drewski1535]

Love the old cockpit sounds

[@robmartin1560]

Yay!!!!!!! I flew for TW and I worked on the D 9-51....what a super great a/c to work on! :)

[@TheWrongFlyer]

Thanks for this video. Its videos like this that commercial aviation fans like us pick up the knowledge that you were impressing the pilots with. Great job!

[@sbentjies]

Yeah, this would be me. Having studied it all. Would SO love to fly this airplane

[@IngoBreuer]

I love the Delta DC-9. Much more comfortable than these horrible Continental Embraer's where the cabin is too tiny.

[@VA3ELX]

Surprised to see you cnx the master caution light without asking. Lol cause it can light up on the ground due to anamolies (ie running APU). Glad to see your very interested. Hopefully you followed that dream and are out there flying today!

[@sherwinsalvatori6997]

To bad she on her last days .commercial aviation number one beauty is the DC-9 , MD FAMILY. First time I saw her I thought she was a pure jet , then on one sunny occasion while exiting her from the front I saw the big beautiful fan on her magnificent JT-8D. Ever time I see and hear her dances and sings to me . She so beautiful.

[@javacup912]

The performance cards, now called TOLD (takeoff and landing) were always in the center covering the radar screen. Radar was usually off if weather and forecast were good. If it was needed, the PNF would remove the TOLD, but for landing and takeoff, the TOLD cards were always there so both crews would check and crosscheck the speeds against their speed bugs on their airspeed indicators.

[@jonahair747]

@PlanesAndBasketball Thank you! Oh, and if you do go on a DC-9... pick seat 25F or 25A. The Engine takes up half of your window and the wing is the other half. It's a great view and GREAT sound. If you can, get the takeoff and landing on camera!! :)

[@kramerdc9]

sweet dude!!! never got to go into a dc9 classic cockpit. been in alot of super80's and love them. but this is just cool. great coverage and filming.

[@jbfrodsham]

Soviet green cockpit.

[@Hawkeye6936]

Most DC-9 panels were seamist green

[@Therion0184]

Wonderful video. I read that Delta flew their last DC9 flight just a couple weeks ago.

[@LoveJT8D]

That's crazy, the 9's are leaving o-so fast. In August I have a voucher to burn, so on my return flight from a wedding, I'm going to try to do a route via ATL in and out of BHM, and so far it appears to yield 2 DC-9's. Those will surely be my last, unless I'm able to snag one in December again. Great vid by the way.

[@jonahair747]

@cduluk Exactly what I told him! DC-9's are so fine!! Especially the JT8D-17's. I can't get enough of them!

[@joecastillo1782]

Wow! Fantastic video! Cool pilots. But above all your knowledge of aircraft is most impressive. - Safe flying!

[@AccessAir]

Wow Jonah, I've just seen this video for the first time tonight. You're such the nerd, hahaha!! You got to love it.

[@RHCP9181]

@jonahair747 Im glad you found pilots like that on your flight, you rarely find them.

[@jonahair747]

@Helicopterpilot16 Yea in MSP. I was the first one on the airlpane cause my F/O was my old elementary school teacher and I was in there for 25 minutes.

[@miaviation-railway]

just got word that delta will be i think the only airline that has ever operated the DC-9, MD-80, MD-90 and 717 families all at once. this will take place this summer when delta is done repainting the 3 717's they just got from Airtran. In the end, delta will have all 88 of the AT 717's.

[@jr13227]

My god flying this plane sounds like rocket science compared to the newer planes today.

[@genoservello8007]

Wow..you remind me of when I was young,and went out to the airport,and would ask the same Q...the pilots..alway were Wow..you know so much...I did go and work for American for 35 years..on the Ramp.and loved it..I Retired..8 1/2 years ago...I do miss the Airplanes...not the job...Did you every get a job with the Airlines.???...I hope you did you know so much...God Bless you my friend...

[@jonahair747]

Thank you for the comment! Yes, I do work for the airlines. I am working for my 4th airline now 🤙

[@RoRcrashslave]

My Dad spent alot of his career on these and then he juped to the 757 and then to the 747-400!! for the last few years

[@gallosko8992]

What an incredible video, an insight into an aircraft which very sadly isn't as common as it used to be. I have a question: is the unit at 7:25 specifically an ACARS unit? Do you happen to know what model it is? I've only really seen it in pictures on NWA/Delta DC-9s, and initially thought it was an FMS, but doesn't seem so from close up.

[@Mike-01234]

IT's amazing these first flew in 1965 the cockpits look like 1965 what would be cool if a company bought up all these old cool planes and just ran a airline for people still want to fly in them like the B-17 can fly in it for $300.

[@TonyP9279]

Airplanes today: "Here are the computer screens, over here is the joystick (side stick), and the tray table opens up into a keyboard. To start the APU, press this button; it runs an auto-start sequence. The computer monitors the fuel and EGT and if they fall outside of safe parameters, it shuts down automatically."

[@IncredulousIndividual]

airbus me jhonny

[@tommyg2543]

ikr, pilots today barely can land themselves, and their planes are ALL conputer. these were the days, hard work forever pays. Md82s, dc9s, all still in service but limited.

[@BollocksUtwat]

*is there a problem with this?* Its less interesting unless you're an engineering student. Nobody gets misty eyed about "press button, receive bacon for taxi". Its a better machine but a less romantic idol. Its ultimately the same reason why hand carpentry will never go out of style even after a robot learns to do it better. In 100 years I bet someone is still going to prefer flying a J3 Cub.

[@BollocksUtwat]

Yea, that's a reasonable reply. Call me an asshole for repeating the standard view of the entire airline industry minus the minority of cranky out of touch blow hards. In reality autoland is only ever used for conditions in which a plane without it wouldn't be allowed to land or would highly likely be unable to doing it "completely visual". The vast vast majority of landings are still how they were in the old days, autopilot coupled to an ILS and manual after stabilized. Autopilots have been a standard part of commercial flying since at least the end of WW2 when military aircraft were being converted to civilian use and all their new fancy systems were becoming the norm. Autoland itself was developed in the 60s by Europeans because the conditions normally found there made doing things "completely visually" hazardous and stupid. RVR less than 500 feet is no time for heroes. This isn't recreational flying, its about people getting places and doing it safely. The era of hand flying without autopilot was the most dangerous time to fly. The time when the DC-9 came out was still dangerous, autopilots or not, because of safety standards. Since the Airbus A320 era things are as safe as they've ever been as a result of the changing ways things are done. Airbus hate is just a reflex and most criticisms made by people who call someone like me an asshole are excessive, whatever truth there is in it. In reality the DC-9 has lots of advanced autopilot features including an autothrottle intended exclusively for landings. The 1965 FCOM by Douglas indicates autopilot is usable from 500 feet agl. Its not much different to what they do today, that being today when the majority of landings are still manual, Airbus sidestick or not.

[@tommyg2543]

BollocksUtwat yeah you brought up good points just I've been flying a while and back in the days of dc9s we sometimes landed completely visual. These days flying 767s, ILS, and all this panel stuff is just odd for one who has been flying for such a long time.

[@aviationcalgary4110]

Its sad to see the dc 9s go :(

[@aviationcalgary4110]

***** I know but I love the DC-9 Its always been one of my favoret air craft

[@jonahair747]

+ALi Ta yeah who cares if it's old or not, that's still a badass airplane! very reliable

[@aviationcalgary4110]

Jonah R yeah

[@fatimagherbi2525]

mamelles pmppooo7tMP d l'.

[@tommyg2543]

CalgaryAirportCanadaBoeing737-800 yeah, but the md88s are just renamed dc9s, plus dc9s are unsafe ;-;

[@jonahair747]

@DeltaEagle7700 hahaha oh yes we do lol. and the F/O was my old elementary school teacher so Iwas on the DC-9 first lol.

[@blueskys6265]

Cool guys. Great jet

[@sherwinsalvatori6997]

Classic instruments , glass cockpit cant beat diles and knobs, ,especially in bright day light

[@javacup912]

That yellow handle is to isolate the brake pressure, should you loose one system. In the position of the video is in both (normal) which is center. If one system was lost, then it would be turned by a pilot to the appropriate working side. I can't remember well, but some 50 series I helped prepare for Aeropostal, a Venezuelan airline in the 80's, had two electric hyd pumps, plus the PTU. So you would have to lose a lot to use the handle. Factory default was one elec pump + aux (PTU).

[@KHFY172]

Thanks for this great video! I'm a huge DC-9 fan! This has great info too!

[@nolantherailfan5048]

That was used be to very advanced in the 1960's but today it's just outdated

[@brianglade848]

Pretty much junk today

[@jonahair747]

@AmericanPilot407 The funny thing is, the F/O did know me, that's how I got into the Cockpit 20 minutes prior to the Flight.

[@Wolferal]

Fantastic! I love this!

[@deanc.5984]

2024, cool plane..u know, progress.

[@jonahair747]

I’ll fly this any day over a modern piece of junk that we have in our skies nowadays

[@miaviation-railway]

gotta love these classic 9s. hey jonah, will delta have the 717s and DC-9s at the same time?

[@sinicodaniel]

Hello ! Could you explain me what's that yellow handle behind the captain's yoke and what's its use? Thank you a lot ! Bye. Daniel.

[@dudequerky]

@jonahair747 neat video. how do you get to go on all these flights and get to look in the cockpits? i guess you have some good connections.....

[@sbentjies]

Man I hope you make it, knowing all this stuff if you don't, you're going to be crushed.

[@danielambrosio6134]

This is my Preffered DC-9... Because tis is a biggest original DC-9 prior to be merged with Mcdonnell...n after, my preffered is a MD-87 because that is haves a 219C engine but with a shortly body... I have a doubt... this airborne belonged before a North Central/Republic Airlines? Cheers from Brazil....

[@AmericanPilot407]

cute i love it when people think they know you even when they don't.why am I not a pilot sir?

[@sultanofbishar]

Actually! Fabulous 👌👌👌

[@RevolutionarySM]

DC-9 cockpit looks like a Tu-154 cockpit

[@bellcc2930]

Revolutionary Socialist Media I prefer the Green cockpit. Makes you feel like you're flying a tank.

[@LeonelEBD]

@SlashTruck niners have new FMS and other NAV systems but their A/P can only follow a heading, vor, locs ...

[@michaelp6301]

Man, I would love to fly this airplane. So cool!

[@JOEM747]

Yeah i think they extended the time period after the video and comment was made. Im glad they are gonna be around a couple more years though!

[@mugsylol]

Very friendly pilots! did you go back in the cockpit after the flight?

[@NickVennlig]

You know your stuff. Im not a true understander of the un-glass cockpit, like the DC-9. Maybe in a Airbus, id be pointing to things like you would. Whats your trick to getting up there in the cockpit? Planning to maybe go up there sometime.

[@HEDGE1011]

GoingWhere Ask the Captain politely.

[@NickVennlig]

Really cool. Where was this headed? Detroit? Milwaukee?

[@Dank_Matter_188]

If you look at the dispatch release, it shows MSP - ORD

[@jonahair747]

Thank you so much! Well, good news for you and all DC-9 lovers reading this comment, the DC-9-51's WERE currently going to retire in early 2013. NOW, Delta has decided to keep them until 2015! Three more years to enjoy this beautiful bird!

[@LeppAviation]

I heard it too from a DC-9 pilot as well. It was a few months ago. He is a patient that my dad has. I'm trying to see if he could get me on one.

[@RHCP9181]

Pretty cool, but those things are old school. Try it in a 757 ;)

[@gemini101ify]

cool you flew over where i live in wisconsin dells have you ever ben here???

[@jonahair747]

Winter, or whenever Delta decides to get the 717's they will start to phase out. Also, each 717 that comes into Delta's fleet, two CRJ-200's will be retired. So, Delta is ordering 88 717's, So 2 times 88 is 176. 176 CRJ-200's will be retired when Delta has 88 717's in the fleet.

[@717fan18]

How did you get this oppertunity. I'm young and would love to see the cockpit of a plane in depth like this. Was it before departure or after arrival? Who would I ask?

[@HEDGE1011]

717fan18 Before. Ask the Captain.

[@HeritageElevators]

Great video. Favorited. I'm in love, but my heart is broken since they retire these classics. DC-9 ROCKS, it's one of the longest lasting planes ever! When built-today planes retire in the future, the pilots will be flying the niner back home =)

[@HEDGE1011]

Heritage Elevators Except that they weren't. The first airliner I flew was the DC-9, and I liked it (still do), but I don't miss flying it.

[@manifestgtr]

dude this is so creepy... your voice is almost identical to mine which is weird because I've never heard someone with a voice like mine...and you're an aviation nerd like me too

[@krnv4]

my brothers friend is a pilot for airtran and he flies 717s

[@toxicnick253]

Do you remember the numbers on the back?

[@amarnarayan37]

I was lucky to fly on one of them :D

[@jonahair747]

Well lucky you and all DC-9 lovers on here, they're not retiring them until 2015!

[@nelsonrandall]

Very Cool..Thanks for sharing!!!!

[@utahlobster]

It'll be sad to see the 9's go, but surly not the 200's.

[@Jewrican13]

How are you so smart??! I would love to be a smart as you are with all this stuff! What do you study? like what books do you read? i would love to know as much as you do! i thought i knew alot, and then i watched this video! good job man!:D

[@FlyDelta726]

I'm really going to miss the DC9

[@heil08]

awesome i go see the cockpit on SAW flight every time!

[@rossiya110]

I don't blame jonah for touching the flight controls. It's good to get hands-on experience :)

[@edwardrudisill1225]

Great Video thanks!

[@JCByramProductions]

Next time you're in a DC9 that once belonged to NWA, pop the center cap of the rudder trim knob and enjoy the pics!

[@Deltafan311]

@jonahair747 the DC-9s have INS for navigation

[@HEDGE1011]

Deltafan311 No they don't, not at NW/DL anyway. There were some USAF C-9's that had INS and USN aircraft had it, but it was uncommon to unheard of in civilian DC-9's, and was definitely not the norm.

[@ndyankee7]

What is the 49 minute flight from to where?

[@marcopg]

awesome videos.

[@HeritageElevators]

Thats very very nice to hear! But where did you read that since the sources i find only say late 2012 =(

[@billr2220]

Interesting. Always wondered why there was flap/slats separation. Can bring them separately. Didn't know why until now. I usually bring them down together. Interesting

[@HEDGE1011]

bill r Y Unless there's a flap or slat abnormal you'd always move the handle together.

[@water892]

how did you get to go in there

[@jayflies737]

@jonahair747 The first officer was your old elementary school teacher?! Wow!

[@DeltaEagle7700]

JEALOUS!!! i WOULD LOVE TO STAY IN A FLIGHT DECK FOR SO LONG LIKE YOU!lol! That's interesting! The capt. altimeter is digitize and analog! Well! That possibly would explain why my checklist says to start engine 2 first. Well you got yourself a good shot at this considering the fact that these are going to retire! Hahaha! Just what the F/O says. "You have a disease!" lol! You and me both, Jonah. We both have the disease! XD!

[@parkzonecorsairtips]

you attending WMU for aviation yet?

[@GJPrimus]

Congrats you were featured on McPhat Studios Facebook

[@jonahair747]

@gryffindorhouse122 I knew the Pilots. So thats how I got on the plane first 20 minutes before boarding.

[@91Snyder]

My dad told me this the other day. He's left seat in it.