AA Retires Last MD80.

[drron]

Today AA retired it's last MD 80.It flew AA80 DFW-ORD.

Whine Wednesday: American Airlines Retires It’s Last Iconic MD-80 Today With A Special Final Flight

American Airlines retires it’s “Mad Dog” MD-80 today!

loyaltylobby.com

 

[trooper]

An old friend was an AA pilot for many years (retired now). His main comment about the MD-80 was that it was a "rocketship" and you had to pay close attention to getting it slowed down! He doesn't have that problem with his own aircraft...lol...a Piper Super Cub with Alaskan tyres....

 

[coriander]

MD-80 was that it was a "rocketship"

I remember flying in an MD80 from DFW to MCO. We descended through a thunderstorm for about 25 minutes with lots of turbulence. Finally we broke through the low cloud and prepared for landing - I watched as the white stripes of the runway appeared below us and we had almost touched down when the pilot received a wind-shear warning and performed a go-around. Wow! Pushed back into our seats as the plane roared back up into the clouds. What a fantastic burst of acceleration and speed! I've never experienced anything like that acceleration in any other aircraft. Yep, rocketship was an apt description - I called MD80s "pocket rockets" from then on due to their diminutive size (especially when you'd just deplaned from an A380.

 

[DC3]

Yes, I noticed that article on LoyaltyLobby yesterday. Here's an article from the Dallas News:

American Airlines makes the final flight of the MD-80 'Silver Bullet' one to remember

American Airlines' last McDonnell-Douglas 80 flight took off Wednesday morning full of long-time employees, flight enthusiasts and other eager...

www.dallasnews.com

There's also a few bloggers who have posted clips of the flight to the web.

Edit: It's been a long time coming

 

[TomVexille]

I'll miss the maddogs nostalgicly. But I won't really miss the window seat with a view of cowling.

 

[DC3]

I'll miss the maddogs nostalgicly. But I won't really miss the window seat with a view of cowling.

Ouch, a bit too far back. I can only imagine the noise

 

[TomVexille]

Ouch, a bit too far back. I can only imagine the noise

Seat choice was often limited when flying non rev

 

[Inlander]

Delta still has plenty of 80/90 in their fleet

 

[cove]

I am not sad to see them go. I had a seat right near a rear engine and had a week where I had hearing issues. I would always go Delta to Salt Lake after going on an Amercan Eagle flight on a cough plane that was worse than the MD80 and we were really hit up with turbulence.