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Surprise! One More American Airlines Mad Dog Flight Today

It’s hard to believe that its already been almost two months since American Airlines retired their MD-80 fleet. If you recall, the Mad Dog retired to some really unique fanfare…

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American Airlines Bids Farewell to MD-80 After Nearly Four Decades of Service

Today, American Airlines (AA) bid a heartfelt farewell to the iconic ‘Mad Dog’ MD-80, closing out a career spanning 37 years with the company, as AA looks ahead and modernizes…

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Commercial News

Avgeek Rents Helicopter To Get Perfect Footage of Retiring American Airlines Mad Dogs

With American retiring their MD-80s, we knew that there would be some interesting stories of fans who would take that extra step to see the Mad Dog one last time…

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Ten Reasons Why We Will Miss American Airlines MD-80s (And Three Reasons Why We Won’t)

American Airlines is officially retiring their McDonnell Douglas MD-80s on Sept 4th, 2019. They’ve had a pretty incredible run. They’ve flown in the iconic red, white, blue, and silver livery…

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Remember When American Used To Powerback Their Mad Dogs

With the mad dog now retired, we remember the good ol’ days of MD-80 and DC-9 powerbacks from the gate. Watch this AA Maddog skillfully back up and then swing…

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Commercial News

This is the Last Christmas For American’s MD-80 Fleet

American Airlines MD-80 fleet is celebrating its final Christmas in service. For the past 36 Christmases, American Airlines MD-80 have been carrying families to see grandparents over the holidays. The…

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Commercial News

Allegiant Retires Their Elderly MD-80 Fleet, Goes Totally Airbus

After a busy holiday travel season Allegiant Air is ready to retire the last of its McDonnel Douglas MD-80 fleet. The last Allegiant MD-80 took off from Fresno, California to…

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Commercial News

American Airlines Fuels Rumors of Capacity Constraint as 737s Are Tagged for the Boneyard

American Airlines is overhauling its fleet but doesn’t want to add too much capacity. The Fort Worth based airline has plans to retire 45 Boeing 737s over the next two…

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Hard Landing: The Demonstration MD-80 Slammed Into Runway, Lost Its Tail

Back on May 2, 1980, one of the MD-80 demonstrators was conducting a test sortie to evaluate landing distance. During one of the approaches, the pilot flew a steeper than…

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Commercial News

Here Are Six Reasons Why The C-Series Could Be The Next Big Thing In Commercial Aviation

After getting off to a rocky start, Bombardier’s C-Series jets are uniquely positioned to become the next big thing in aviation. That is, if they do not incite an international…

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TWA Lives! Quite A Few TWA Planes Still Exist

For over seven decades TWA was a household name, but poor management beginning in the 1980s, multiple bankruptcies in the 90s and the tragic loss of Flight 800 and its…

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Is China’s ARJ21 Just A MD-80 Copy Or Is It The Beginning Of China’s Rise In Commercial Aviation?

China’s bid to become a major player in the global aerospace industry is moving forward, with the recent certification of the ARJ21. Mass production has commenced and the Commercial Aircraft…